Great opportunity for career progression - Manager Lanware Employee Review

5.0
Aug 11, 2019
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Pros

I've worked for Lanware for a number of years, and had a huge opportunity to develop my career and knowledge. Prior to Lanware I had worked at a very large blue chip organisation, and obviously switching to a firm with 50 odd headcount was a big change. From the start I was thrown into a variety of client projects, and had a fairly steep learning curve. At Lanware you're going to be expected to be self motivated and driven, and if you have this kind of attitude you will fit in really well. There are lots of examples (myself included) where Lanware has supported employees taking a different direction for their careers, and willing to take a risk training someone up in a new area. I've always found senior management to have high expectations but ones that are reasonable, in line with what you'd expect with the Financial Services clients Lanware looks after. Lanware is always developing its services, currently there is a huge focus on public cloud and Azure, it's a really exciting time to be employed at Lanware and I will definitely be sticking around. Some random pros: perfect location in the heart of the City, nice big open plan office, pretty flexible when it comes to home working, very reasonable working hours, there's certainly no expectation to be in the office after 5.30pm unless performing scheduled out of hours work. Really good and supportive atmosphere in the office generally.

Cons

Some of the cons of Lanware are the same as pros. As a very small company you're not necessarily going to have layers of management supporting your career development at every turn. You're going to be responsible for your own progression to some extent, and Lanware doesn't offer all the perks of a large corporation (e.g. private health insurance), although the company is gradually catching up.

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2.0
Feb 4, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The pros are pretty much limited to its location and *some* of the people that work there.

Cons

Aside from the odd friend you might make, unless you're friends with the "big cheese", you're going to go nowhere. Expect to be treated like yet another number and an expendable asset while they continuously reassure you that "we will do better". They won't. The events that the project managers try to organize are a nice touch, but there's little motivation from anyone to go, it's not really worth it. The pay is atrocious too, regardless of what position you're in. Oh, and also FORGET IT if you have a life outside of work. God forbid you need a flexible employer. Whilst working for this company you have 2 choices, suck up to the senior management or pray that nobody notices you. You'll have a horrible time otherwise.

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4.0
May 3, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Knowledge sharing was part of the culture so the place is great to learn from others. While it gets harder as the company grows most of the systems are designed well and in line with best practices / company standards. The level of access granted is the almost whatever you can prove you have the knowledge/skills to work with. Great social and friendly teams although the very top brass rarely joined for more than one drink. Office in Bank has great transport links and local food vendors. Allow for sideways training into other departments e.g Engineers to Project Managers, Service Desk Managers. Good Bonus based off performance. High standards for change request/ticket notes make them perfect resources for learning. Usually use the best technologies for the task instead of the cheapest.

Cons

High amount of dedication required. Salaries are generally below the market average for London. Harder for people to fit in if they cannot attend socials / dislike visits to the pub after work. Internal promotions are common but has a lot of competition and there is a small amount of politics in some of them. Lack of knowledge database. Lots of management changes recently Lacks benefits.

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