Rockborne Reviews

The company is managed awfully, promises of clients was an integral part of their business model, however they did not live up to their promises, as they lay in the dark about everything. Every time they were asked if any clients have been secured, the same record would be on repeat. The training itself was an absolute shambles, it was outsourced, and the partners have very low input. Teaching us about ethics when they clearly have none, and the CDOs technical skill level is lacking, which is quite ironic…but I digress. Selling dreams and are completely out of their depth, do not fall for the trap. “Most valuable asset” - complete nonsense. Their lack of ability to secure clients, was thrown on us.

- 3 rounds of mass layoff - First one was caused by over-hiring and a lack of clients. The exact same mistake was repeated a year later in February 2022 with 16 consultants being laid off and Senior members stating they “Did not see a recession coming”, although it was plastered all over the news. The consultants found out in the morning and were told they'd be able to ask questions in the meeting later on, however the meeting was moved to the following day and all of those made redundant had their accounts terminated by the end of the day, and hence could not ask questions. Furthermore, one of the people made redundant was on client placement, and had their manager contact Rockborne to later discover this had bean a mistake. It says a lot about organisation and communication if you don't know which of your consultants are on client site. - A fellow consultant who joined asked about the glass door reviews regarding the first round of mass redundancies, and was told by the recruiting team that this was due to poor performance which was a lie and not all transparent. - Speaking of transparency, there are numerous situations where Rockborne claim a client is in the pipeline but no update is given on progress and many of the deals fall through, again with no reasons provided to consultants. - Rockborne was initially advertised as a “Data Engineering Graduate scheme” but it now “Data Consulting” and many of the client placements are not technical, which is the sole reason many people applied to Rockborne in the first place. - A previous consultant also had her contract extended without consulting her in a sector she was unhappy with, and the client was told by the sales team that the consultant was “more than happy” to have their contract extended. The consultants are simply seen as commodities to make money and not as people. - There has been a third round on layoffs where some consultants who were working on important internal projects were laid off mid-project, whilst there’s members of the operations team who contribution to the company seems unclear, yet remain safe.