Product is superb. Business not so much - Executive A-SAFE Employee Review

Unfortunately the company’s success is very much despite of - rather than because of - its culture. Inter-departmental relationships are grounded in the umbrella message of CYA (cover your a...). So long as blame can be apportioned somewhere else then you and your department will live to work another day. Run in to help pull another department out of a hole and - unless it represents one of your very pigeon-holed KPIs (which may or may not have been communicated to you anyway) - then you’re taken to task, overall good of the company be forgotten. Once you’re through the induction, expect all communication to disappear into the ether. The rumour mill is rife - both personally and professionally - as it seems to be the only way to learn anything. Much is conducted on a need to know basis and, unless you are part of the blatant inner circle of the preferred, accept that you are too far down the food chain and inconsequential to need to know. The aforementioned perks also show their true colours. A big seller for many is flexible hours, however the pervasive culture of presenteeism makes taking advantage something of a no-no. Depending on your department, don’t expect to be looked upon favourably if you’re ready to start work for 7.30am then expect to walk out just after 4.00pm when your boss has rolled in for 9.30am (best idea is to mirror your boss' hours if you want to be "flexible". No sick pay, statutory maternity/paternity and minimum holiday for many but not all new starters puts the business well below the ‘big boys’ it purports to be in the same league as. The constant need for even the tiniest inconsequential decision or project to be approved leads to bottlenecks at management level. And if the manager’s face fits better than yours then expect you’ll be the one falling on your sword when work isn't deemed to be being completed at the required pace.