Smart Apprentices Reviews

Lost that personal family feel once the company expanded.

All work is micromanaged. Nothing is more demoralising than your opinion being irrelevant and not allowed. Need to be a yes person, anything against the grain will cost you your job. Reviews are based on the number of rocks you must complete. Apparently, booking a meeting with the owner and moaning about their product will get you on the board of directors. Mental health is an issue with no work-life balance. Staff handbook is there because it needs to be doesn't carry any meaning. A sink or swim mentality. Your training/upskilling is done via Pluralsight using one manager personal account to login, which only allows one person at a time else you will be kicked off, have to use arranged calendar to book a time slot. All smoke and mirrors, no structure to the business. Staff are treated unfairly depending if you're liked or not. No progression if you are not a friend of the SLT. Acknowledgement or praise is overlooked and given to someone else. Kills any motivation to go the extra mile. Extremely long, unsociable working hours.