Freetrade reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(134 total reviews)

Viktor Nebehaj

77% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Freetrade has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 134 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Freetrade employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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134 reviews
1.0
Jan 4, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Work hard to get you onboard.

Cons

- Was approached by Freetrade and encouraged by them to apply and take a brokerage position. They told me they had a great year in 2021 and everyone was paid 15% bonus and were in a great cash position with myjob role signed off by CFO. - Contract signed and handed notice in to employer with a week left until I started my new position at Freetrade in 7 weeks of 8 weeks notice period. - Was told a week before starting they no longer could no longer support/afford my position and were resicinding my contract effectively leaving me unemployed depsite approaching me for the role and encouraging me to join. - Was told they were only going to pay me a weeks pay which didnt cover half my rent for a month which left me scrabbling around for a job despite paying all staff %15 bonuses a few months prior for the previous year. - I was not the only person to recieve this horrendous treatment, they onboarded many new starters/professionals and left them redundant after a week. -The company states they made mistakes with the process and are sorry, yet they have made no attempt to make it right with the huge amount of people they left high and dry with a weeks pay. Why have you not contacted us since and made some attempt at compensation for leaving people in an awful position?

2.0
Jul 31, 2019

Toxic culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working at the cutting edge of finance Generally a good team

Cons

Horrible, toxic management Abusive and threatening messages from Victor and higher-ups - some teams aren't so bad but do not join that one!

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Freetrade Response
6y
Thanks for posting your feedback. If there are any instances of abusive or threatening behaviour you have not reported, please do. You can email me directly in confidence as we have no tolerance for abusive behaviour. We have an honest and candid culture at Freetrade, and that isn’t something everyone is comfortable with. When there’s not a fit at work, whether due to culture or performance, it’s best for both parties to move on. Adam Dodds CEO and founder
1.0
May 22, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Pay package - Benefits - Nice office - Barista in office

Cons

- Engineering standards are incredibly low - A month after starting they are forcing the company into 3 days a week in office after I joined agreeing to 2 days a weel - No CTO, headless leadership generally - A focus on top down features based on the whims of naive and childish CEO

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Freetrade Response
4y
Thank you for submitting a review - we value all employee feedback, and pride ourselves on candour and humility. We really appreciate the need for strong technical leadership for us to achieve our ambition of getting everyone investing. We’re on the hunt for the right CTO to join Freetrade, and we don’t want to compromise on our expectations. We also already have a strong group of Directors across Engineering and Product who are driving our platform forward in both the UK and Sweden. In regards to our ways of working, we made this decision to ensure continued high performance and delivery across all teams at Freetrade. As a young business with ambitious growth targets, hybrid working is our preferred method to ensure we continue to build a generational investing platform. Our new ways of working that continue to embrace hybrid working were recently articulated to colleagues, and we are excited to have people collaborating and working together in our nice offices. Regarding the top-down feature requests, I want to assure you that this is not the culture of the business. We want people who are keen to make an impact at every level, and we always listen to our staff and customers about new product ideas. If you’d like to speak with Adam, or myself further about this, I am happy to arrange a conversation so please reach out! Thanks, Shannon - Head of Talent
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