Dreadful, even for a “consultancy” - Test Consultant bei Edge Testing Solutions: Mitarbeiterbewertung

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13. Feb. 2019
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The other employees are generally nice people. Now been bought over by a company who hopefully knows how to treat their staff.

Kontras

Pay some people very well (me and few others) but the rest get terrible money. Recruit trainees (which is good), pay them a pittance, then farm them out as “consultants” with barely any experience, and charge the going rate for an experienced person. Most of the upper management and sales team are dinosaurs that still work in draconian ways and are actually clueless when it comes to modern testing practices and technology. Head office in Strathclyde business park is a dump. I’d be ashamed to bring clients there. Trainees tend to stick around and then leave after realising they are underpaid, or put into unsuitable roles or just a “bum on a seat” / “cash cow”. They tend to leave after they have passed the point where they don’t have to pay Edge money back for the training they are given - circa 2 yrs. (at which point, there’s a good chance that the company has skinned a fair chunk of cash of the back of them after farming them out) The “benefits package” is the worst of any company I have ever worked for in nearly 30 years. No sick pay, minimal legal pension contribution, bonus is a joke as it’s not based on your performance or even the companies, it’s if you can win them business!! 😂 Even compared to other consultancies where everyone is a essentially a cash-cow they are abysmal.

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7y
We are disappointed that Edge did not meet up to your expectations as an employer and we would like to address some of your comments. Edge are proud of our Edge Academy scheme and our Investors in Young People Gold Award. At Edge we aim and offer our trainees attractive long-term opportunities. We believe it is right that graduate or trainee programmes have a financial tie in as it can be costly for companies to train individuals only to lose them before their new skills can be utilised and impact the investment in programmes in the future. Additionally, unlike many other graduate and training schemes Edge pay a salary from day one of employment and not after the completion of training. Around 30% of trainees have fast-tracked a graduated earlier than the 2 years as they demonstrated exceptional skills, motivation and positive behaviours both within Edge and with our clients. Sick Pay We have a sick pay policy an extract is below (which is also in your contact of employment): We have a contractual sick/injury pay scheme which, on completion of a successful probationary period, provides payment during periods of certificated sickness for 20 days in any 12-month period. However, in line with SSP no payment of contractual sick/injury pay will be made for the first 3 days of any absence. For any certified sickness in excess of 20 days, you may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay, providing you meet the eligibility criteria. Our offices in Bellshill are viewed positively by the majority. We have had many visitors to the offices – including and prospective clients, partners, suppliers and colleagues from our parent company and without exception they have commented positively on the location, layout of the office and general atmosphere.

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Kontras

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Its hard to see any of the positives. Lets get one this straight, Edge are a Consultancy, therefore when an employee is at Client site then they do not have any control of any flexibility, ie start times, working from home etc. The staff make it work, they are good at their jobs and most of them are good to work with. Depending on the contract you do get some flexibility, work from home, start times etc The company pay for your qualifications, which is good and they do offer a semi decent in house training programme, with some proper control could work well. Good place to get some experience and then move on, experienced staff get payed well.

Kontras

Management seem to make up the rules as they go along to suit what they need and they sell it of "BUSINESS NEEDS", thats pretty much there get out of jail card. An example of this is travel expenses, some people get it some dont and they just make it up as they go along. The contract is 37hrs a week but they knowingly put you in client site who want a minimum of 37.5 hours a week, you are expected just to do it. When company have compulsory training / meetings you need to make the time back (they argue it was not there decision and its client) No Sick pay for first 4 days and then for 3 weeks full pay (not the worst thing but can live with that)

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Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are pleased that you pointed out that our training programme is good. You have recognised that we are a consultancy and as such expect a level of flexibility around working hours to deliver the best service we can to our clients and our contract of employment does state that normal hours of work are 37 per week, Monday to Friday or as required to satisfy the needs of the business and our client. We do discuss working hours and flexibility at interview stage. In return for commitment Edge believes we do offer a competitive salary and excellent training and development opportunities and offer a MINIMUM of 5 days training per year to our employees. Our training schedule and course catalogue is continually being updated and is based on research into needs of digital job roles, our clients and our staff’s personal development plans. We do carry out employee surveys to try and get feedback and we encourage staff to speak to their managers at the one to ones to so we can continue to improve.
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