Pros
Freedom and left to get on with your work. Lovely people in most teams, that deserve a better environment.
Kontras
- Have heard about racism from senior management - Sexism from senior management - Nepotism from the CEO - Bullying is rife in head office - Bullying gets reported but HR does nothing - CEO likes to portray himself as a family man and that he cares about his employers. Beware that this is an act and he only cares about profits and the company. - CEO is out of touch, irrelevant and stuck in his old ways which will not save the dying brand. I truly believe the brand will not survive under him. - Profit over anything attitude. - A history of making people redundant, not positions (nepotism and favouritism). - The company is run by stuffy old white men. - No women or POC in any head of department or director positions. They have had women in the past who are quickly fired within a few months. - They hide the real performance of the business from the employees (even before going private). It is kept secret and glossed over. - Opening new stores/ renovating stores in the middle of a pandemic while making people redundant. - Seem to have bad money management and make poor company decisions. - Zero benefits outside of salary. As soon as the pandemic hit they made everyone sign new contracts saying they are no longer entitled to sick pay. - Have made over half the company redundant but this hasn't been reported on. A lot of these points reference the pandemic, but in normal times it is still a toxic place to work. Do not work here!!