A company on the decline - Anonymous employee Volo Employee Review

2.0
Jan 3, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Kitchen and the breakout area is nice with views of the Cheltenham Nice staff, what's left of them

Cons

Top heavy management: red-tape, grumpy old-timers, blame culture A company espousing the values of Volo, but not living up to their own high standards Loss of senior management and lead developers does not bode well for the company Old technology, 80's style java interface with a whole raft of endemic issues due to revision upgrades that can end up breaking customer environments Blame culture - calling staff lazy, when in fact they are worn out and have lost belief in the companies ability to succeed

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Volo Response
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I was disappointed to read your feedback as I don’t want anyone in our company feeling this way. I am not sure I can get to the bottom of everything via this post, so please contact me or come and speak to me so we can work together to improve things. Blaming anyone is not something I will tolerate and I would encourage you, or anyone else, to share details of any incidents of blame culture so we can work together to ensure a constructive working environment. Success comes from supporting each other and allowing people to try new things and, if we get it wrong, then learn from it and try again. We recently implemented a consistent performance based bonus structure which encourages & re-enforces our values, with the values being assessed equally against what is delivered. HR are currently seeking feedback on this process to ensure that it continually improves and supports our goals. Our current user interface is being redesigned to utilise new technologies which will deliver the best user experience, whilst retaining our USPs. For some applications like ours; power and capability is as important than how slick the user interface is. I can assure this is on our roadmap but it is essential we get this right.

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