Brilliant place to work, learn and grow - Software Engineer Chelsea Apps Employee Review

With change comes opportunity and that is happening at CAF. New management is restructuring the approach to price, product and service and shaping a new people first policy. It is early days - but cultural change doesn't happen overnight. Building trust is the biggest challenge across all levels. It was good to see the company invest in peopl training and discuss new policies for reward and recognition. It's also good news that they are moving out of the current run down buildingthis helps address a very poor office environment and unpopular location for many. The new appointment of a HR director is good progress as is the emphasis on service improvement.

A lack of IT leadership has taken its toll, muddling strategic direction. New management is tackling this. Company comms are inconsistent which undermines trust. Too many people decide own hours - leading to disruptive working from home policies which damages team building and project delivery. Recruiting methods are not transparent and on-boarding new starters is difficult if you don't know someone new is about to start. There is definitely a difficulty in recruiting and keeping staff - particularly women. The lack of decent loos and poor cleaning services also makes for a poor work space - this is changing with th future

- Not many, the business doesn't nurture it's staff and has a very high staff turnover - You can have breakfast from the local cafe

Working environment is poor. No benefits - how can a business that has been running for 5 years not have a pension, and offer 25 days holiday (3 of which you have to keep back for Xmas). No career path No standard salary review Poor Management both Senior and Mid Level If you are considering a job here then make sure you ask a lot of questions and get any promises written into your contract, with dates committed to. Anything you don't get agreed or written down has a habit of not happening. There is little team spirit. There are not lots of mobile developers as every time a new project comes in they hire for that tech. So if you are in tech you may end up with no-one who codes in your language.