Failing Fast - Anonymous employee Brady Technologies Employee Review

1.0
Jul 15, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

It was the sense of community and understanding of the clients and markets. A loyal client base who were willing to stick by us but were pressing for development

Cons

The extraordinary positive review was obviously written by someone in HR and there are an oddly high proportion of them. Brady needed to take some steps to improve product and revenue but they have decimated both and removed a huge amount of knowledge from the team. Market reputation is now dire and the competition is laughing. When does the money run out we should be asking?

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Brady Technologies Response
7y
Appreciate you taking the time to post a review and I am glad you appreciated our sense of community whilst you were an employee of ours. Community is something we cherish, and it is an important part of day to day life here at Brady. I am sorry to hear that you left the company with a negative perception about our management team. Management is hard. Inspiring and leading business transformation even more so. The management team of Brady are committed to delivering to our customers and building a great company where our employees enjoy coming to work and which they are proud to represent. On a separate note, I am stunned that you would criticise the veracity of your former colleagues. While you left our employment with a negative perception your former colleagues indicate otherwise. Recently we conducted an employee survey which impressively 79% of our employee completed. The message from our employees is clear, while there are still areas which we need to address, the employee engagement and morale across our teams is improving. Further to the title of your post – we are not ‘failing fast.’ There is no fake news as you’ve reported. As a public company anyone can check out our company for themselves by reviewing our public disclosures. Brady wishes you the best in your future career endeavours.

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1.0
Apr 15, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There used to be a lot great people working there that knew their what they were doing and took good care of their customers but they have been all run off by the incompetent leadership.

Cons

The sales team is a joke, the product team a shambles and customers are not happy. Employee moral is at a all time low. The answer to these problems was a management book called "Employees First" that Chairman Ian Jenks had to sign for extra inspiration before they were distributed to all employees. He was not the author. Any how, he failed realize that by handing out these books with great fanfare, he might just create an expectation amongst employees that their treatment may improve, it did not. There was no mistake however that senior staff certainly put themselves first and employees would remain, well last. Employee turnover is astonishing and so much talent is gone, replaced by well intentioned new employees that lack the skills to turn this company around and have no idea what a mess they are getting themselves into.

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Brady Technologies Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. It has been quite the journey for us since the book you mentioned was distributed more than a year ago and a lot has changed since. We reorganised the business, conducted Brady’s first ever companywide employee engagement survey, listened to the responses and acted on the feedback. We are now in the middle of an interim survey to review progress on that plan. We are still on a journey, but our 2018 business plan is completely focussed on connecting with and delivering to our customers, providing opportunities and support for our teams and retaining the excellent people we have here at Brady.
2.0
Dec 27, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

A company with well designed products.

Cons

Ian Jenks is certainly inexperienced in the commodities area, which leads to the majority of employees rolling their eyes whenever he speaks. The recent restructuring process lead by Ian Jenks destroyed many functional aspects of the organization.

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