Save your mental health - Customer Service British Gas Employee Review

1.0
Mar 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Bonuses Detailed training Work from home

Cons

Customers are absolutely horrendous and nothing gets done about it. Save your mental health and don’t apply here… I got very sick and stressed as I was very unsupported and constantly screamed at by customers. Management make you feel like an idiot if you’re not an expert by a month into the role. Constant constant constant changes in policies and rules, you’re meant to know everything after reading the document once and get thrown in the deep end. The training is fine, but goodness it does not highlight the abuse you get from customers. You are clock watched and micromanaged to death. You hardly get support. There’s no room for flexibility. You get penalised if you haven’t reached your targets. Oh did I mention the impossible KPIs?

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5.0
Jul 4, 2022
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Pros

good people, nice workers. Great people

Cons

hard work, very pushy, could be better

3.0
May 11, 2016
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Pros

Great career over a decade whilst working there. Under the regime of Phil Bentley (former MD), there was excellent growth, and that provided progression.. Good pension scheme, excellent company car options, healthcare plan, great colleagues

Cons

Current culture of disregard for staff, cost cutting without thinking of actual consequence.. Current morale is very low at all levels including managerial. Too much bureaucracy and internal politics, with processes created for the sake of them being there, and no actual benefit.. Input seems to be taken away from management team too.. Salary lower than competition, Manager bonus scheme seems to become harder to achieve in an attempt to cut costs

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