Ink reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(306 total reviews)
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Simon Leslie/Michael Keating

65% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ink has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 306 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ink employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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306 reviews
5.0
Feb 18, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

money, development, culture, bosses, travel, products

Cons

EVERY REVIEW ON HERE...I am going to bet they all got fired for being terrible at their jobs, not for turning down advances from senior management...which is a load of crap anyway.....and they got told at interview what to expect and probably said they loved it, cos they were desperate for a job....and then they couldnt sell and hated it!...but I bet their linked-in boasts proudly of their time at ink...because other companies value what people learn at ink...even those that cant cut it! Plenty of people love the company and earn loads of money...yes it is silly at times, but the silly bits all have a point and the comapny is growing loads....so it works...if you dont like it, leave, the bitterness of people on here is really sad...for them...not the employer! one comment...2 and a half hours on the phone a day...slave drivers!!....how can you find the time in your 9 hour day as a telesales exec to spend a 1/4 of it actually doing the job you applied for....completely ridiculous!

1.0
Feb 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

pushes you so hard that you will force yourself to learn how to do sales in the most unethical way.

Cons

Awful micro managing from management. Pushes employees for numbers that they do not care where the business is coming from. Unethical way of doing business. Turn over rate is very high. There are people leaving the company every week due to too high level of stress. Forces employees to come back during public holidays to work so as to achieve numbers. During closing period forces employees to buy food back to their desk to call and have their lunch at the same time. Forces employee to call 100-200 mins per day and track call time. Managers will listen to calls. Commission scheme is a scam. some employees can get as low as 1% of their commission instead of the 10% that their have promised during interview. High performing employees only get 6-8% of the deserving commission

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Ink Response
9y
Thank you for your feedback. Ink has always done business in professional and ethical manner and we do not allow our employees to go unnoticed if they fail to do the same. Targets are realistic and in line with business’ expectations – they can be reached with hard work and good planning. Sometimes it may happen that business requires to be open on public holidays (mainly because we are operating on the global scale), and employees may be asked to work on these days. However, this is initially communicated in the recruitment stage and all employees who work extra days (or longer hours) will accrue additional holiday days and/or hour off work. Calls at Ink are recorded primarily for training and development purposes, for dispute resolutions and to evidence business transactions, and not so the managers can listen to them as they desire. All employees at Ink are treated with dignity and respect, and if we find out that somebody is not acting in this manner the relevant precaution will be made.
1.0
Jan 30, 2014

Stop Now if you are thinking of applying!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

What Pros? Pushed to your limits not interested in retaining staff. More interested in the £€$

Cons

Commission structure is altered when the wind blows the wrong way. The managers treat you like children especially in certain departments like specific European budget airline mags and TAD

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Ink Response
9y
During the previous years we have updated our business strategies and are continuously working on improving in every aspect of doing our business. Since we have relocated to North West London we have new managers and new system in place which bear no resemblance to what was going on in Shoreditch.
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