Stay away! - Anonymous employee Q-nomy Employee Review

1.0
Oct 6, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Apart from the good location and the nice office facilities, nothing else. On the plus side, if your flattering skills are in any way good, you are on easy street.

Cons

Salary rates are below standards, benefits don't exist, career progression is something to laugh at, training/skill improvement is, again, something to joke about on staff nights out. Product is sold as a "platform" (another joke), that can do anything from managing the queue for council tax payments up to taking your kids to school and entertain them on the way. The truth is that the product can only do two things, well two and a half maybe. Queue management, appointment booking and some form of process/workflow management. But these two and half things can be implemented only in a specific way because the product itself is quite old fashioned (some might call it archaic) and doesn't provide any sort of flexibility or scalability (possibly because the methodologies and principles used to develop the application... well actually there aren't any). On a different note, the company hires chess players, that end up becoming chess pieces. You are expected to detect black holes, using a pair of binoculars, from deep within a cave, in order for somebody else to take the credit. And because of this, your work/life balance is, again, something to laugh at. It doesn't matter whether you have skills, the only skill that matters is how good is the muscle organ on the floor of your mouth. Finally, one of the values the company boasts about is innovation. If you look up the term "innovation" you'll find that what it means is, the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs through more-effective products, processes, services, technologies. It can also mean something original and more effective and, as a consequence, new, that breaks into the market or society. " As per Q-nomy, innovation means, creating new things and coming up with new ideas but within the context of their product. True, one might consider this to be innovation, but one can also consider it as a paradigm of an oxymoron (probably, since the "within the context of the product", kind of annuls the meaning of the word). I will go with the second.

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5.0
May 28, 2018
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Pros

Very dynamic and innovative company, always presenting new challenges and most importantly, producing a really valuable product that does good.

Cons

A bit too erratic at times; also, wish the company invested more in branding so people would know the company I work for.

5.0
Dec 16, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I have been with the company for quite some time now and I can honestly say that this is the kind of company you want to work for. The bosses treat their employees with respect and consideration. A few of the main characteristics that all employees share here are loyalty, drive and dedication. Qnomy values and encourages team work so you, at one point or another, will be in meetings with every Qnomy employee, from all levels. There are also endless opportunities in this company to grow. There are many different positions with different skills for each position; however, once you get your foot in the door, if you're ambitious and responsible, the company encourages and supports their employees in taking the hands on approach to learn other skills and grow within the company.

Cons

Health benefits can be better. You will also be handed BIG responsibilities very quickly so you will need to know how to work under pressure and not be shy to ask questions and take initiative on learning on your own.

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