Markerstudy Group Reviews

This absolute disgrace of an organisation acquired my former employer. Markerstudy released a statement, nothing would change, no loss of jobs. Then radio silence for weeks. Then Kevin Spencer holds the most policitically incorrect, male chauvinistic, sexist, town hall I've ever experienced. So bad we had to get our HR Team to sit through each one to see what gems he'd spout next. Then came their piste de résistance! Outlook calendar invites dropping into everyone inboxes. Dial in details for a webinar, with strict instructions not to forward on. These turned out to be a selection of recorded messages, some people made redundant, some office closures, some who were safe. The recorded message lasted all of 2mins and cut off leaving everyone on the call totally stunned. This was followed up the next day with a formal letter confirming you were either safe, or not. Absolutely no consultation and our HR Team had no idea it was happening. Read the reviews here, and that of their customers on trust pilot too, it's a clear indication that unemployment benefit is more attractive.

Progression became more difficult as the years went on. Right before I left, it was very difficult to make the time to develop and focus on your own career. Lack of resource and little support from the senior management team didn’t help this. Often, I felt under valued and not heard. As the company grew, once they acquired Co-Op, I, and many of us, became more and more of a number to them, but there was more and more pressure to provide work but less help to achieve this. Pay isn’t great. It was very difficult to get a payrise I felt I deserved. Also, no payrise in 2020 due to Covid but then they bought Co-Op?! Submitted my request to start my CII in January 2022 but it was never signed off by the senior manager, despite numerous chasers. It was still not acknowledged when I left in July 2022… When I finally left, they gave me 1 weeks notice that I owed them holiday pay, which put me in a difficult position financially. They offered no support or even just a discussion about it, instead telling me to take my financial difficulties to my lenders - ‘not their problem’