Pros
Interesting, challenging work on good products. Many talented, hardworking, kind colleagues who would be assets to any company. Work with some great clients and external stakeholders.
Cons
Old boys' club at the top encouraging macho sales culture. Sales staff indulged and given privileges but employees who deliver the products and client service receive no recognition. Unhealthy management culture. Bullying is a recurring issue. Too much politics, talking behind people's backs, inconsistency and criticising people in public. Sexism. Serious and ‘everyday’ examples involving senior leaders in the company. Training and development budget difficult to come by. Low morale but high professionalism among staff, who work hard to maintain product quality and client relationships without support, investment or basic respect from the motley collection of courtiers and ne'er-do-wells running the place. They deserve better. Old fashioned views on flexible working. Redundancies while chucking profits up to the PE owners throughout the pandemic. No transparency on what if any cuts were made to management pay. Strategic decision making all over the place. Senior leadership team don't understand the industry.