Avoid this sinking ship, or you'll regret it - Web Consultant Hibu Employee Review

Management haven't a clue. Flexi-contracts are abused and staff are left in limbo between temporary and permanent - 6-month rolling contracts are still being handed to staff after four years' service. No progression options - manager roles not offered in a fair manner. Example: one manager was coached for her interview 15 minutes before it happened, by the interviewer! And obviously got the job. Senior management hand promotions to family and friends, not on merit. Excellent staff demoted/contracts not renewed because they don't fit in with the cliquey atmosphere. Targets fiddled by managers to make their stats look good: but staff still disciplined for not meeting targets. Extra duties continually added to role until it has become unrecognisable when compared to original appointment. Staff told that HR cannot be contacted, except through a manager - no way to seek advice or information regarding life at the company. Information on intranet also pulled. Reports of bullying in office often raised by staff re managers; usually forcibly denied by senior management. Ridiculously high attrition rate - joke in the office was that someone would quit every Friday afternoon, and this was pretty much true. Four in one week once. Many staff made redundant and then their role outsourced to freelance staff. The in-house role readvertised a few months later. After a year's solid service, the freelance staff then dismissed with less than 24hrs notice when the company pulled work back in-house - where it's also a ghost town with constant recruitment as managers try to justify their jobs, but with nothing for the staff to do but twiddle their thumbs and hope for work to come in. Now outsourcing their copy to India, with more job cuts looming. A company that should have gone under years ago, but somehow is clinging on for now. On the way out, not worth the risk. AVOID.