Centellic reviews

- There isn't an opportunity for most to progress, and that has become more apparent after the merger. LBR hires bright graduates but the work is often incredibly boring, with no automation or investment in speeding up labour-intensive manual tasks. - The pay is low. Staff get yearly pay reviews, but generally pay only goes up by about £1k a year, which when you start on a low salary means it takes a while to get to a salary deserving of the people they hire. - Following the merger, management were becoming increasingly focused on sales. There was a huge hiring spree of salespeople and benefits given to sales, to the detriment of marketing and other departments. It began to create tension and a bit of a toxic culture, where before marketing and sales had been very close.

Old boys' club at the top encouraging macho sales culture. Sales staff indulged and given privileges but employees who deliver the products and client service receive no recognition. Unhealthy management culture. Bullying is a recurring issue. Too much politics, talking behind people's backs, inconsistency and criticising people in public. Sexism. Serious and ‘everyday’ examples involving senior leaders in the company. Training and development budget difficult to come by. Low morale but high professionalism among staff, who work hard to maintain product quality and client relationships without support, investment or basic respect from the motley collection of courtiers and ne'er-do-wells running the place. They deserve better. Old fashioned views on flexible working. Redundancies while chucking profits up to the PE owners throughout the pandemic. No transparency on what if any cuts were made to management pay. Strategic decision making all over the place. Senior leadership team don't understand the industry.