IT DEPARTMENT - "No Leadership or Trust. This is a management world" - IT Department Affinity Water Employee Review

Very political. Promotions are given to friends of friends, and often not to hardworkers. Senior management do not care about the smaller pools of workers. You will be disciplined if something is done wrong, but if something is done excellently, no one will mention anything. Not open to changes despite saying that they are Staff turnover in IT is very high. You will be hard pressed to find anyone who knows how the systems work because most of the staff have not been there long. They all quit how can anyone stay there and stay sane its not possible. Staff are told off if they do overtime but only take time-in-lui. But they are also expected to work many evenings and weekends with no notice because the projects are not planned at all and are implemented in haphazard last minute fashion. Don't make any plans for a life outside of work. IT department can work from home but arent allowed, eventhough management states it. There aren't enough people in IT to do the work. Real qualified IT staff are outnumbered by managers and project managers and all sorts of service managers. Manager waste the workers times in meetings and discussions and answering pointless emails. There is little time left to fix issues or close calls. Managers arent skilled and will not cascading down knowledge to staff once they know.