Avoid at all costs - Apprentice Accountant Aston Shaw Employee Review

1.0
29 Mar 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Pay for you to get your Qualifications done. Colleagues are nice in general.

Cons

Pay is terrible and they are in general unbelievably tight with money. Do not care about their employees at all, you are simply a name on a sheet. High staff turnover as no one enjoys it. All the employees there even the high up ones chat about how poor the running of it is. Very poor communication to the employees. The bonus scheme they advertise in the job adverts is a £15 amazon voucher at best. They say you’ll get to work in lots of different areas. Quick heads up, you won’t.

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Aston Shaw Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to leave Aston Shaw a review and for providing us with some constructive feedback. We truly appreciate your input as a valued former employee. We are working hard to build a good culture at Aston Shaw, and we're glad to see the value in areas like encouraging and paying for our trainees to get qualified are being fulfilled. However, we are disheartened that your experience working here was overall negative, and we understand your concerns. Our vision is to maintain an engaging and interesting place for our staff to grow and thrive throughout their time with us, and we are very sorry to hear that this is not the experience you had. We encourage all employees to discuss their concerns with their managers or contact our HR department so we can work together to find a solution. Since your feedback, we are also providing more opportunity for open discussions with HR and managers to address any issues that may arise within our teams. Our intention is to make Aston Shaw an exceptional place to work, so we are always open to feedback, where honest and accurate, which will be considered and incorporated into future plans, as we recognise that there are always areas for improvement. Thank you again for your comments, we wish you all the best for your career.

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4.0
28 Jul 2025
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Pros

The team was helpful. The training was clear and easy to follow. I got to work on different types of jobs. Everyone was friendly. I learned a lot during my time there.

Cons

Some tasks were boring and repetitive. It was hard to move up quickly. The pay was quite low. Things were done in a very strict way. Sometimes work felt a bit slow or unchallenging.

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Aston Shaw Response
10mo
Dear author, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate you highlighting both the positives and the areas where you feel there is room for improvement. We are pleased to hear you had a positive experience working at Aston Shaw, found the team to be supportive and friendly and were able to develop valuable skills during your time with us. We are proud of the training we provide; it is amazing to know this had a meaningful impact on your development. We also acknowledge your comments regarding task variety, progression opportunities, pay, and the structure of our processes. As part of our ongoing internal developments, we are working hard to create more opportunities and broaden the scope of roles for our current employees. We also conduct biannual performance and salary reviews, which are benchmarked against industry standards and local market rates. Your feedback is important to us and will be taken into account as we continue to grow. We wish you all the best in your future endeavours. Regards The Aston Shaw Senior Leadership Team
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