Avoid this place! - Anonymous employee Future Employee Review

1.0
Dec 17, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Everyone works hard, people are helpful. Magazine teams do great stuff

Cons

Crazy workloads I.T department has zero budget everyones machine and software is 5+ years old Poor outlook, zero investment in staff Dead end job prospects There's been a steady stream of senior management joining and quiting or being pushed out. Contrary to HR replies given on here, staff morale is extremely low, longer serving staff have had dubious contract negotiations affect them.

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Future Response
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Thanks for your response - we appreciate the feedback. We're all about hard work and dedication to our brands here at Future, and our people are our top priority. Future has successfully transitioned from a print publishing business to a global, multi-platform media business. This has taken a lot of flexibility and has, of course, meant for some changes to the overall structure of the team. Innovation is at the core of what we do and the people in the team need to reflect this in order for us to achieve on our strategy. We're heavily investing in resource across the business; however, it's key to note that we are always conscious of where and how we are best investing. On the back of our recent annual conference, it's great to see how engaged employees are - there really is a lot of excitement for the possibilities that the next year brings, both for individual employee development and our larger strategic goals. We're always at pains to make sure our staff are as involved in high-level decisions as possible and, as such, we're keen to receive constant feedback from current and former employees. Please do get in touch to share with us your thoughts in a little more detail. Thanks.

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