Lowest point in my career..... - BDR WAVTEQ Employee Review

If you want to work in an environment that makes you feel like you're back in 2nd year at high school, then WAVTEQ is the place for you! You'll be constantly stared at by the office manager and told to "shhh" whenever she thinks people are being too much. They installed a TV which was a cool touch i thought for background music, but it was always turned down so low it became a distraction more than anything! The new desks were way too small and nearly bumping elbows with your colleagues and all teams were mixed in the same room. I don't need to hear everything my colleagues talk about on the phone thanks, especially if they are calling their partners to ask what they want for dinner etc. The only meeting room they had could only fit 2 people comfortably then it became a sweat-fest and everyone can hear what you're saying anyway (especially the strangers in the corridor making a cup of tea a few feet away). My line manager went AWOL after a few weeks, literally disappeared for the rest of my duration at the company, this didn't set a very good example for the new staff. The individual they were forced to promote then got an inflated ego which did not suit their personality and became generally awkward to be around and extremely intolerable, this was when i started to think "how on earth did i get here?" from where I already had a successful career in much more challenging senior roles . I have never felt so talked-down to in and out of the workplace in all my life than when at WAVTEQ. In terms of the tools, the CRM was a joke, which was what we relied on every day. Their processes were the most amature you'll likely see, and the data was shocking unless you sourced it yourself. With unrealistic targets set by senior managers, no help or support provided, terrible processes, no monitors (seriously, just laptops on desks like they opened yesterday), extremely disruptive phone calls with your colleagues within touching distance who are also on the phone talking 10x louder than you, and most people doing a job that normal companies would advertise as 2, maybe 3, full-time jobs individually it was all chaotic and just a very depressing place to be. WAVTEQ immediately set you up for failure which brings morale down especially when your support from management is coming from the most patronising and judgemental people i've had the misfortune to work with. I used to go to bed every night dreading the thought of waking up to go back into that place every day. A few people were genuinely nice, but that's honestly the only good thing I say. If you like to talk about your personal life at the top of your voice in a tiny office while others straighten their hair at their desk with senior staff coming in and out of the office whenever they please while the new staff have to be glued to their chairs before and after their working hours, then this is the place for you! For me it was a very toxic atmosphere. Extremely unprofessional, uncomfortable, claustrophobic, depressing, judgemental soul-sucking and chaotic. After working in successful companies prior in senior roles to then be treated like this at WAVTEQ really was a low point in my career and also personally, I started to question my sanity for why I made that decision in the first place. I hope they have since changed their ways but i highly doubt it ......