Pros
Some nice colleagues who tried to make the best of a difficult situation.
Cons
Working at Aptean was a pretty disappointing experience overall. The company seems completely focused on profit and short term numbers rather than people or long term success. They buy smaller businesses to boost revenue, then start cutting costs almost straight away. In the UK, lots of talented people were made redundant with very little explanation. The redundancy process felt like a box-ticking exercise more than anything real. It honestly seemed like decisions had already been made before any meetings even happened. Everyone was left wondering how the products and customers could be supported after so many people were let go. Pay was another sore point. There were no pay rises for over two years, even with higher workloads and rising living costs. It really felt like the company didn’t value its employees at all. Many of us suspect that the redundancies were tied to outsourcing jobs overseas for cheaper labour, which would explain a lot. To make things worse, my access to email and Teams was cut off immediately after my meeting, so I couldn’t even say goodbye to colleagues or talk to my manager. Overall, it feels like Aptean is run purely by private equity goals. They care about numbers and acquisitions, not the people who actually make the company work.
