Awful Employer - Graduate Building Surveyor Hollis Employee Review

1.0
Feb 13, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Location of office, equipment, Bupa.

Cons

Throughout my time at Malcolm Hollis I was made to feel that I wasn't wanted there, and experienced intimidation and bullying by management. The office environment was painfully silent and oppressive, there is very much an 'every man for himself' attitude. You are exploited with little recognition or reward, and are expected to use your own personal time to complete work because management have underpriced and over-promised work to clients. Due to financial pressures the company doesn't provide the broad experience promised and I was stuck doing dilapidations and building warrants for the majority of the time, despite asking for a chance to get experience in other areas. When other colleagues left, additional work was piled on me as I was the 'cheapest' person in the office to use. Malcolm Hollis don't care about your mental health, they don't care about difficult times in your personal life, and they don't care about your health and safety. My contract was abruptly terminated 23 months in, with no explanation given, and no disciplinary action or consultation, I later found that if it had been 24 months I could have taken the company to court. They obviously know their way around employment law! This is a poisonous company, and I feel damaged by the experience of working for them.

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Hollis Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. We appreciate you letting us know how you feel and sharing your concerns. I am sorry that your experience with us has left you with a negative feeling. Each one of our offices has its own atmosphere and it’s important we recognise that what might be a focused working environment by some can also be perceived as overly quiet by others. We are proud to offer our graduates the breadth of experience they need in order to achieve chartership but when things get very busy, we all have to pull in and you may spend more time delivering a specific service. We understand this can be frustrating and we are working hard to ensure this type of situation is short-lived. We take allegations of bullying and intimidation extremely seriously so If you’d like to provide further feedback or have ideas on how we could improve our working environment, please email us at joinus@malcolmhollis.com.

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