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1.0
2 Jul 2014

This could be the worse company on the planet

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Pros

The office is in a nice location, not far from the Cutty Sark and thats about it.

Cons

Drinking is encouraged, especially with the directors, if you don't you are abused. Miracles are expected, if not you are abused. Being abused is expected, if you don't you are abused. I wish one of the options below could be 'recommend this company to your worst enemy..' but even i am not that cruel. In the short time i was there, two people started, one left by lunch, another at the end of the day and never came back, most people there said they were just trying to get 2 years on their CV, the person i replaced had been lying about what work they had done, when i repaired the damage and finished the project, you guessed it, i was abused. If you do decide to work there, read the contract carefully as they deal with solicitors, on the day they made me redundant, i left with just over £100 pay off, i did not get my 2 weeks holiday and 2 weeks redundancy due to the crafty way they worded the contract and i had to sign a form to say i would accept this pay off, or i would get nothing. They are amongst the worse crooks i have dealt with, having my car stolen was at least done with a purpose, i would trust those people more that this company. Other stories i have heard: - Some agencies refuse to deal with them as they employ 18 staff but have managed to cycle through 58 new employees in 3 years - One agency that sent someone over who lasted 1 week when offered the job was asked by SDS to pay the fees back to them for the process of employing them. Be careful as i expect this company to one day fold as it is run by two of the worse people i have ever met. You have been warned!!

1.0
25 Jul 2012

Avoid like the plague

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Non, this company is the worse I have worked for, even if you add all the companies together that I have worked for in 20 years.

Cons

I worked there, the atmosphere is fear, repression and avoidance of eye contact. The only way to fit in is to become a drinking buddy for the English Director, but then a lot of people try that just to survive, don't have ideas, plans or dare to think you can help the company grow. Make sure everything you get is on paper or email but make sure you have hard copies. The Spanish director is nice, to the point of getting your trust and that's when he strikes. They have put 75% (approx) of their business into one customer and for some reason, they lost them, I am not sure how but can only imagine. One agency I spoke to, after I left there, said that some agencies refuse to deal with them. In one three year period, they had 18 full time staff but managed a turn over of 52 employees. During my stay there I saw many people leave and one who came and left at lunch time, he never came back. There is more I could say but then I would have to get into my specific details and what they did to me, avoid at all costs, you have been warned!!!

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