A great place to work for some, can be a nightmare for others - Anonymous employee Equilibrium Financial Planning Employee Review

Thank you for your review. It’s great that you appreciate that we have rightly won awards for our Culture, we work really hard to ensure that EQ is a consistently brilliant place to work. We, like everyone can always improve in small ways and no one is perfect so we’d like to take this opportunity to respond to your comments in a bit more detail if that’s ok! In response, we admit it, we aren’t for everyone! We always try to hire the very best and do a thorough job at interview stage. This has resulted in a fantastic team of high performing people in all areas of the business. As a team we are used to delivering amazing results for our staff and clients at a tempo that for some people can be a challenge. We know that feedback drives change and have a feedback culture so that everyone has the greatest opportunity to learn, get better and grow in their role. We also know that this feedback isn’t for everyone. In order to ensure that feedback is 2 way we survey the team, both internally and using external sources such as the Times 100. The results of The Times 100 come from an anonymous survey which means the team can respond honestly about all things Equilibrium. They survey things such as management, leadership, personal growth, fair deal, wellbeing, giving something back and the team. In each of these areas we have performed ahead of other 3* Best Small Companies to work for and have received a place in the Top 10 for the last three years. We take Mental Health and personal wellbeing extremely seriously. In order to support the mental and physical health of the team we encourage and support them by offering free counselling to address specific concerns but on a wider scale we offer mindfulness, meditation sessions and massage therapy, flexible start and finish times as well as over 40 days holiday per year so people are able to take breaks and have that all important work life balance. We have implemented various internal training initiatives for all areas of the team, not just those looking to become advisers. The Growth Zone and Academies are available to all staff who are ‘nailing their current job’ and want to start working on their next levels of learning. We don’t do formal career paths, and again we appreciate this doesn’t work for everyone, but at EQ it’s down to the individual to take personal responsibility for their own development. Our job as we see it is to provide the resource and opportunities for those who want to take advantage of them. We are very proud of the team at EQ. Everyone on the team exhibits commitment, integrity, a growth mindset and are in general good eggs and like we said, we know we aren't for everyone.