Pros
- Brand name - Flexible working
Cons
- Job Security; a theme of annual redundancies after Christmas period. - Bureaucratic to the bone; very long chains of command, very slow in responding to opportunities/need for change. - Senior Management positions +GG14 are reserved for White Males. Minorities do not stand a chance, despite what the company is promoting about diversity (there is none). They throw in a few women here and there at senior positions to keep a tight lid on diversity. - Petty Bonuses/Pay Increases; despite the declining market conditions constant restructuring (re-shuffling) of management staff, some of us are still implementing transformation programmes and work day and night to get this done, literally saving the company millions of pounds. However, only the fat cats get the big bonuses, and middle management get the boot. No one received a bonus for 2014 and 2015, and the pay increase in 2016 was £40 a month (After tax). - Promotions: The only way you can get promoted is by knowing someone, not through results and hard benefits. I've worked in more than 5 sites, and I can honestly say the majority of senior people do not deserve to be there. Nepotism and being member of the "boys club" will get you anywhere. - Colleagues/Peers: 90% of staff work 8-4, 9-5 and then go home. I've not met any managers (mid-senior) coming from any Ivy league business school, and most of them have a grudge on graduates that do. Your opinion does not mean anything unless you are a senior manager, otherwise no one would listen. With constant redundancies and high turnovers, staff are in desperate low morale. - Professional Development; Many senior staff came in as apprentices and do not have higher degrees. Line managers do not see the benefit/need to 'waste' money on professional qualifications or further education, but rather seek to employ people who already got them, and in turn those people leave in about 2-3 years time because all the reasons I'm listing today. Additionally, there is something called the "High Potential Pool" which is reserved for the 'top performing 1%' of the company, in practice this is filled by all the brown noses, and people who are there because they no someone. There is no special treatment for HPs, just the privilege of being called one. - Diversity and Inclusion: There is no such thing as diversity in RR. Yes they are one of very few companies who still hire foreigners on the graduate schemes, but other than that there is no room for progression. Discrimination exist in the recruitment process, where ethnic and religious minorities do not stand a chance. Women get places if they are attractive, but that's about it. There is constant harassment, bullying, and racism in the workplace (occurring infront of HR in some instances, who remain passive unless there is a formal report, and even that doesn't get you anywhere).