COO breaking the place - Engineer iomart Employee Review

2.0
Apr 21, 2021
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Pros

Good people to work with Work from home flexible GOod tech to learn

Cons

CEO is well out of touch with the place and doesn't know what's really going on. New COO is the most disliked person in the entire business by a country mile. COO came in and instantly changed peoples job roles and responsibilities without consultation or a care in the world. Compartmentalised everyone and started controlling who we do and don't speak to and what we do from day 1. He micro manages anyone and everyone. Treats folks like infants. Thinks he knows better than a huge team of experienced professionals and threw away all we had built with no thought for the damage caused. The lad is always looking for an angle and for info, acting like a best friend but its easy to see through it. Any info he gets is then used against you. This man does not care for treating people decently or being a decent person. Many people on the verge of raising grievances but because of his rank he's protected. Long term absence and leavers shot up only weeks after his promotion. No one has any idea how he got the role because of how shoddy a leader he is. And amazingly this who the CEO and management chose to lead the place. HR team knew about how he acts and the damage it causes but think it's a great idea to let him run amok with the staff, speaking to us like we are idiots, micro managing every single person and bit of work, acting unprofessionally, putting pressure on us non stop. He has people fearing for their jobs. He sacked off the offshore teams with less than a days notice and is now asking people to do more hours and jobs than they were already doing. The lad is burning people out every minute of the day. HR team need to get a handle on this man. We had a top class team that took 12 months to build but now they are all leaving. The people that are still here are already planning to exit. Worst business decision I've seen and never in my career have I witnessed something like what's went on in here over the last 2 month. Within first 2 weeks of him starting we had a full team on the verge of a walkout, a year's worth of effort and change was all binned in an instant. We went from having a shared goals and structure with a team of engaged staff to totally disenfranchised and being surrounded by the mad chaos this man creates. All the talented people are leaving in droves because of one guy who thinks he knows better.

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3.0
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Pros

Some great people to work alongside and there is scope to get exposure to a lot of different technologies. Some areas of the business are genuinely trying to improve things to make it a great company and good place to work. Existing staff can move to new roles to progress their career. Plenty of options to develop (courses, exams, training).

Cons

Senior Management don't appear to have a clear idea of where the company is going (possibly due to high turn-over in Exec team). Some decisions are counter-productive despite concerns raised by staff. Wages are NOT competitive (no longer even advertise salaries on job ads to avoid comparison). HR will use every excuse they can to avoid pay-rises/uplifts (even if it's been agreed by senior management). Severe lack of project management in some of the key transformations, leading to rushed changes that cause issues later down the line (no real foresight or forward-planning going on).

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2.0
May 24, 2026
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Pros

Great people within the business that are dedicated and make this company a great place to work. It’s a good place to start and learn but definitely not worth hanging about!

Cons

Senior management is a shambles, no one really knows what they are doing and the business itself is a sinking ship. Priorities are all over the place with no concrete goal in sight. Many of the town hall meetings were just a lot of male figures talking in circles, no focus on different areas of business for the company to feel united. The turn over in staff is obscene and that should say a lot.

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