Ark Workplace Risk reviews about "management team"

This company was the most toxic workplace that I have ever experienced working in. The company has worked hard at employing a management team who have been carefully moulded to fit into their narcissistic ethos. Members are promoted by nepotism and are incompetent at their roles therefore they constantly blame others and lie about their own shortcomings, you know who you are. They make frequent microaggressions, your views are not taken on board and your contributions are ignored. They say something didn't happen the way it did. Dishonesty is rife there. They create a narrative to blame others for their incompetence. They are vindictive and constantly gaslight individuals. They criticise every move you make to break you down and feel like anything you do is not right. Certain individuals receive preferential treatment at this company, this is often based on personal relationships or biases, which links to how this workplace is so toxic. This undermines trust, fairness, and teamwork among employees they don't support decisions, they are manipulators and try to control everything. This toxic workplace is characterised by pervasive behaviours and attitudes that have a severe detrimental effect on the well-being and performance of employees. There is a high turnover of staff with a constant revolving door (8 people left at the beginning of the year) usually the reason for this isn’t good, and therefore shows signs that this firm is not making their workforce happy. This toxic workplace is an environment that will actually poison you, will damage your confidence and self-esteem, and may also damage your health. The longer you stay in this toxic workplace the longer it will take for you to recover. My advice is don't work here you will regret it once you scratch beneath the fake surface of the company and the reality dawns.

- Large appetite for change can go too fast for some employees - we need to work on ensuring consistent results before the next improvement - Launching the next phase of growth needs to be done transparently with the whole team; top-down communications in the past have been too infrequent and we're changing that - Benefits and perks for employees need to be modernised, but this is fortunately part of the growth plan to improve culture as we expand

It’s a fast paced and dynamic environment and some people we have employed in the past have not been able to keep up with the pace or only want to go at their pace! We work as a real team and very result orientated and slow pace employees do let the team down.

As the business is growing rapidly, there might be days where things get a bit hectic - but that helps our team bond as they team-up to resolve the issues/strategise.

It is fast paste with some demanding clients so none of the days will be the same. Some of the people who have joined Ark have not had company and people at their heart however luckily there are no longer with us.

Incredibly stale culture and office environment. Everyone was afraid of the CEO (apart from the close-knit senior management team), who was unwilling to listen to or respect her staff. The industry itself was dull, as was the work. Long hours and late nights were expected as standard. Given there are some positive reviews, perhaps (hopefully) things have changed.

- Highly toxic environment - Micromanaged by CEO at all times - Falsely sold roles during the interview process. - Many do not do what they applied for - Extremely high labour turnover with new employees leaving or seeking new employment within the first week of starting - No appreciation from senior management and any appreciation shown is not genuine - CEO is completely money orientated and company does not care for the employees or their health - Employees are overworked and underpaid - Pay increases only occur when employees express they want to leave - Business will find reasons not to pay well deserved bonuses by belittling the individual and blaming them for things out of their control - Senior management does not take ownership for their mistakes or accept that they need to change for the culture to improve - Management is controlling and has instructed employees not to engage with certain individuals, encouraged bullying within the workplace - CEO expects employees to stay late without paying overtime

Induction was fine, could have been over the slightly longer time period, I am informed that changes are being made to improve the onboarding experience