Secret Escapes Reviews

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Can be a bit busy

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Does not have a proper training structure. Expects to learn from each other. Vast product with multiple systems to use. Severe Micro managing. Expects you to self develop yourself & do not listen when addressed. Stressful place to work. Low salary for set expectations.

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salary; micro-management; there is not much room for development

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Very unskilled people in management roles, it is a wheel of luck, depending who you get it might be a good or an awful experience. Lack of trainings for managers, obsessive, controlling and ultra-micromanaging directors that spread down the control to new clueless managers that are easily manipulated. In order to get things done or be valued for your work you need to be ''friend with x or y'' Lack of direction and structure, lack of business knowledge for people in key roles despite a very good CEO intentions.

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Progression is not clearly defined due to the scale up nature of the business so you need to be willing to carve your own path.

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Not any negatives that I can think off

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a bit too much politics, but could be worse

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Swanky Office, great perks and benefits, but the job I was employed to do… OH MY GOSH… The company is obsessed with WIG’s (Wildly Important Goals) and is obsessed with having meetings about WIG’s, rather than getting stuff done. Meetings, meetings, meetings! No-one was sociable. The most exciting thing people did was “Biscuit Wednesday”, where they nominate someone to go and buy some biscuits from the shop each week. No pub lunches, no after work activities, none of that sort of stuff at all. I won’t name names… but there were people upset about being moved from the 5th floor to the 4th floor and having to sit with other people. This is a holiday company! Why such the introverted attitude?!? Git PR’s were a real pain to get approved. I was constantly criticised for every PR I made. I kept having to add minor changes (Like adding white space in unnecessary places) which stopped me from getting my work done on time. My work tickets and goals were constantly changed. In short, scope creep is a problem here. Secret Escapes also seems to be overly focused on documentation as well. Documentation is good, but there is a balance. Most of the time whilst working there, I found myself thinking: Oh my gosh… can we get some work done?! Also, all their desks are Hot desks with monitors that may or may not work, with a third party booking system that doesn’t work properly. These hot desks had no keyboards, mice or USB-C adapters available. I ended up buying my own and bringing them in to do my job.

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SE isn't always big on 'process' for certain tings, this is often (in fact usually) quite a good thing in my mind, but it does mean that you will get out what you put in when it comes to things like career progression, if you are wiling to drive things forward yourself then you'll do fine, but it can be quit easy to 'coast' in your career progression if you aren't the one to drive it forward.