Bottomline reviews

It's an uncomfortable environment to work in. There is no loyalty or appreciation for much of the employee base, especially people with any kind of tenure. Leadership preaches culture, but there is no definition, road map, or execution for what that means. It's just a buzz word for them. If anything, each department basically has its own culture for what that's worth. Everyone is afraid to voice any opinion that could be construed as critical for fear of losing their job. A perfect example is the high grades the company gets when it internally surveys employees for a range of satisfaction criteria, yet BT consistently gets pummeled on platforms like Glassdoor. And that isn't likely to stop anytime soon.

Horrible work life balance. You really don't want to be a permanent employee at this company and work free overtime. They call out blackout periods/automatic denials of vacation requests. When its not during a blackout, get ready for a classic Scrooge response to your request for a lump of coal for the furnace. You get to feel just like Bob Cratchit. They've even started grilling people about using sick leave. There is an upside, that is if you go to work for them as a contractor. You'll probably earn 50% to 100% more income over your base 40 hours by getting paid overtime. If you have no family obligations and can work 60 to 80 hour weeks, working as a contractor for this company would be a great way to get ahead financially. Also the quarterly bonus they promise to get people in the door as permanent employees never materializes. There's always an excuse: not eligible; company only made its numbers, didn't exceed them; planetary alignments weren't right; planetary alignments were right but on the wrong day of the week; etc. And watching the CEO use push-button, canned applause during the quarterly meetings was quite an eye opener.