Energy firm bosses dish out scathing staff reviews from treehouse – before telling them to exit via slide

HIPSTER bosses at energy firm OVO have been dishing out scathing performance reviews in a treehouse — then telling the staff to exit down a tubular slide.

Rivergate Treehouse, a 15ft-high structure, was put up in the foyer of the trendy HQ to “create a fun meeting space and striking centrepiece”.

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Hipster bosses at energy firm OVO have been dishing out scathing performance reviews in a treehouse[/caption]

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Firm chiefs then told the staff to exit down a tubular slide[/caption]

But staff say it has been used to humiliate them.

Former worker Ash Maller claimed that he was given a “passive-aggressive telling off” inside the hut.

In his case, it was the manager who slid back down to ground level.

Ash added: “It was very infantilising, very patronising, and a bit culty.”

The Bristol office is beloved by Gen Z workers for its quirky approach, including holding motivational talks in the foyer.

OVO enlisted a swanky architecture firm, Nudge Architects, to build the costly treehouse.

A spokesman insisted: “It is absolutely not company policy to do performance reviews in the treehouse.”

It comes after the energy firm came under fire for slashing 1,700 jobs.

OVO has been approached for comment