Babcock International Group Employee Reviews about "poor management"
Updated 17 Oct 2020
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Pros
"Flexible working hours and good pension" (in 32 reviews)
"Good pay and flexibilty at work" (in 24 reviews)
Cons
"Constant senior management churn is demotivating" (in 21 reviews)
"much change and poor management and leadership" (in 13 reviews)
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Reviews about "poor management"
Return to all Reviews- Helpful (2)
"Redundancies, overly competitive culture, poor management and wellbeing of employees"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Babcock International Group full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Local location, some colleagues nice, parking,
Cons
Redundancies, overly competitive culture, poor management and wellbeing of employees, continuous change,
Continue readingWe’d like to assure you that our team are listening and take all reviews very seriously. Your role is important to us at Babcock and we highly value what you think, thanks for taking the time to provide your feedback.
- Helpful (1)
"much change poor management"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Babcock International Group full-time
Pros
colleagues, local, engineering, defence, marine nuclear aviation
Cons
much change and poor management and leadership
Continue reading "poor management & ridiculous targets"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Babcock International Group part-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Expenses are paid at a good rate per mile
Cons
Lone working, unachievable targets, excessive working hours - only paid for 7 a day working 12-14, poor management, slow to react to staff leaving- leaving teams understaffed, don’t listen to employees, little to no chance of progressing within the company
Continue reading- Helpful (1)
"The dockyard"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Babcock International Group full-time for more than a year
Pros
Good pay and flexible working
Cons
Poor management, HR and corrupt promotion and recruitment.
Continue reading "Electrical Fitter"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookI have been working at Babcock International Group full-time for less than a year
Pros
Good health and safety, good training possibilities
Cons
Poor management decisions, a lot of politics
Babcock International Group Response
November 5, 2018 – Social Media Exec
Thank you for your review. We’d like to assure you that our team are listening and take all reviews very seriously. Your feedback is extremely valuable to us to provide the best experience possible for our employees. If you would like to speak to us in more detail about your experiences then you can email us in confidence at careers@babcockinternational.com and we can arrange a discussion
- Helpful (4)
"terrible middle management"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at Babcock International Group
Pros
decent staff but over worked and under paid
Cons
bullying and intimidation by poor management, have not moved with times
Babcock International Group Response
November 23, 2018 – Social Media Exec
Thank you for your review. We’d like to assure you that our team are listening and take all reviews very seriously. Your feedback is extremely valuable to us to provide the best experience possible for our employees. If you would like to speak to us in more detail about your experiences then you can email us in confidence at careers@babcockinternational.com and we can arrange a discussion.
- Helpful (4)
"Awful... Words cannot describe what I’ve seen here.. AVOID"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Babcock International Group full-time
Pros
High profile and diverse organisation, decent pay, early finish on Fridays but I cannot think of anything else really just that Babcock is a horrible place to work...
Cons
Horrible working environment, self obsessed leadership, unethical people, lack of training and support, backstabbing, poor management, demotivated work colleagues , low morale..
Continue readingBabcock International Group Response
January 10, 2018 – Head of Social
Thank you for your review. We’d like to assure you that our team are listening and take all reviews very seriously. Your feedback is extremely valuable to us to provide the best experience possible for our employees. If you would like to speak to us in more detail about your experiences then you can email us in confidence at careers@babcockinternational.com and we can arrange a discussion.
"its okay"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Babcock International Group full-time for more than a year
Pros
Good working hours, fun team - local area of work - decent pay - Above minimum wage - good people
Cons
Poor management, poor working procedure - everything seems rushed and no set rota of what to be doing - no one has correct training
Continue readingBabcock International Group Response
November 1, 2017 – Head of Social
Thank you for your review. We’d like to assure you that our team are listening and take all reviews very seriously. Your feedback is extremely valuable to us to provide the best experience possible for our employees. If you would like to speak to us in more detail about your experiences then you can email us in confidence at careers@babcockinternational.com and we can arrange a discussion.
"Poor Management"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Babcock International Group full-time
Pros
Can't think of any pros that stand out
Cons
Poor management, bad working conditions, slow pace of work
- Helpful (1)
"Finance"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Babcock International Group for less than a year
Pros
On-site car park I can't think of any more pros but have to meet 20 word minimum for this section
Cons
Poor management that clearly had never undertaken any management training Poor work-life balance Poor training Awful company culture to work in and employee morale at an all time low Not anything like what was sold to me at interview
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Babcock International Group Response
November 12, 2020 – Group Talent Manager