The RSA Reviews

I am writing to share my thoughts on the work environment at the RSA office. Having spent a significant amount of time in this organization, I feel it is important to highlight several negative aspects that have contributed to creating an exceptionally toxic atmosphere. I hope this feedback will help potential employees make an informed decision about joining RSA. First and foremost, the management at RSA is exceptionally poor. Managers primarily promote those who, to put it delicately, know how to ingratiate themselves, without regard for the actual competence and experience of the employees. As a result, individuals who work hard and have substantial experience are overlooked and undervalued. This leads to widespread dissatisfaction and frustration among the workforce. Consequently, 90 percent of the experienced staff have left this organization, leaving behind only those who are "patted on the back" for being compliant workers. Those who remain are mainly individuals who do not stand out for their skills but are willing to comply with every whim of the management, further exacerbating the problem of lack of professionalism and competence within the company.

The CEO is a nasty piece of work, and the efforts he's put into alienating staff has been really something. Pay for staff has been held down for years while exec pay went up, pensions were cut significantly in Covid and then raised again by a small fraction of what they were. Management talk the talk of participation and acting on inequality, but refused to voluntarily recognise the union and made it very clear that they did not want people to unionise, to the extent of threatening redundancies as the only way to raise pay (this in an organisation with £32m of reserves). I can think of two senior positions filled with cronies of the CEO without due process, there may be more. In meetings there have been times when the CEO was bullying and undermining of colleagues. Trustees are distant from staff.