Sinking ship, avoid at all costs both staff and students - Software Developer Northcoders Employee Review

1.0
Mar 15, 2025
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Pros

Genuinely talented staff propping the business up by working for less than their worth

Cons

Insincere and uncaring senior management, informing staff about redundancy while reading off a PowerPoint, and writing fake reviews on here for example. Two recent rounds of redundancies including half of the teaching team. Shady business practices including interviewing students for non existent jobs and hiring them for imaginary projects in order to get their money. Very poor compensation for the workload and no benefits. A 4 day work week was dangled over our head for a long time and the business was optimised (ie. the workload was condensed) for this to start, then it was cancelled last minute however the workload never reverted to how it was prior to that. Staff have been publicly bullied by senior leadership in an all hands meeting. The company is haemorrhaging talent regardless of redundancies, and the staff left are incredibly burnt out and moral is unbelievably low. Senior leadership take very high wages and pension contributions but were not willing to take any form of pay cut before firing staff weeks before Christmas. Poor business decisions like acquiring a failing £1.5m business and a constant stream of new business ventures that go nowhere. Avoid at all costs.

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4.0
Apr 20, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

4.5 day week, great people, work was interesting and varied

Cons

talk of 15 year plans whilst relying on the gov to fund pretty much all courses was a bad move obvious to everyone and their nan

3.0
Dec 3, 2025
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Pros

Really friendly and supportive staff. Covers a lot in 13 weeks - tech stack is relevant and useful for an entry-level job in tech.

Cons

Some of the processes could benefit from review. In particular, the full-day exams held each month created significant pressure, especially as not passing could result in being asked to leave the program. Additionally, although the cohort included people new to tech, it often felt as though the majority had substantial prior experience. This disparity should be acknowledged and considered when designing assessments and pacing, to ensure the program remains accessible and supportive for those starting from scratch.

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