Racism, bullying, management allowed it to continue. Forced to fake internal staff surveys. - Anonymous employee Veolia Employee Review

1.0
11 Aug 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Leaving the company makes me happy. Some colleages were good.

Cons

Very bad place. French managers think they are smarter than other poeple, and everyone else is stupid. They wont listen to ideas from other people, wont change. Too much ego. Bullying. Racism; French people promoted beyond their skill level. Local people and foreigners not considered for high positions. Bad bullying, managers shout at people, revenge by managers against people they don't like. Salary cut for punishment without investigation. Not fair. Forced to work more than 7 days sometimes. No rest day. Illegal. No training or career path. Told to fake my "training hours" for end of year review so that company management could tick boxes. HR told people what to say in anonymous company survey. Not a true process. Annual confidential staff survey result were given to the management who bully staff, and search for who to punish. HR know this and not care. Not confidential; told lies to workers that its confidential. No training or career path. Internal basic training only, no budget approved for extra training. Dead end job. No future. about 1/3 staff quit each year due to unhappy working environent. Too much stress. Bullying and shouting at staff. Racism from french people. Don't work here unless you hate your life. Management and HR department know the issues but do nothing I could see; Don't seem to want to be involved and risk their position.

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