Pros
- hybrid working that’s was pretty flexible - really talented staff and decent culture (despite senior leadership seemingly doing everything in their power to ruin it) - lots of free merch and fika (free food/drinks) - weekly UberEats allowance - good family benefits like enhanced maternity pay
Cons
- returned from maternity leave to find I had been placed in a pool with no role and no team, then had hr suggest I look for “opportunities outside the business” (DEFINITELY VERY ILLEGAL) - CEO can’t be told no - CXO blame everyone but themselves for their mistakes; imagine spouting anti union rhetoric and villainising staff for speaking publicly after you lay off 50% of the work force - constant change of priorities - no bonus - annual pay increases well below inflation with some people getting 0% as they claimed they wanted to focus on certain groups (women, those below market rate) - no clear path to progress; progression is not merit based - with so many layoffs, there are loads of gaps in knowledge and ownership making it hard to complete simple tasks - very little diversity; could count the number of black London based staff on one hand (out of a few hundred) and very few people of colour in management roles - no transparency; only announcing things after someone accidentally stumbles across a policy draft and raises questions on company wide slack channels