AVOID altogether - Quality Manager Fortress Diagnostics Employee Review

No supportive or positive aspects

• Unrealistic workload, particularly when acting as the sole marketing resource across multiple brands for an extended period • Lack of independent and consistent HR support; HR responsibilities appeared to change frequently and lacked clear structure • Disciplinary process following a period of bereavement and disability-related absence felt predetermined rather than impartial • Final written warning issued despite medically certified absence related to bereavement and a recognised health condition • Limited understanding and support for chronic health conditions and disabilities • Phased return to work only facilitated due to additional resource, rather than as standard support • Experience of a serious, life-threatening medical condition, with concerns regarding how this was handled and the confidentiality of medical information • Workplace culture concerns, including repeated instances of inappropriate and undermining behaviour from a colleague, which appeared to be widely experienced across the team • Lack of effective management intervention in addressing inappropriate colleague behaviour • Lack of empathy and consistency in handling employee wellbeing, bereavement, and health-related matters

- Modern facility - Free parking - Working alongside some (but very few) good staff who deserve much better

Unfortunately, Fortress Diagnostics has more issues than it has the ability to fix. The management are oblivious to the culture that has been fostered around them and the 2 star company score means nothing to them. Believe every bad review. Management have no idea about employee welfare or care. An employee is a number, paid to do what is asked of them and absolutely nothing more. Staff who have given years of their life to the company are ignored and belittled. New staff are used as scapegoats for management mistakes. Bullying is engrained in the company values backed up by a network of whispering spies. Expect on day one of joining the company to be given a desk and a chair but zero plan for how to be onboarded. The story goes on…