Pros
It is a good place to develop a few skills on your CV before you head to a place that will truly value you as a professional and human being. Working from home flexibility. Some travel opportunities for junior staff. Seems like a good place for a sales rep in terms of basic salary, but not for the rest of the company employees. Good for career progression if you don’t care about the company you work for. Senior managers seem to be valued but not the people that do all the hard grunt work.
Cons
So many operational inefficiencies, bad communication, slow workflow. The company is extremely frugal when it comes to raises, bonuses and basic office supplies. Pay is under market rate for anyone developing content. High turnover rate, lack of communication about the leavers and workflow often gets disrupted. Huge struggles to get any budget for team building activities. This is evident with makeshift attempts to throw holiday/summer parties with minimum budget that most established companies (or even start ups) would laugh at. Terrible company culture - the leaders don’t know how to make this an appealing company to work for in the 21st century. While other companies are deciding which energy bars to stock in their kitchens, this company struggles to have the basics of coffee, sugar and milk. There have been periods of no paper towels and instructions to use toilet paper in some offices. This would be fine for maybe a non profit, charity or newer start up, but not for a company worth almost £1bn. No perks that drive people to love what they do and love working for the company. The company is often seen as the enemy particularly where basic decency and professionalism is completely disregarded. HR often doesn’t listen to nor addresses concerns of employees seriously (most likely restricted by the top) IT department is significantly under resourced
