I was blatantly lied to during the recruitment process! Senior management are arrogant, lack leadership and communication skills! The approach is very much colonial and team members are treated like slaves.
- Unclear and messy processes
- Short term hiring approach
- Lack of communication and demonstrations of superiority from senior managers. I was desperately trying to get answers of important questions and arrange meetings but none of that ever happened. Instead, I was called incapable on multiple occasions (one of them while the manager was off video and chewing on their food)
- The company failing to provide new employees with basic tools and instructions needed to perform even semi decently
- A messy structure( not even appropriate to say there is any structure in place)
- Micromanagement to a level that the CEO gets involved into really simple admin stuff (make sure you worship him in any possible way)
- Managers are rude; lack of respect from senior staff to more junior people
- Managers consistently breaking internal policies, incl. financial ones, and rules and that’s considered normal (this would never happen in a company that cares about reputation). Managers asked me to do things with expenses that in my previous places of work would have gotten them fired on the spot
- No work- life balance; working out of hours, weekends or during annual leave. Consistently calling and messaging my personal phone after hours
- I was told I couldn’t work from abroad but at the same time was asked to take my laptop with me while on a holiday and join calls after 10pm local time
- The HR department are way below the level one would expect for such kind of organisation I.e. rude, lacking knowledge, very unresponsive and really unhelpful
- Company is really cheap on equipment and facilitating people to wfh. I was sent a SECOND HAND wired headset! I had to use my personal peripherals
- Shocked to understand that there was 3 day compulsory leave during the Christmas period and the days are taken out from your annual allowance. Should you not have any annual leave left, they would kindly deduct 3 days from your next year’s allowance
As a summary I would say that for someone to consider it as a good place to work, it would either be their first job ever or they have really been working in horrible places prior that. No professional with any self respect is going to enjoy or appreciate that place.
