So much potential, yet bureaucracy and managers will hold them back - Human Resources Gartner Employee Review

2.0
27 Mar 2013
Recommend
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Pros

- Good friendly people - Company has a great reputation

Cons

- No matter how good you are at your job, it will not be noticed unless you are strong at political games, and suck up to the right people - being successful is as simple as writing an email at the end of the week to your boss, saying you turned up to work 5 days this week (forgetting the fact you didn't actually do anything) - Aggressive growth plan, and are big on recruitment yet have no real desire to manage and hold on to existing staff. Turnover is very high - they have a real mix of quality employees, and some of the worst i have ever encountered. You can easily coast by in this company, and will not be at risk. If you are bad at your job but suck up to the right people you will be protected - change is not that easy. Every decision is made by committee and their is no transparency - no coaching / training is offered to help advance your career. The job you are hired for is where they see you and where they want you to stay - becoming extremely metric driven across all business units. Although quality is discussed, it is down to the numbers game - Promotions are rare, and the managers in leadership positions are extremely weak and not strong enough to drive the business forward - very heavy focus on the Sales division, with other divisions completely ignored

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Cons

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2.0
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Recommend
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Pros

- Great health benefits and salary - A few great colleagues - Talk a lot about inclusion but this has slowly been falling to the wayside - I have been struggling the write this for some time as I wish there were more positive things to say

Cons

- Leadership that does not see anyone or anything but themselves - The company has been imploding for a while lying to the public and the street - Killing off the research model has been the final decision that has made many decide to look elsewhere (including me) - Lay off after lay off has created a culture of fear

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