Pros
training allocated to all staff annually close to public transport shares and health cover for most staff (after qualifying period)
Cons
From the very top-down, there is an issue with trust between the management and staff. Huge problem. This leads to a blame culture, managers micro-managing their teams, everyone focussed on covered their back instead of what they should be focussed on. Another huge issue- there is no organisational clarity. Never seen org chart entire time I was there. No-one knows anything about org structure.. There is no articulated strategy. I never heard the company strategy discussed ever. Communication is very limited. Only company updates we had were quarterly financial performance updates, or the annual kickoff companywide update. This is lacking. Clearly, remote working through COVID will be a real challenge for Kainos primarily due to lack of trust in employees, with immature managers valuing hours worked over outputs achieved. CEO and senior management are largely focussed on graduates and long term (10-15yrs+) employees. This is problematic as the majority of staff fall outside this focus group. Obviously the salary review process is ineffective as is it not based on merit, rather who you know which becomes all too clear after 12 -18 months in the role. There is a distinct lack of diversity, again this comes from the top with senior management almost exclusively over 40yr old white males from Belfast. Although diversity is recognised as an issue at Kainos, nothing has been done.
