- Lack of ethnic diversity across the business and in the leadership team.
- Microaggressions often occurred (and were targeted at people of colour)
- Their stance and social media posts on Diversity and Inclusion are tokenistic and performative. They lack authenticity and do not provide a safe space for their staff from underrepresented and marginalised communities.
- Unrealistic KPI targets and expectations
- No work-life balance or working from home flexibility (unless you're a senior)
- Catty environment; there was a lot of gossiping and bad-mouthing of staff, and this also came from senior leadership
- Women and people of colour were held to much higher standards in comparison to their white counterparts and often made examples of/let go in a cruel 'out the back door' way
- They'd encourage staff to fill out employee engagement, benefit surveys etc. and then never provide any results, feedback or deliverable actions taken
- Micromanagement culture
- Imbalance between expectations of different desks and markets, and lack of consideration for differences between average fee
- Not open or progressive about employee psychological health and wellbeing. If your mental health was suffering, they'd find a way to remove you from the company and blame you for bringing the team down, rather than address and provide support
- Culture of favouritism towards top billers and employees who had been with the company for many years
- Toxic culture (promoting excessive drinking, bad-mouthing and becoming romantically involved with your colleagues) with no consideration to your life/commitments outside of work.