Steer clear. - Anonymous employee Liberty IT Employee Review

1.0
18 Jan 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The entire technical staff are amongst the most highly skilled, knowledgeable and experienced individuals I have ever had the pleasure to share a workplace with. On a personal basis, the staff are very friendly, there is a nice atmosphere in the Dublin office and people generally get along very well with one another, giving the vibe of a tight-knit community. Canteen is subsidized with a fantastic chef. IT Equipment in Dublin is very well spec'd and looked after with a great laptop refurb and refresh policy.

Cons

Obsession with management fads and buzzwords with little to no substance behind them. Acronyms to beat the band with what appears to be the aim of coming across as "cool", "sleek" and "high-tech" when realistically, it's nonsense condensed and redefined into management speak. Terrible quality of work. The onus is on technical individuals (with no consideration given towards personality type e.g introverts or extroverts) to procure "high quality work". Why have delivery leads? Why have senior delivery leads? It is the duty of those in management to ensure that the correct resources are assigned to key projects, or at least it should be. Management should be engaging to get high value/key projects from the US counterparts instead of passing the onus onto the technical staff, ridiculous business model that was more than likely invented to pass the blame and accountability onto lower-level individuals within the company. A Delivery Lead should ideally and realistically be looking to add resources to US projects at every opportunity, almost salesmen-like in their approach. No real drive or ambition or even sense of direction from senior management, nor is there an attempt to actively combat valid concerns. If you don't buy into the propaganda machine you have very little career opportunities which is sad, as a lot of technically sound people with real business impacting skills have left the company who would not conform to the nonsense.

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Liberty IT Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to submit a review. I agree that the people in LIT are a pleasure to work with. I am sorry to hear you were unsure of the direction and ambitions of the organization. As you know we have regular Town Halls and Ask Me Anything events to talk about these areas, as well as a variety of internal channels including our monthly newsletter eLITe. Your comments on the overuse of buzzwords is welcomed. Our industry is guilty of this, therefore your comments will be passed on to our Executive Team. I would very much have liked a chance to speak to you in person about your concerns. If you ever wish to get in touch, please do. Best wishes for your new role, Felim

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It is great to hear that you are enjoying working with us. Thank you for getting in touch! Regards, Willie
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