Wren Kitchens reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(2,548 total reviews)
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55% positive business outlook

Wren Kitchens has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,548 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wren Kitchens employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Jul 22, 2017

Not all it's cracked up to be...

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Pros

Opportunity to earn very good money Flexible working hours (although you have to work every weekend) Very good training initially

Cons

It's very much a 'put up and shut up' mentality. Staff are penalised for voicing their opinion or offering solutions. It's a shame when there are so many talented people working for Wren, management and senior management should be more open to hearing ideas from all staff. The way to make good money is to retain profit pool. Wren promise to 'beat any quote'. In order to do this, you often have to give away your profit pool, and essentially make no money on the deal. In an industry that is so price driven this can become really frustrating. Head office is beyond a nightmare! They are clearly under staffed and there's such a high turnover that they are often inexperienced. My customers have the very best service with me in the showroom, I always receive 9/10 on customer service reviews. Yet, when the time comes for them to deal with head office, it just falls to pieces. It's embarrassing. Wren employ people on a 34 hour contract or less. It's near on impossible to do this job well on those hours. Wren know this, obviously, but know that staff will end up working well over the 40 hours to do their job properly. Those that don't do the job properly, don't last (understandably). The hours are still good but be prepared to do well over your contracted hours and also to work every weekend. You will see other reviews on here about Wren taking money from your wages. This is true, I've never worked for a company that's done this before. If there are any errors on a plan, they charge this back to the designer. I suppose this sounds fair, however, it's impossible to learn everything about kitchen design in two weeks training. So for new starters, errors are likely to happen and rather than 'fining' staff... how about more training? Or a training with a warning then charging them if it happens again?

1.0
Jun 27, 2017

manic

Anonymous employee
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Pros

canteen facilities, modern building , gym, modern facilities.

Cons

poor training staff, not enough computer and product training, communial employee cloackroom, no lockers

5.0
Jun 18, 2017
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Pros

Wren is probably the most rewarding and satisfying company I've been part of in my career thus far. The team atmosphere is fantastic, and unlike many sales organisations, everyone wants you to succeed. The satisfaction of seeing a project through from initial consultation to finished article, knowing that it's a design that you created, gives it a dimension that most sales roles don't give you. I would also suggest that the training and support is fantastic, having no previous kitchen experience is no barrier to success.

Cons

Being a family owned business means that the pace of change is incredible and mostly positive, though it does occasionally lead to some half baked execution, with a period of adjustment that follows. I would also say that if you're not willing to take responsibility for your performance Wren probably isn't for you, as challenging questions will be asked when you fail to achieve (and I can say that from personal experience).

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