All is not as it seems - Managed Services Consultant Version 1 Employee Review

1.0
Feb 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Job Security. Great place to start a career and get experience

Cons

I felt the need to write this review as this is mainly completed by fresh happy Grads who have landed themselves a career. I would not be fooled by this Great place to work malarkey that you hear. This company bleeds you dry and works you to the core. They take on new customers and then think about the staff afterwords. Breaking peoples backs with more work when their back is already broken. On top of that pay well below the market Average. The company makes themselves look great to new joiners, forgetting about current staff that are unhappy.

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Version 1 Response
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Many thanks for your feedback, we appreciate every review posted from current or former employees, regardless of their tenure with the organisation. It's unfortunate to read that you are currently experiencing some disillusionment in your role, luckily we have lots of mechanisms in place to help & support employees and hopefully we can assist you in making the next 5 years as enjoyable as the first 5. Whether that is through 1:1's with your manager or HR or availing of our Rotation policy or looking at different opportunities within our Capability structure - I'd encourage you to take the initiative and reach out. We are very proud of our Great Place to Work ethos and listing - mostly because it is something that our employees are responsible for - any accolades achieved are because of the survey results that they complete independently & individually. We don't just rely on external benchmarks but correlate the annual results with our internal quarterly employee surveys, both regularly exceed participation levels of 70%+ with even higher scores on levels of engagement. Our Q4 survey results revealed an 80% engagement score that reflects the fact that most of our employees are very happy! Our pay & benefits are regularly reviewed to ensure we keep pace with the market and this quarter alone saw 100 people promoted as part of our career development framework and increases to match. Our quarterly rhythm ensures that no one is ever more than a quarter away from a salary review.

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