CEO actively bullied senior members of staff and despite this being reported to HR, it was never addressed. Other senior members of staff bullied new members of their team and despite being reported to HR, this was not addressed either.
Culture in general is dreadful and centred around the CEO and his personal whims - when we moved to a new office he had it reconfigured to remove a beautiful staff breakout area with lots of natural light and a decent view from the window so that he could have his office there, the replacement breakout area was at the back of the floor with no external windows. This is a good example of how the company values its employees.
Everything is bogged down in 12 levels of approval/procedure which means hardly anything gets done, zero autonomy, very little diversity, absolutely archaic ways of working (desktop computers, meetings run off 12x printed copies of a 150 page report). They think that competitive salary and excellent benefits = good company, and is too arrogant and £££ focused to realise what value overhauling their culture and working practices would bring.
