Benjamin Porter

United Kingdom

Reviews

Review of football.london


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid like the plague

Don’t know how the staff at this company wake up each morning knowing they repeatedly write up fake/inaccurate/unreliable news.
Whilst it’s not uncommon in today’s society, these clowns take it to the next level.

It’s clear that honesty and integrity did not have a shred of importance in their households growing up.

1 August 2025
Unprompted review

Review of Michael Page UK


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Incapable

Having dealt with recruiters from both Sydney and London, I have no issues with saying the vast majority of them are utterly useless who have no clue about what their job entails.
Let me share some examples where anyone with a sense of customer service will look at and shake their heads in disgust;

1. Sending in a junior recruiters (freshly graduated) to meet me
To expect someone completely NEW to the workforce to understand the responsibilities of a qualified accountant with circa 10 years international experience, and what I'm looking for in my next role is absurd. It was evident the majority of my words were flying over their heads as they simply did not understand or could not keep up, which was unsurprising given their lack of experience.
And these were meant to be my key contacts for my job search.

2. After meeting with 1-3 recruiters, I don't hear back from any of them for at least three months (in Sydney, it has been +six months and still haven't heard back from the recruiter). Why waste my (and other candidates) time with an initial meeting if you have no intentions of helping?

3. When I took the added step of contacting them about roles that suited my profile, no response was received or had a colleague tell me they'd get back to me only to not do so.

There are certainly quality recruiters out there who have a genuine interest of not only helping candidates find work, but have the right work ethic to do a good job. The people at Michael Page do not possess any of these qualities.
Sheer incompetence would be putting it kindly and I have no intention of working with them again.

10 March 2017
Unprompted review

Reply from Michael Page UK

Hi Ben, we are focused on putting our customers at the heart of everything we do, so we are sorry to hear that your experience with our consultants did not live up to your expectations. Please email us on qualitycare@page.com and provide us with any other relevant information so we can investigate this further. We want to assure you that we take all feedback seriously as it helps us improve our customer focussed service, and are keen to resolve the concerns you have raised.

Review of Norwegian Air Shuttle


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid at all costs

Four key points:

1. No desire or intention to update passengers when flights are delayed. Completely indifferent staff members. The captain made no effort to explain either and couldn't give two hoots when they normally display a level of sympathy and compassion.

2. Confusion amongst cabin crew during boarding resulting in further delays. Inexperience and incompetence was on fine display.

3. Was told that "no landing cards" are held on the aircraft and we had to complete the cards once we arrived at the airport terminal. Even EasyJet and RyanAir provide these cards!

4. Wifi was not available on board when it was previously provided to passengers. A distinct drop in standards.

Avoid like the plague. You haven't flown the worst possible airline in Europe until you've flown with Norwegian Air.

6 June 2016
Unprompted review

Review of Kiwi.com


Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Failed check in process

It is convenient for Kiwi.com to check in passengers on their behalf but it is pointless if the passengers aren't sitting next to each other.
Having flown with Easyjet on countless occasions, my partner and I have always sat next to each other and it was frustrating to see that this was not the case on our return flight.

The booking details will show that two passengers have been booked on the one flight and whenever you check in with Easyjet, as long as you select 'all passengers', they should always be assigned seats next to each other.

Given the flight is a week away, it is unlikely that two adjacent seats aren't available.

20 May 2016
Unprompted review

Reply from Kiwi.com

Dear Ben P,

We understand it must have been disappointing and frustrating experience for you not to be able to sit next to each other with your partner.

However, we cannot guarantee the seating arrangements unless you purchase the allocated seats even if the passengers are under one PNR. If the allocated seats are not purchased the seats are selected by the airline and it is an automated process. The low cost airlines often offer very cheap flights but they charge for any additional services including seats.

In case of any questions please do not hesitate to contact us as we are here 24/7.

On behalf of Kiwi.com

Marcel

Customer Relations