In recent years I would not recommend NCFE to a friend. The exec team have been allowed to run rampant, making bad business decisions and putting pressure on teams to give them what they want on a minutes notice, regardless of their workload. The CEO is surrounded by yes men who do not hold him accountable for his behaviour - he is constantly late to webinars he hosts, and frequently doesn’t turn up for meetings or events, expecting someone to cover for him at the last moment. Perhaps the most shocking of all is the comments he writes on his linked in - we are the leading AO in health and our CEO is publicly sharing anti vax views online. His comments in one staff webinar “if you don’t like it leave” were effective - people are leaving in droves and a recruitment freeze has meant the rest of us have had to pick up the extra workload. When asked about pay rises, the CEO/exec constantly peddle the same lines: we’re a charity so need to reinvest our money. Why they don’t see staff retention as investment is quite interesting. They also emphasize the bad financial situation they’re in but continue to buy new business to merge with like kids in a sweet shop. NCFE used to be a genuinely nice place to work five years ago however as wages stall and workload and expectations rise, with so many people across the business leaving for our competitors, it seems new leadership is needed.