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business development manager

business development executive

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Lyreco

There are some positives about working for Lyreco, which are:
They have some really good benefits such as private medical for all staff, life assurance, pension, refer a friend scheme, benefits platform with shopping discounts and ecards to say thanks to colleagues etc. and reasonable holiday entitlements, particularly if you’ve worked there a long time. 
There are some people within the business who are genuinely helpful and supportive and make the working day a good one. 
If you’re in Sales they have a really comprehensive induction program to help get you started in the job. 
They do a lot to support charity organisations and their customers formally and informally, and they probably don’t boast enough about exactly how much they do for them. 
They genuinely have a passion for doing their bit to help the environment, having solar panels, keeping bees and recycling the rain water to flush their toilets, amongst lots of other things too. 
They have introduced mental health first aiders as well as having an EAP available for all employees. 
Unfortunately there are also some less positive things about working for Lyreco too. With the change of some senior management posts more recently, people are no longer their priority. You almost have to be in the club to fit in, and anyone who isn’t (in the club), doesn’t have the right to an opinion or to be treated with any respect. When members of senior management say things like ‘people are two a penny’ and ‘they’re easily replaceable’ it doesn’t make you feel very valued or secure in your job. 

Sort paper work out majority of the time it’s not in order have to ask permission to change it, and must do this in your own time working for free in this time it only takes 10-15 minutes but add all them 10-15 minutes over months wow!
06:30 is the time to load your van, mixed pallets everywhere must rapid load meaning grab box put it on van and sort it as you go.
Everyone is rock bottom, moral is so low it does bring your mood down.
You don’t get any overtime pay when you finish late sometimes you can get around early but you have the van to wash down and clean inside do photos and checks and unload any collections or returns.
Everything is an issue driving too fast driving too slow even breaking too hard and can be brought into a meeting for it even if not your fault sometimes it was but not always, video camera in front of your face all day being watched every move, holidays are full weeks only no odd days off and got asked to put holidays in for next year in September reason why is unknown I’ve never known anything like it. 35-40 drops per day some get lucky and have drop offs in same area some have a bit of distance between drop offs it’s the luck of the draw I suppose.
I walked out and it was the best decision I’ve made for myself and own sanity they really don’t care about any issues or health problems you have them boxes of paper and boxes of pens must be delivered.


I found Lyreco to have a very toxic head office culture. The business needs to make 40% margin to stand still which they simply cannot achieve. As a consequence, they are laying off lots of long term good staff to save on overhead cost. They then recruit younger inexperienced people to replace. There is a revolving door policy on staff. Turnover must be 30% plus per year. With the above noted building and keeping teams motivated and achieving is very difficult. Customers hate seeing a new face every 6 months. As a rep you also get micro managed to death.

Senior Management does not listen, cannot take criticism and blame others for their shortcomings. Most are not qualified to do their job and survive by firing anyone that comes along with common sense and a few good ideas. The MD knows what's going on but sits back and lets the chaos continue. 

Marketing is poor due to closed pricing and communication between departments is poor too. Everyone does just enough work and no more. Stock levels are sometimes very low or out of stock for a while which leads to broken promises with customers.

You get lots of gloss before you join about how great it will be. It's all lip service. Perhaps the worst place I've worked at in a long career.

Lyreco UK and Ireland has been and continues to be an excellent place to work. From the MD right down to your line manager, employees are encouraged to bring their whole, true self to work. We're encouraged to collaborate with our peers and our management teams, we're asked for our opinions and ideas and management take this feedback to actually improve the business. 
Work life balance is actively encouraged and, during work we're also given plenty of support should it be needed. We can relax in the eco-garden, visit our wellness dog, or if we're really struggling, speak to a mental health first-aider. 
Lyreco reward those who do well, with monthly 'values' awards and even a VLP (Very Lyreco people) trip to exotic locations for those who exceed expectations!
More importantly, the business is secure and growing - meaning I feel confident I have a stable job with good career prospects.

I would highly recommend this business as an employer.

Lyreco has a great company ethos, and supporting values. It's amazing to work for a company who genuinely wants to be the positive change they want to see in the world. Working with a diverse range of people, definitely helps keep you motivated and up-beat, and makes coming to work a pleasure. There's excellent on-site facilities such as a large and affordable canteen, eco-garden and chill-out areas. Management are friendly and approachable and genuinely want you to grow and be the best version of yourself. The Managing Director and Senior Management Team are really down to earth which is great. There's plenty of support available such as Mental Health first aiders who are brilliant if you want a quick, confidential chat as well as Winston the well-being dog!

Would definitely recommend applying for a job at Lyreco, if you're looking to start a career, or develop yours further.

First off I met some amazing people during my time there. As regards the job it was a role where you can lose a deal on pence. They ran two targets- a regular target AND a margin target. If you hit one but not the other then guess what? No commission. My area hadn’t hit target in a long time when I took over. I hit target but had to lower margin to do it so no commission for me. VERY unfair. Later on I was also put on a PIP (performance improvement plan) or basically a sword over your head. 3 months to hit target -I did it in two and still was on a PIP?! Always question a company that runs a new starter course every 5 weeks. There were over 30 people  on my starter course- I was the last to leave after a year.
Saying this I know people who have worked there for years. It’s very much a case of whether it works for you or not.

If you like to be managed by people who have NO MANAGEMENT SKILLS then this is the idea place to be… This branch is managed by nepotistic narcissists who have only gained their positions by being long serving brown nosing morally corrupt individuals, who would have NO man management skills or training…Genus strategy 1…
The hardest part of the job was going in every morning, the most enjoyable part was leaving at the end of the day..
What I learned from being there was that if you were good at your job, you would be rewarded by having your workload increased, while if you weren’t so efficient you would also be rewarded by having your workloads reduced, so that you would finish earlier than the competent drivers and be paid the same salary….Genius Strategy 2…


paid £1500 a year for 40 hours a week,so anything over the 40 hours you get nothing extra.. most weeks are 45 to 50 hours easy..
they have a red naughty book,which you get put in and its then read out at a drivers meeting,which is at the start of your shift,so by the end your runing late,so its your time,not theirs at the end of the day,sales reps takes on drops without veiwing them,and some drops take 20 mins each,so if you have 20 boxes of a4 copy paper,and their point of del is 3 flights of stairs up,you have to take them up..and your expected to do 40 a day,or more,and this is after you have routed up,loaded up,and then go out and do them,all in 8 hours.and if you go in early,your not allowed to put it down on paper..so if you start at 6am,you have to put down 6.30am..WTD out the window

During the working day I would be allocated a number of quotations that needed to be processed in relation to sourcing specialist stationary products for clients.
I learned how to use the SAP system and gained a great knowledge of the product market, as well as where to source particular products.
I found the management they had a very much if the face fits approach and favourtism within the department which meant progression was difficult,
I got on with some of the co-workers here, but again there was a lot of favouritism within the teams.
The hardest part of the job was finding alternative products for customers where things were out of stock, or orders had been delayed.
The most enjoyable part of the job was the variety of requests that we would get in from customers

There are lots of reviews you should read before joining this company. You will be expected to cold call and open new biz accounts all the time. Pester customers for more sales. The managers will hound you and front up on your area or in your driveway. My old team if 9 have all left. Good to use them for CV stability then leave them after 2 years and go to something better as in one of the suppliers Bic or Canon etc. That said, if there is a vacancy there and you get through the interview process. Do NOT add your manager on your Facebook or LinkedIn. Be smart. They will soon have you on a disciplinary if the results are not there. They will say it's to support you but wake up folks a DP or PIP perf improve plan is often the end of the road or the start of it.

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