Pros
The only positives are the wonderful people you get to work with from middle management and down. It’s also a good stepping stone for someone who just started their career.
Cons
Asite has changed so much and it seems like it’s only going downhill. Employees don’t feel valued or rewarded for their hard work. Unless you spend time with the clique, you won’t really advance in this company. The only benefits they offer is 21.50 pounds towards your gym membership, a sad Perkbox subscription and cycle to work. Hybrid/flexible work applies only for people that the manager you have and if clique likes you. Otherwise, the will push for you to come in the office as much as possible. The culture is the responsibility of the employees but there’s no budget for anything. No budget for team activities, no budget for personal development and the travel policies are scrutinised to the max. For any travel approval, you’d have to sort your tickets and accommodation out and pay from your own money and then expense it. You’ll probably receive the expenses back in a month but there were cases where people had to wait more than that. The COO and CEO absolutely don’t care and have zero leadership skills. They spend most of their time fighting the board or trying to please them. The COO lacks empathy and instead of caring for the staff, they just put everyone down. There were talks about rewards, bonuses and incentives but that never happened. It’s like dangling a carrot in front you. The whole mindset is take take take and never give back. The product is in shambles and needs massive improvement however the product team is busy fighting fires. All in all it feels like we’re only working to make the board and investor richer but our efforts aren’t rewarded.
