Pros
Some truly great people work at Skipton. People who really do care about the place and its members.
Cons
Well, where to begin. The current regime led by Stuart Haire are a collection of career ladder climbing yes people, there to add Skipton to their CV as a stepping stone to what’s next. As a colleague, they appear to distain the people doing the work and reward the people who are willing to step on others. You can tell the CEO has worked in the corporate banking culture of America, as the place now feels like a bank with that competitive succeed at all costs, while cutting costs, under paying staff, rewarding themselves and just being generally very hostile, which comes with a consistent message of obey, masked by well rehearsed PR friendly speak. They say be brave, but when you voice anything that goes against the messages coming from the executives it is met with hostility. I haven’t been at Skipton for long and I’m already looking for the exit, I’ve never joined a culture so broken and divided, something that is not being recognised by the people at the top, instead they celebrate any minor win, but just look at the lack of engagement in the internal comms and you will see very quickly that their propaganda machine is being seen straight through by an under appreciated workforce crying out for change. I’m kicking myself for joining this business, I’ve never worked anywhere so toxic and that toxicity comes from the top. When you hold a leaders event at an expensive hotel and the egotistical CEO uses the phrase “only the strongest will survive” it’s time to do decide whether it’s worth even competing in whatever game he thinks he’s playing. I mean seriously, I thought I had fallen through a wormhole to the 80s. Heed this warning, think carefully about joining this business.
