Betsson Group Reviews

Pros

Great culture Great benefits Great experience for me as a recent graduate And I met great colleagues!

Cons

I would say to improve communication between offices

Pros

- Some great people - Good benefits

Cons

- Poor management - Bad communication - Staff retention is very bad - HR is shockingly poor - So many pointless meetings

Advice to Management

Get the structure right and trust those you delegate to.

Pros

- Competitive salary - Some good people - Modern office environment

Cons

- Poor leadership - Restructures every 6 months so minimal job security - Favoritism totally rife with senior management - promotions and retentions during redundancies all go to those in the 'cliques' - Abysmal internal comms and collaboration between departments - Cut throat environment, with people regularly fired, which has produced a culture of people being out for themselves - Strategy u-turns and... indecision from the senior management team often spoil best-laid plans - Satellite offices are neglected with most training, team building, comms taking place in Malta - When people leave often there is no one covering their work, until a replacement is hired, so disorganisation is frequent

Pros

Relaxed working, not a busy place to work

Cons

Other designers very little interested in design outside of betsson - mostly just a job to other people

Pros

The location of the office.

Cons

- Very cut-throat and shred. Its performance marketing at its worst - Management haven't got a clue. Structural changes happen almost every 3-6 months - Favouritism is rife. If you aren't part of the clique, don't expect a par rise, promotion or a valid explanation of what you could have done to achieve either - Retention is terrible. Staff retention was at 38% yoy. - Massively political. If you aren't into... politics, don't want to play the political game think twice about joining - Flexible working is not part of their culture. At a point you weren't even allowed to tap into WiFi within the same office if it wasn't at your desk

Advice to Management

Culture cascades from the top down and is in need of a massive overhaul. Don't rule from an iron thrown as you have been. Take time to know your people and respect the people that are working hard to make you money. All senior management are financially vested in the journey. It's in your best interest to retain the people that are helping you drive your business forward. The cost of replacing these is... significant in money and time terms. Just look at your share price and how its decreased since 2016. This should be testament enough of your inability to effectively lead a business generally filled with great people.

Pros

Small working environment (if not in the main office) so you do know everyone.

Cons

Management are a joke. Bullying and blame game all the time. If you are in a middle management role then you are never of work, even when on annual leave. There is no HR, so no point in even talking to them.

Advice to Management

Stop micro-managing. Stop blaming your bad decisions on the people under you. Stop thinking you are the hero and the best at everything. You are not. You are the problem.

Pros

Scandinavian business culture - feels less formal and hierarchical than for example British or Eastern European companies I have previously worked for. Most people working here are really great, and they have a very good introduction program for new employees.

Cons

Constant structural/organisational changes can be stressful.

Pros

They advertise and say you get to choose your own way and what to work on. Yes it is true, but good luck getting anybody on board with your plans because your coworkers and management won't back you, they either don't care or are too scared of Malta to make drastic changes. Many have started and left in frustration because of this. Management has no idea what its developers are doing so you can get away with a lot

Cons

Bad culture that unskilled HR has been desperate to fix by hiring new people because they are so out of touch with a modern workplace and what makes people happy. Colleagues are very nice but unless you fall in the right couple of groups then you won't make friends here or have much after work fun, just do your job and go home. People are afraid too speak up or they are too new to understand. You will work with... recent technologies but will never grow and you will be stuck in a few years not having kept up. Malta makes all the big decisions and Stockholm is too afraid to go its own way. Management does not communicate well so nobody trusts them. When people ask tough questions at all-hands meetings the management avoids to answer them. Nobody really knows what they are doing at Betsson so if you know how to talk your way through then you will go far but you will be very alone. Most people leave after a year and HR lies about the facts because they are scared to lose their jobs.

Advice to Management

Close the Stockholm office and move the platform to a cloud service, this will happen soon anyway