Sweet, mother Mary - No - Anonymous employee SSL247 Employee Review

1.0
Mar 31, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

This would be your job that can launch your career, but I recommend to put it in the review mirror asap. - Amazing co-workers, made some friendships I will value forever. - Some free stuff - beer on Fridays, free fruit, some benefits like dental and paid holidays(nothing you wouldn't expect from a company).

Cons

At first I started out with this: "Where to start, management seems like a good place." But then I realized that management is where it starts and ends. As some people here would tell you, management has a toxic relationship with it's underlings (I use that term to explain the status of the encounters). You are treated like flying monkeys in their cash cow cartel. A certain manager is fond of swearing, and swearing at people in group meetings for not closing a deal. Also, his favorite phrase is: "If you don't like it, there's the door". Thursday is the day of choice the guy shows up in the UK office and it's a game of Russian roulette. The employees stand in a circle for the morning meeting and hoping not to get their face blown off for not having enough closed the previous day. If you're lucky - when you step to the plate, the gun clicks and you survive another week. Their mindset is so fantastically fixed you can notice it in the responses they give people here. When reading this, it feels like I'm listening to a political debate - The awards mean jack when the people you work for despise Sunday nights due to work on Monday. Managers leading by fear seems fashionable. I witnessed first hand the unprofessional nature of the entire management - And when I say entire, I really mean the entire management group.

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SSL247 Response
10y
Dear anonymous reviewer, We can only comment on reviews that have a reasonable link with reality. Regards, HR Manager

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2.0
Oct 9, 2015
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Pros

- SSL247 hires a lot of young inexperienced staff so it's a good way to step in the industry and get some experience even if you just graduated. - Some staff are very professional and friendly, it's a pleasure to work with them. - You are quickly given more responsibilities and have a shot at showing what you're capable of. - International company and 2 offices in France and UK.

Cons

- Top managers maintain a toxic relationship with their employees: one is extremely rude towards staff, swears a lot and shows an unacceptable behaviour, the other is too distant (stays in another office) and hard to communicate with. - Lack of gender equality (female are more represented in repetitive office jobs, male are more represented in higher responsibility and management jobs) - Micro-management is the norm as well as constant changes in company direction. - The company persists in its errors and keeps blaming staff when failing to reach (unrealistic) targets. - No incentive to go the extra mile, success is poorly rewarded. - Management shows its obvious preference for the needs of the sales department

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SSL247 Response
10y
Dear former Colleague, We value your feedback and have taken on-board and shared your comments with our management team. We are glad you recognise the scope increasing responsibility for higher achievers. Regarding equality: at the time of writing, we have an equal number of male and female managers and our overall female to male ratio far exceeds the average for tech/software companies (source: Wall Street Journal – November ’15). Regarding company direction this is shared and monitored openly every year at the annual December ‘company day’ that precedes the Christmas party, and that includes every team member from the UK as well as France. You are probably unaware, in 2015, SSL247® ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA as one of the fastest growing tech companies in Europe. In addition, we received the “2015 Symantec EMEA Sales Growth Partner Award” and the “EMEA Symantec Champion 2014”. We however, take this opportunity to wish you the very best in your future endeavours. Thank you. HR Manager
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