This week we're looking at what it's like to work at this notorious and very high traffic website via the medium of employee reviews from Glassdoor.

Some of employee feedback is from people claiming job titles we cannot verify.

And yes, one of them lists "edging is strictly forbidden" as a workplace con.

The site turns out to be owned by a company called MindGeek, which was acquired by a private equity firm with an incredible name.

Charlie immediately fell in love with the chairman based solely on his name, despite everything she'd just learned about him.

We also answer the question, when exactly should you hand in your notice? And get into the Jon Ronson rabbit hole, Jon's deeply formative experience cutting round product images pixel by pixel for a adult website in 2001, and discuss the most baffling resignation conversation between an employer and employee.

There's some actual good advice for SMEs about probation periods, among all the usual bad language and messing about.

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Chapters

08:30 The Company

12:00 Five-Star Review

14:52 Bad Reviews

30:44 Ethical Capital??

37:07 When do you tell your boss you're leaving?

50:07 One Minute of Actually Good Advice - probation periods

Charlie's first proper job was at Halifax - back when banks had branches, customers had passbooks, and one regular had a disgusting weekly habit she'd rather forget. This week we're reviewing the Glassdoor reviews, discovering why you shouldn't drink and review, and debating whether customer service should be mandatory national service.

In the Bowls: someone's boyfriend wants to co-found a startup with his ex. Wtf?

A former buyer spent ten years at Poundstretcher and left a Glassdoor review so beautifully written we think it might be the best one-star review of all time.

"Single ply lavatory paper that dissolved at the touch of hope." Dickensian prose about discount retail misery, funereal carpet tiles, and loyalty rewarded with... an insulting gift, basically.

The full, glorious review is here: https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/PoundStretcher-Reviews-E385986.htm?sort.sortType=OR&sort.ascending=true&filter.jobTitleFTS=Assistant+Buyer

Plus: the state of UK high streets in 2025, what happens when your remote job offers zero interaction, and Jon once called Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs ... well, something not that.