Used to be decent but gone downhill - Engineer Conosco Employee Review

1.0
Jun 13, 2020
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Pros

Used to be a good place to work with very nice customers Lots of learning opportunity You get to work on different sites and technologies

Cons

There are so many cons. Since a new CEO started the business changed and all of the really good people left because he is very inexperienced and doesn't know how to run the company. Staff who were average ended up getting promoted (the receptionist somehow became a manager and doesn't know what she is doing) so the managers in the business now are also very inexperienced The company is not progressing and there is no growth opportunities for staff. The Leadership also don't communiate with employees and when they do, they usually lie or hide bad news. They also pretend that the company is doing very well and making a lot of profit but none of the staff get any pay rises or bonuses and salaries are very low. The customers are nice but always complain about Conosco when you visit them. The office is nice but very small and very difficult to get to with no nice lunch places close by. There is also a massive blame culture with managers constantly blaming each others teams for mistakes and complaining about each other.

Conosco Response
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As Group CEO, it is positive for me to read that our Group’s drive to attract strong talent, and service quality clients through delivery of exemplary business services is something that this reviewer recognises and has clearly been a part of - and I thank them for doing so. The Cons that they list: it would be expected and predictable for me to attempt to deny or counter any of the somewhat more personal assertions they make about me and so I will avoid doing just that and leave their words to stand alone. Whilst it is always sad - both for me personally, and the wider staff across our Group - for leavers to do so in a negative way or with a disgruntled view, I have to take heart in the years of staff engagement results we have collected that indicate our diverse body of ~70 staff LOVE to work at Conosco, love to work with the colleagues in their teams, and all support and buy-in to the mission I and my leadership team are working for us to achieve as one, united and happy Team. In terms of financial reward - Conosco Group is run as a meritocracy, and as such high performers and those who support our culture and Team-first ethos are well rewarded each year as a result, as I believe they should be. I wish the author well in their future career, and hope that one day they find a great fit where they can prove to flourish. Anders Reeves, Group CEO

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