Avoid - it is just a boys club - Anonymous employee AutoRek Employee Review

1.0
Jul 19, 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

A handful of nice people left The Edinburgh and Glasgow offices are nice

Cons

Lots of unhappy staff and unhappy clients Chaotic with a constant revolving door at the moment Toxic culture, everyone turning on each other and no one at senior management level prepared to take any responsibility incase they are next to be dismissed No one feels safe or trusts anyone, we are constantly being told the new management team really care but we have yet to see any actions that show this A large percentage of experienced people have left or are interviewing to leave Offices used to have a buzz about them, that has completely gone with hardly anyone attending them now. Real shame as they are good working spaces Senior female leaders have all been pushed out, leaving only males at the VP level. That said, when the only standing female exec openly shared that they don’t believe in International Women’s Day, what do you expect? One strong female leader was replaced with the CEO’s incompetent ‘mate’ who guess what was a middle aged white male and refers to the CEO using nicknames. That team has now completely fallen apart. The way people speak to each other in the business now is really poor, there is a lack of respect at every level. This just keeps getting worse and worse Communication between teams is the worst its ever been ‘The board’ is constantly used as a whipping tool…’the board wont be happy if we do it that way’ or ‘the board wont approve’ or ‘the board want to see this’. Just another example of poor leadership from the top

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AutoRek Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to leave such a comprehensive review. We are very interested in your feedback/perceptions and disappointed that as a current employee that you feel so disgruntled. Given your comments re lack of trust and safety we expect that you will not want to discuss matters in person, but we would really encourage you to think about doing that, as we genuinely want to explore the points that you raise and respond to the statements in your post that appear to be misconstrued.

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A great working environment with an interesting product. New team members are bringing fresh perspectives to the business and helping to challenge established ways of working.

Cons

It is widely understood among employees that there is a group of individuals who target new starters when their views differ from the established way of thinking. Since joining, I have seen the business trying to move away from old ways of working and towards a new operating model, but progress is often held back by deeply entrenched knowledge and individuals who appear resistant to change. Over the four years I have been here, it has been disappointing to see new people struggle to succeed in what can feel like a toxic culture created by a small number of individuals. Anyone considering joining the company should think carefully about where they would report into and be aware that some people may present well in front of the executive team while behaving very differently behind the scenes.

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We appreciate you posting your insights. We'd like to encourage you to speak with a member of the People team so that we can gain further insight to the observations and comments you have made.
1.0
Jun 9, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Previous CEO was inspiring and there is a hope that current CEO will learn from him. Most of the staff still friendly but may not remain friendly in future. Some staff can get paid without any productive work so good place to work for Idle/dossy people. Some leaders (senior manager, VP etc.) working in AutoRek for 15 years; working same tech and do not know the latest tech, so better if you do not want to improve yourself.

Cons

Small company but leaders need to do worst politics to survive and if you are lower position then you will be slaughtered. For Example, Some projects were created by Product Development VP to tackle/play politics with consultant team and no output and cost at least 2-3 people's 2 years. Conflict with Consultant and product development team. Working with old tech and no room for development. Product team has not output and they are always busy and consultants face significant difficulty. Some consultant are trained to lie to the customer. I feel I wasted a lot of time working in this company and my life improves a lot after leaving AutoRek.

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