Worst year of my life to date. - Anonymous employee Captec Ltd. Employee Review

1.0
Mar 4, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I'd like to thank the management for showing me exactly HOW BAD a job can get. I will never hate a job that much ever again because its impossible to find a worse company to work for. See cons for further information....

Cons

Management are not well trained in manners and basic human and or employee rights. Long hours, no rewards. Negative working culture - no praise for good work but LOTS of stern words / shouting / swearing for mistakes. Staff are overworked and underpaid. Unrealistic targets set by management. There's no motivation if you're a captec employee, only a constant struggle to get up each morning. when I worked there, the company was about 90% male biased and the females were treated to a number of sexist remarks on a daily basis. Employees were hired on looks as opposed to knowledge and working background. I can tell you now....if you're a bright and cheery person now and you go on to work at captec, you will leave a miserable, soul-sucked victim (possibly on medication for depression / anxiety) and that's no exaggeration! Lastly, the company's products are nothing but trouble - faulty, prone to breaking....expensive. I'd imagine that it's very difficult to sell a product that you wouldn't want to recommend to anyone...poor sales team.

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Cons

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May 5, 2024
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Pros

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Cons

HEED MY WARNING: Trust all the bad previous reviews and know that the good reviews are written by HR to soften the blow.  I’ve ignored them and paid the price Avoid working in the Marketing Department at all costs.  Anyone that has worked there that knew what they were doing and did any good to the department, either quit, or got driven out.  The Majority of management either doesn’t believe in marketing altogether ( been said by Interim Marketing manager, General Manager and CEO on separate occasions ) or doesn’t have a clue about how it works, yet they all have strong opinions on it.  CEO has a problem controlling himself and throws unprofessional tantrums with complete disregard to decency ( apologises after if confronted ) but keeps repeating.  - Not a place for growth- At least 2 years of no leadership in the marketing department. Everyone avoids the position or quits within a couple of months. - A company that “doesn’t believe Marketing works”- One man show by a CEO that micromanages EVERYTHING. - Invests near to nothing in their marketing department.The equipment provided are decades old, with a refusal to upgrade or improv.Personally paid out of my own pocket for well over a year for essential software  ( like Adobe and Stock Imagery websites ) and equipment. Mostly due to no leadership in my department and management lacking any initiative to invest in the department.

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