FARFETCH reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(1,914 total reviews)

Bom Kim

29% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

FARFETCH has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,914 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FARFETCH employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
5.0
May 9, 2019
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

*Great startup environment with free food, coolest office playground, stock options, end of year bonuses, fast and open mindset; * Good opportunities in training, attend international conferences, dedicate 5% of the time to personal projects, reading groups, time to discuss and explore deep learning approaches; * One of the few companies that allow data scientists to do applied research and publish. * Great opportunities for career development, promotions, frequent feedback, and personal development plan.

Cons

* The company expanded very fast in the last year and continues to expand now. This has brought a certain lack of control over different areas. Communication has improved a lot, but there are sill some issues left. * There is an ambition roadmap of activities, but few people to manage and communicate the work. * Engineering culture is focused in .NET core. Python only exists in Data Science. The company needs to improve support to Python and Machine Learning services.

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FARFETCH Response
7y
Thanks for your positive comments about our work environment, benefits & perks, learning & development opportunities and career progression! These are all key focuses for us so it's great to hear this feedback. We appreciate your concerns around our lack of process in some areas and this is something we're working hard on. We're committed to building the right foundations to empower our people to thrive!
4.0
May 9, 2019
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Culture is amazing - really encourages collaboration across teams but equally enables employees to work autonomously and come up with creative solutions for the business. Great mat leave policy (6 months full pay), flexible working / work from home possible, and generous vacation time. People are generally brilliant, really keen and enthusiastic and smart so great to come to work and be surrounded by such high performers; super motivating environment. It's been an amazing journey so far

Cons

If you do not thrive in ambiguity this company is not for you.

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FARFETCH Response
7y
Your review has made our day! Thank you for your amazing feedback around our culture, people and benefits. Let's keep building our world-class company, todos juntos.
4.0
May 9, 2019

Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- Amazing company culture - Flexible working - Visionary leader - Really interesting and varied work

Cons

- Don't pay enough - Career progression is unclear - The company is still pretty chaotic and trying to find its footing - some processes are not as seamless as they should be (also org design could be improved) - Some of the current managers shouldn't be in their roles - they're highly mediocre and it would seem they're in their roles because of longevity in the company. Very demotivating for skilled junior staff who are ambitious and want to move up - Lack of transparency in terms of processes and communication

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FARFETCH Response
7y
Thanks for taking the time to give us your valuable feedback. We love hearing your comments around our culture, interesting work, inspiring leader and flexibility! We'd like to address some of your concerns around salary and career progression. We're focused on providing every Farfetcher with growth opportunities, through our People Development programmes and our structured annual performance review process. However, we agree that there's always room to improve and we're continually reviewing our approach and processes to make sure we're offering our people a rewarding journey with us.
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