Kainos Reviews

Pros

Care about work life balance and the wellbeing of their staff, they provide plenty of work to the staff and ensure your progression is matched with your determination

Cons

The growth in the company is pushing it away from the one big family feel that it had when i joined but inside my teams this does still exist and is encouraged

Pros

Flexible working hours Remote as much as I want (you can go to office if you wish) Shares Incentive Plan (get shares annually free!) 35 days holiday per annum Agile Culture Awesome colleagues Awesome tech Learning a lot! Very strong public and private sector client portfolio (from MoJ to HelloFresh) Relevant and purposeful projects that impacts communities around us You choose your tech to work with! Home office furniture allowance! Fast growing company Pays out bonus every year (5 years in the row) 2 Promotion rounds a year (for the ambitious)

Cons

Salaries could be addressed to match the current market conditions and the economy! Free Bupa for all! Bonus only for Senior Management! All work hard despite seniority!

Pros

Flexible working hours that promote a healthy work-life balance. Supportive management and friendly engaging colleagues. Suitable equipment provided for the job. Clear communication from Senior Management/ Executives.

Cons

Progression paths and development plans are not well structured; it's very complex to progress and/or move into a new role in the business. The salary for Associate/ Senior Associate level is significantly under the market rate (when compared to competitors) and the salary bands between Senior Associate and Consultant level have a major void between them. The benefits are generous but there could be more to offer e.g. re-introducing share incentives for employees OR the 'Skills for Me' offering. The above two points need to be worked on as a number of colleagues have left the business because either A) It's easier to move to a new company than it is to move internally, B) Other companies/ competitors are offering enticing salaries that Kainos DO NOT compete with. Across the last year, the culture has shifted significantly. The lack of being in the office and having work events e.g. 'Pay Day Drinks', Christmas do's, Summer BBQ etc. has slightly taken away the united feeling of the team. The company have multiple Diversity and Inclusion networks throughout the company. However, I feel that more could be done to keep employees up-to-date about the goings on of each community and how they can get involved; more internal promotion is needed.