Poor leadership, poor integration, poor communication, a sinking ship! - Anonymous employee DNV Employee Review

2.0
Jul 31, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It is supposedly one of the leaders in its field (marine and engineering technical services), and you can kind of feel it. Milk in the fridge, free tea and coffee....get the picture?

Cons

Poorly organised company, mostly due to the recent acquisition of the company by Germaniche Llyod. Everything is being centralised to Hamburg, and so creates lots of difficulties and changes in operating. The germans don't care, and the UK leadership is similarly ambivalent about the company. The senior UK leadership are in their own ivory tower, not aware of what the rest of the employees have to contend with. The leadership walk around and ignore other employees, and they think they are superior. HR is crumbling around us, and though the company has aggressive expansion plans, the labour turnover is skyrocketing.

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Cons

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Pros

Culture, work life balance, health benefits, 401k match, sick leave. The work is interesting and the people are great. There are many different business areas, so depending on your expertise, you could move around within the company if you want.

Cons

Silos, career development can be unclear and poorly managed depending on who you report to, unclear job expectations depending on your management, unclear path to progress or promotion depending on management, long term employees are paid less and have not been brought up to market value. The cons are more so related to upper management not advocating or helping their team progress. I’ve had some managers who are wonderful, and others that were not when it came to development. It really depends on the team and the department you are part of. The company is huge and it’s easy to get pushed to the side if you do not advocate for yourself and build an internal network.

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