All potential job seekers should be extremely careful about joining this firm. There is a nasty culture among middle management to borderline bully members of staff, demean staff and be aggressive to staff they have taken a disliking to, rather than be professional and work with the individual in an adult manner. It is very normal to humiliate one another, shout each down and openly show dislike to another’s points of view. An individual’s view can be called stupid or “dumb” at meetings and over the office floor, the rolling of eyes along with obvious negative body language in addition to outright shouting at times is very normal. This has resulted in employees not showing the normal helpful challenge and ownership over tasks which can help the tax payers save money, instead most keep quiet to avoid conflict with the key middle management who are leading this negative culture and environment. Perhaps the biggest issue with the firm is that there have been numerous official complaints made to HR and heads of departments and there has been no action over the last 18 months. The heads of department simply make excuses for the behaviour and or ignore the behaviour. This has effectively condoned the at times disgusting behaviour and allowed it to continue. This has resulted in a high staff turnover and a very demotivated workforce, especially within the commercial team. The above is unfortunately a daily occurrence within some areas of the firm, while other areas are great and do not seems to have the current culture, the commercial team is by far the worst.
