Ok in some parts, extremely poor employee experience - Manager Square Enix Employee Review

1.0
25 May 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some really bright, hardworking people in IT on all levels, including leadership, delivering highly complex solutions to the business against all odds - extreme workload, low resources( staff), extremely high expectations. Has been a privilege to work with most of them. The benefits are meh, borderline standard package.

Cons

We all know that that we're just numbers for a company when it comes to employment. But experiencing the treatment I've experienced in the last 6 weeks, I must say that all pro's and the positive perception that I might have had have been overshadowed, all out the window. In this day and age, employees value inclusion, flexibility and recognition most and foremost. HR here are still in the mindset of the 70's, and that has led me to have a highly negative perception and experience, one that made me from a passive, borderline promoter, into a massive detractor. If anyone from SE HR or leadership will read this, they could research into NPS, and how it applies to employees.. By what I've observed, my coworkers are in an overwhelming number in the passive and detractor pools, with very few promoters. I would be quite concerned if I were them.

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