Challenging place to raise concerns - Accounts Administrative Assistant Unsworth Employee Review

The company is family run, which makes it difficult to raise concerns fairly. Senior leadership (family members in director roles) are untouchable, regardless of behaviour, in my opinion. I personally experienced behavior from someone at director level that I found inappropriate and made me feel extremely uncomfortable. When I raised this formally, I did not feel supported. Despite reporting the issue, I was asked to serve my full three-month notice period, which I found difficult in that environment so I therefore chose to resign with immediate effect. I didn’t feel that the companies HR department handled my grievance impartially. In my opinion I feel that they trap people with a 3 month notice, even for junior roles that can easily be filled, making it difficult for employees to leave challenging situations. As a company they are supposed to have a duty of care for employees, however in my experience, I don’t think this duty was fulfilled.