Avoid like the plague - Anonymous Orwell Group Employee Review

1.0
Nov 4, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great colleagues and free coffee, occasional office banter

Cons

Salaries far below market rate, there is a massive inequality between salaries offered to foreign staff, and british staff doing the sale role (often less qualified) Staff fired often without apparent reason, or made redundant unexpectedly. I worked at Orwell for a year and witnessed approximately 40 staff come and go (mostly go) of an average staff of 70. Whole department of 12 made redundant just 8 weeks after they were hired and trained (shocking recruiting decisions) Job titles assigned randomly and without structure (I witnessed one employee jump from ‘entry level’ to ‘Director’ with the space of a month) Inadequate leadership, hard work goes unnoticed and salary reviews are not existent. If you are looking for a role that offers career progression, fair salaries and a work-life balance, turn around now! Executive management are Laurel and hardy comedy duo, who have lost all respect from their staff.

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Orwell Group Response
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You will likely have found that disparity in income between salaries, were not reflective of the origin of workers, but the result of subcontractors not receiving the same salary as our direct employees. In Orwell we pay at market rate and we can justify any differences in pay which will be reflective only on experience and skillset. The dispersions and hugely inaccurate statements made in this review are unrealistic and themselves dishonest. Whilst all companies will have opportunities to improve, we are continually working to increase employee engagement as our recent internal survey (March 2016) demonstrates: 75% of our employee respondents would recommend Orwell as a good place to work.

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