Good people, poor management, bad salary for IT, no career growth - Business Intelligence DS Smith Employee Review

3.0
17 Jan 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good people Friendly managers Annual leave Digit GP available but no health insurance Hybrid/WFH

Cons

1) Management is poor. Departments generally refuse to do what they need to do because -"Its too difficult, I don't want to do it". 2) Refusal by employees to use latest tech as its "too difficult" for them, when all they have to do is "point-click". 3) Departments like to gatekeep things like processes, data etc, making things difficult. 4) Salary for in-demand IT jobs for a FTSE100 company is abysmal at best. 5) No career opportunities, you are pretty much stuck in the position you are in. However you will be expected to do more work as you gain more experience without any pay compensation.

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5.0
6 Feb 2026
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Pros

Pay hours and the people and managers lots of overtime

Cons

Short staffed lots of call outs

4.0
23 Jan 2026
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Pros

Team was knowledgeable, patient, and transparent to work with,

Cons

Large leadership group spread thin over large territories.

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