Project Management in UK - Project Manager Auctane Employee Review

1.0
Nov 13, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free coffee and snacks, sometimes pizza etc.

Cons

Sales wander around telling new customers that all the required products are ready on the system, which they are not, then they chuck it over the fence to project management once the deal is done. Working in silos does not even begin to describe it. You will open your project with the customer by telling them a large amount of the project which they were sold as a 8 week plug and play onboarding has actually been put into a 6 month long development backlog. You will then be expected to waive your magic wand and “make it faster”, and Dev will laugh and tell you “no chance”. You will have to ask the customer if they can accept considerably less than they were sold. The development if then accepted by the customer, will later slip for another 1-3 months. By this time the customer will hate Auctane (and you by proxy). Some of the management are genuinely willing, some will support you only by bottlenecking the actions you try to do, and blaming you when they have bounced it back to you without any help, or protecting themselves while making your life more difficult. The main reason more people don’t leave quicker is the 3 months notice period you have to give, which is intentionally there to stop the massive churn.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Amazing work culture (before merger), Warm leads, amazing leaders

Cons

High burn out position, merger is affecting moral, difficult to enjoy time off, constantly changing goal and complete compensation plan. Also career opportunities were slim

2.0
Apr 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The frontend engineering culture didn't exist before our team built it. Establishing modern stack practices (React, Vue, TypeScript) and bringing rigor to the frontend was genuinely rewarding work. Talented engineers and strong peer-level collaboration. Real technical ownership when projects actually moved forward. Decent benefits and remote flexibility until they started taking remote away.

Cons

Despite the company being profitable, there were layoffs nearly every quarter, which made it impossible to plan or feel stable. Leadership was consistently disorganized. Stakeholder alignment was a constant problem and decisions took far too long to land. A lot of projects never launched, not because of execution issues, but because leadership couldn't get the right people in the room or commit to a direction. Constant churn at the leadership and org level created whiplash on priorities.

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