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NEVER WORK HERE - Anonymous employee Paradigm Housing Group Employee Review

1.0
20 Jul 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are some lovely, hardworking people that are rapidly leaving due to the current regime. Salaries are decent - but they need to pay this because the office is in the middle of nowhere (even though they advertise all of their jobs as 'High Wycombe'). And interim role wages are over-inflated. You can 'work from home' - but only if you're in the 'inner circle'. For those of you that don't know about air quotations - they're not working from home, they're just sitting at home, not working. That's about it.

Cons

Management team are absolutely appalling - they bring in new roles at their level and it's layer upon layer upon layer. So many interim roles it's unbelievable. And the people that are brought in to do high-level jobs can't do them. So they bring another person in. To do their job. And surprise, surprise - they can't do the job either. It's an endless cycle. There's no goal, aim or strategy within the company. No opportunity for progression - those who have potential are stifled. Those who have an opinion are dismissed. Nothing is ever simple. Even the smallest of matters that would take a phone call or an email to resolve needs to have a whole-day meeting. So much time-wasting from management team. There are too many cons and I can't be bothered to write anymore.

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2.0
27 Oct 2025
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Pros

- Free parking, if you get there before 8am in order to get a space. - Offices are a lot more modern than other housing associations. Meeting rooms well equipped for hybrid meetings. - Salaries are higher than equivalent roles in the sector. - Benefits package is good. Annual bonus is unusual for the sector. - If your face fits, you can access training and promotion opportunities.

Cons

- Bloated management structure. Assistant Directors and 'Head of' roles for tiny departments with about 3 members of staff. Just loads of overpaid supervisors. - Lots of senior managers have come from outside of the sector and lack understanding of housing. - No soul. Office is quiet, no social side, people don't even talk to each other at lunch. - A bit of a cult. Everything is fine as long as you say the right things. Express an opinion, and you'll very quickly become an outsider. - High turnover of staff, particularly because PHG relies on fixed-term contracts and doesn't give any job security. - Morale is terrible amongst frontline staff, but senior leaders are either oblivious, or don't want to address it. - Long hours with no opportunity for paid overtime.

2.0
11 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nice welcoming people, reasonable pay.

Cons

Very poor training process, lacklustre management, overly bureaucratic, resistance from other departments to assist. A company intent on growing the number of properties they own, but not in having sufficient staff to manage them.

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