Gymshark reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(377 total reviews)

Ben Francis

75% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Gymshark has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 377 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gymshark employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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377 reviews
2.0
Sep 7, 2022

Boys Club

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you’re either friends with Ben Francis (Founder / CEO) or a male, this is the place for you - and if you’re both you’ll end up ok board. Bonus!

Cons

It’s run by Bens mates, which has its pros (they don’t really know what they’re doing so it doesn’t matter if you don’t) but if you actually want to develop and learn it’s not the place for you. I’ve been here for 2 years and while it’s generally okay (again head of department really unqualified for their position) other areas are just a mess due to the senior leadership all being way too under qualified to lead a business this size.

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Gymshark Response
3y
Thank you for leaving this review first of all. We appreciate you taking the time to be so honest with us. With the business being in transition and professionalising everyday, finding the right balance between being right, ready and qualified for positions is, of course, a challenge, but one we are endeavouring to support people in as part of day zero as we hope you will know. If you are willing, our People team would love to sit down with you and discuss how we can support you in your learning, development and in general so we can get this right together.
3.0
Sep 6, 2022

Great potential

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and environment and the people are amazing

Cons

All the usual pains of a fast growing company and can they keep the 'Pros' with the continued growth

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Gymshark Response
3y
Hey! Thank you for your lovely review. It's great to hear that you have enjoyed working at Gymshark. Our recent business plan cascade outlined to employees how we intend to achieve continued growth. Naturally, our culture will change and develop over time, however, we are still committed to providing our employees with an environment where they can thrive. We wish you all the best for the future!
1.0
Aug 31, 2022

Not recommended

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

nice (empty) offices, good food @ Refuel

Cons

C-suite not capable of leading. First company I’ve worked for where the majority of c-levels lack completely business acumen, no international experience, vision. Politics No strategy overall but specifically little product strategy for a product based organization Entire organisation operates in silos Poor People/HR centric approach, very junior employees in director, VP roles who are not able to implement processes such as Performance management, internal career progression, salary reviews, pay structure, global mobility etc. They let favouritism and nepotism happen across departments, have led an unfair restructure process, allowing Ben's boy club to make skilled and committed employees redundant while inexperienced 'friends' in key roles were protected.

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Gymshark Response
3y
Hey, thanks for your feedback. We know being so open and honest can be difficult, so we really appreciate it. We are really focused right now on establishing consistency throughout the business, and we feel our new Performance Culture Roadshow will help to demonstrate this. We are always willing to listen and work on ways in which we can improve, so we'd love it if you could reach out to your people partner to discuss your ideas further.
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