The Anvil Group Reviews

What really sums up a bad company is when they instruct their staff to write positive reviews on glass door in an effort to up the ratings because they are not happy with the honest and consistent reviews made by current or ex employees. If you don’t believe me, you only have to read the recent and clearly fabricated ‘positive’ reviews that have appeared over a short period to see how they differ to other ‘real’ reviews. I think this really says something about the senior mgt team (if you can can call them managers! They certainly aren’t leaders!). I think it’s fair to say that most ‘normal’ mgt teams would be concerned about the reviews and look at ways to improve and overcome these challenges which will ultimately lead to a more successful and productive enterprise. Instead, they choose to ignore the comments and bully employees to write fabricated reviews. This not only undermines glass door but more importantly potentially provides a false impression of the company to would be job applicants or clients who may be conducting due diligence on The Anvil Group. To me, it also demonstrates dishonesty, arrogance, ignorance, lack of intelligence and most importantly, clear lack of any leadership or management.

A couple of five star ratings posted, with no effort made to provide any details to substantiate their view, stating ‘no cons that I can think of’....this is a stark contrast to the other reviews here and I naturally find it somewhat suspicious. Having worked at Anvil for ‘a little while’, I can concur with the other negative comments posted here and have no doubt that they are both genuine and a fair reflection. You will be hard pushed to speak with an ex employee who does not share very similar views. The ‘senior leadership’ are extremely arrogant and happy to nurture a web of deceit, impacting upon both employees and clients. This is not lost on the workforce and therefore a well-placed mis-trust of the ‘senior leadership’ is maintained. There exists a distinct lack of respect for the workforce, which really is a shame since it largely consists of hardworking, professional and passionate people. At least it did when I worked there, however many of these people have either left or are in the process of leaving. A continued lack of communication throughout the organisation, poor staff engagement, development and training and repeated poor decisions from autocratic business owners has fuelled a blame culture and cultivated low morale. It is a fact that Anvil has a very high attrition rate, for good reason. Don’t take my word for it...a Linked In search of employees past and present will provide an unbiased reflection on this statement. With a complete lack of empathy and positive, skilled leadership and no apparent signs of any feedback resonating and leading to change, this trend can sadly only continue.