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      3.9

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (33 total reviews)

      Laura Keith

      78% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Culture and values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.7

      Senior management

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      Hive Learning has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hive Learning employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      33 reviews
      2.0
      26 Sept 2019

      Strange culture

      Partnerships
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Some great people that work really hard. Typical tech environment with beer fridge, bean bags, shared office space etc.

      Cons

      The culture lets them down. There is no room for opposing opinions to senior management and what is said publicly is not reflected internally; they do not take their own advice. There is a blame culture and an unspoken expectancy to work 24/7 and to senior management times e.g. post 9pm or pre 7am. Very hierarchical and secretive for such a small company.

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      Hive Learning Response
      5y
      Thank you to everyone for their reviews. I'm the current CEO only since start of 2020. I worked in the organisation when this review was written and I can see how you felt and observed some of these culture traits myself. I wish you were with us now as I'd hope it would feel very very different... yes the work can be hard (hard problems to solve), and we definitely haven't aced diversity and inclusion to the extent we try to teach it, but we're so much further on that journey now. On working hours I haven't seen that too much in the past bar when there's been an occasional major project deadline when I think people are largely Ok to go harder for a few days then take the time back... I'm so sorry you felt that way and worked so much! I've massively championed balance and flexibility as I genuinely believe balance gets the most out of people - happy people do their best work. I think we're more like a 9-5 culture than you describe, maybe a bit outside that if people choose to flex to do school runs or go to the gym : ) but there's absolutely no expectation from me or any managers now to work outside that, I even put that on my email signature as I sometimes need to work in the evening as I have a young family and need to flex a bit in the day. I also hope the hierarchy point feels very different now too with a whole new leadership team pretty much... thanks again for sharing and wherever you are now I hope it's great!
      1.0
      23 Jan 2025

      Terrible. Poor leadership, low morale and monthly pivots

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      There are some nice people working in the business who share a sense of a team going through trauma together which is a bonding experience, teams often go for lunch to talk about life. The best people leave or have left. Can provide a great place to do a few years and gain experiance before moving. Feels 'fast-paced' as described in other reviews but regular pivots mean fast-paced restarts often, Company direction changes frequently. Feels like trying to sprint in the ocean or digging holes in soft sand. lots of effort and urgency for not a lot of progress. This can be a pro if you like to feel busy and as mentioned is a good place to gain experiance. good opportunity to learn about offshoring and how it can take a week to get a day of work done. They are looking for huge growth so will try new ideas frequently but have a somewhat immature sense of product, unless growth hits in 6 months there's a new pivot coming. The direction of these pivots is driven not by product and customer engagement but by investor instruction, - ('needs more AI', integrate with ..... or be more like this company)

      Cons

      No real leadership, company direction is driven by VC investors using the CEO to deliver all the messages. CEO really doesn't have any ideas or opinions but is used to enforce rules. Huge office culture, if you hit the office 5 days you'll be a favourite, irrespective of ability. They really drank the presentism coolaid here - office = performance..... some team members do work remotely but they have mastered keeping their heads down. This is mostly driven by the investor who also has a financial interest in the office space. Toxic and constrained culture led from the investor - Innovative and successful business model where VC recycles investment back into their own offshore india centre and 'sister' companies - keeps staffing costs lower but perhaps less efficient so less gets achieved and they're further from customers. Pay below market rates - defended with either the 'options' argument or 'fast-paced' development. To be fair they aren't making enough profit and this is used to hold back pay. The options are pointless. 0.1% of 0 is still 0. Little investment in learning and development for individuals, what they do offer is provided by 'group' companies so that cash doesn't leave the VC - ironic considering they expect customers to believe buying external adds value...... 'Product' function is a mess - really poor product leadership and management that is essentially just organising tickets and distributing work whilst trying to build their own profile.....To begin the jounrney of improving the individuals involved might be more accepting of their limited understanding, the company needs to invest in decent external training/guidance!

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