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Macmillan Cancer Support

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Macmillan Cancer Support Reviews

2.7

36% would recommend to a friend

(580 total reviews)
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Gemma Peters

35% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Macmillan Cancer Support has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 580 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Macmillan Cancer Support employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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580 reviews
1.0
2 Jul 2024

A shell of what it once was

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Pros

Iconic charity in the UK Fund the heroic front line services So many colleges deeply connected with the cause and will passionately stick to Macmillan through thick and thin Moving into a sleek new office in London*

Cons

*Moving to an expensive new office which will only hold 10% of the workforce. Pay freeze, redundancies, cuts to benefits - expected to pick up extra work to cover those who have left Leadership with multiple away days despite announcing these will be reduced for teams. Two tier policies Turbulent culture - Constant change of leadership, at Exec & director level Nepotism is rife - friends brought into management roles then never held to account due to their previous relationship. Leaders come and go - workforce across the board have to adapt to the constant two year cycle of leaders advancing their careers Very limited career opportunities - person above you needs to leave before you can even think of a promotion A year of 'strategy' only to come up with a reworded mission statement Leadership would rather gloss over challenges and present quick wins to keep up appearances No longer fun to work here. Zero perks, no interaction with wider departments. No social aspect to work anymore

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Macmillan Cancer Support Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and concerns. Like many organisations, inflation and the rising cost of living have impacted our income, meaning that our charitable spending goes less far and we have had to make difficult decisions to make savings. This includes becoming a smaller organisation and losing some of our greatly valued colleagues. Our colleagues’ wellbeing is critical and we recognise that change and uncertainty can be unsettling. We have a range of support in place for colleagues, including Wellbeing Champions and Mental Health First Aiders, as well as several new workshops to support individuals with navigating change. We’d encourage you to take advantage of this support if you think it’d be helpful. Our transformation work and new strategy will help us ensure we continue to have the most impact for people with cancer who need our support, and to ensure our organisation is set up in an efficient way. As well as our new strategy, this includes our planned move to a new London office this summer which will provide us with a number of benefits including reducing costs, working towards meeting our environmental and sustainability targets, and providing a more inclusive workspace for Disabled colleagues. We have also heard feedback from some colleagues that more progression opportunities are an important part of being a colleague at Macmillan and this has formed a key element of our ongoing reward review process. You can find the latest information on this on our intranet and via our colleague network. We want all colleagues to feel supported and empowered to share feedback and have worked hard to ensure there are lots of ways to do this. This includes sharing feedback directly with directors through open-door sessions, colleague surveys, our colleague network, as well as our anonymous speaking up platform which you can find more information about on our intranet. We value the expertise and views of our colleagues and encourage feedback to guide our decision-making and help us become a better organisation. Alongside this, we have also committed to ensuring best practice recruitment standards across the organisation. To do this, last year we rolled out mandatory anti-oppression training for all colleagues and made changes to our recruitment process including mandatory inclusive recruitment training. We value the time you’ve taken to share your feedback and if you’d like to share anything further with us, or have a feedback conversation, please email glassdoor@macmillan.org.uk
1.0
21 May 2024
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Pros

Peers and team mates - you cant get better.

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Where do I start? * A lack of true leadership from senior leaders * Current 'change process' is mind-blowingly unfair - no transparency or honesty from the CEO * Every 'benefit' of working for Macmillan is being removed. * No car allowance for jobs which require you to drive * No working from home allowance, for role which require you to work from home * Refusal for staff to see equity impact assessments for new changes being bought in * Staff asked to decide if they want to remain in the organisation, or take voluntary redundancy, before the 'new strategy' is revealed. * The Guardian newspaper article released earlier this year - full of untruths. * The charities 'behaviours' include - 'with heart' what a joke! there is no heart being shown for the staff. * Change process is clearly a cost cutting exercise - people with years of experience forced out. * No pay rise - no cost of living consideration. * Many staff members having to rely on secondary income just to get by, whilst the latest chief to be recruited will start on £140k per year!

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Macmillan Cancer Support Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and concerns. Our colleagues’ wellbeing is critical, and we recognise that change and uncertainty can be unsettling. We have a range of support available including Wellbeing Champions and Mental Health First Aiders and encourage you to reach out for support if you need it. Over the last twelve months, Macmillan has been transforming and developing its new strategy to ensure we are in the best shape possible to meet the growing needs of people living with cancer in the UK, both now and in the future. Like many organisations, we also need to take tough decisions to manage our costs in the face of a challenging external financial environment. As part of this work, we are currently reviewing our reward and benefits offer. Our colleagues are vital for enabling Macmillan to do the work it does to support people living with cancer and we want to ensure they feel recognised and valued for their contribution. This is why Macmillan remains a Real London Living Wage employer nationally and is committed to continue to pay colleagues in the upper quartile of the charitable sector pay. We are working with colleagues to propose how any future changes to reward offers at Macmillan may look in the future, and colleagues have a number of opportunities to share their feedback as part of the process. This process is ongoing and so we are yet to know the outcome of this work. We have also provided a hub of information and resources in various formats to ensure we remain transparent and provide colleagues with the right information and support to navigate any proposed changes. We have conducted an Equity Impact Assessment for each element of the change and a high-level summary of these has been shared on our intranet. If you feel we could make further improvements to the process or have any other feedback, please do share this via our colleague network.
2.0
24 Nov 2023

Rudderless organisation

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Pros

Meet very nice people and work with motivated (inspite of everything), talented teams

Cons

Seems to go through a 3-4 yr cycle of very disruptive re-organisation, letting employees go before a clear new strategic direction is in place, then have to recruit new people to deliver the new strategy, having lost all the prevoious good people who were quite capable of delivering the new strategy in the first place. For a charity that is so old and well established it seems mind-boggling that they have to keep going out to consultation and hiring expensive external consultants to tell them what they should be doing.

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Macmillan Cancer Support Response
2y
Thank you for your feedback. Rapid changes in cancer treatment and diagnosis mean that more people are living longer with cancer, but they aren’t necessarily living better, and the NHS and cancer workforce is struggling to keep up with growing demand. Macmillan needs to evolve to seize every chance to make a difference. To do this, it’s vital that we understand the changing landscape of our health services so that we can adapt to deliver the best support for people living with cancer now and in years to come. Our Open Strategy process has been designed to include as many perspectives as possible, bringing in internal and external expertise, so there is a diverse representation of voices and needs informing the focus of our future work. There have been many opportunities for colleagues to get involved in this vital process and share their expertise and views, so we can co-create a strategy built to last. We really encourage all employees to feel supported and empowered to be involved in this ongoing work as we head into 2024.
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