Binatone is a family owned private business. It could not, and would not, survive as a publicly listed company or with any degree of investment where the executive board were accountable to anyone other than themselves.
It's business practices are (at best) from the 1970s with an executive board made up entirely of middle aged men. Abusive language is acceptable in open forums and there is no provision for reviews or 360 degree feedback - it is my opinion that this is intentional as senior management know the degree of negative feedback they would receive.
There is no development plan for employees and I have never witnessed any internal or external training for any employee in any of the company's global offices.
Operating in the consumer electronics sector it is surprising the lack of investment in innovation. The standard business practice is to buy hardware 'off the shelf' and rebadge looking to cost-down in every instance to maximise short term profit with little long term planning. The app and services team have some talent but they are constrained by a strategy that pays lip-service to services, but actually is only concerned in 'nickel-and-diming' hardware sales to big box retailers and Amazon.
Finally how Binatone treats suppliers is immoral and close to illegal. Commissioning work without any intention to pay is the norm and is 'joked' about in management meetings. Suppliers are only paid when threat of, or actual, litigation is involved. Even when supliers are paid it is common practice to re-negotiate (down of course) after work has been completed .
I appreciate having Motorola can look good on a CV but in reality this company is toxic and best avoided. You have been warned.
