Chevin Reviews

There is a lot of churn at the company. You can come into work on a Monday and find people have left - you are lucky if you are told about this as you find out mostly via your peers hearing something. If you do hear from management then it is the bare minimum and you have to piece together the relevant information yourself. Some really good people have left recently and people cannot understand why nothing was done to keep them. For those who leave, they are not replaced and this greatly increases the workload on others. It is difficult to get things done as a result but senior management do nothing about it. Senior management seem to change things on a whim and communicate very poorly, with some exceptions. There is a lot of talk about improving ways of working but there is no actual activity by senior management to address the problems raised to them that will fix things. Salary levels are low for the skills required and there is little room for salary improvement. Last year was the first time there was an annual pay review. There is little room for progression in the company. The company talks about a family atmosphere but, if there is, it is not a positive family atmosphere.

Whilst the teams work well, a better defined management structure and complaints procedure is needed. Burnout is a real issue at Chevin due to people working above and beyond to ensure projects go to plan. There is also a tendency for people to take total ownership of projects rather than a collaborative team, which means milestones are missed and there are power struggles when it comes to decision making.