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Breakroom
The people-powered job comparison site
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Recruitment
- Social
- London, UK
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Company mission
To help people get a good job, that’s right for them.
50% female employees
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
Breakroom lets you compare your hourly job to other jobs across the UK. The startup is focusing on the human aspects of a job experience. Like whether people worry about how many hours they get, how stressful the job is, or whether it's easy to fit around childcare.
The company faces competition from a number of startups in the area, as well as job comparison functions of bigger players such as Indeed and Glassdoor.
The company is focused on lower-wage, large-employer sectors such as retail, delivery companies and supermarket work, but it hopes to expand its offering to other verticals in the future.
Benefits
- Pick your own hardware
- £1000 annual training budget
- Flexible working hours
- Flexible remote/office arrangements
- 25 days annual holiday plus bank holidays
- 13 weeks parental leave for all new parents
- 5% pension contributions
- Travelcard or rail pass loan scheme
- Mental health support at work through Spill
- Access to our Cycle to Work scheme
Company values
- Everyone deserves a good job
- All jobs have the potential to be good jobs
- Creating good jobs is good for business
- We put the needs of our members first
- We’re opinionated about what a good job is
- We prioritise building trust with users
- We are optimistic and realistic
- We do the hard work to make things simple
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Nov 2021
$7m
SEED
Feb 2020
$1.9m
SEED
$9.8m
Total funding
This company has top investors
Founders
Tom Taylor
(CPTO)Worked in multiple high-growth startups and companies including as co-founder of Newspaper Club, CPO of Co-op Digital and in product development at Bulb.
James Weiner
(Chief Design Officer)Led the original design team on the gov.uk website. Co-founded Poetica, which was acquired by Condé Nast in 2016.
Anna Maybank
(CEO)Previously founded Bethnal Green Ventures, before co-founding Poetica which was acquired by Condé Nast in 2016.
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Opportunities to learn (1)
My opinions are valued (1)
Diversity is a priority (1)
As someone coming straight out of University into this job it has been great to work at Breakroom. I am actively involved in many different areas allowing me to better my experience & knowledge. I also have a training budget of £1000 a year to further develop my skills.
Marketing
Opportunities to learn
Mar 2022
From the moment I applied for this job I knew that diversity was important to the company, through what they wrote in the job description, but I never expected it to be to this level. Whether it be gender or background, the company continues to hire diversely to allow people's different experiences in life to play a part in what we're building & make it an all round better product for everyone using it.
Marketing
Diversity is a priority
Mar 2022
Joining as the most junior person in the company it is easy to think that you will just be overlooked & that no one will really care about what you say or your opinions. This is not the case at all! From day one people across the company have listened to what I have had to say, they also regularly ask for mine & others' opinions when thinking about a problem or in meetings.
Marketing
My opinions are valued
Mar 2022