20th century management practices in the 21st century - Anonymous employee Dyson Employee Review

2.0
Jul 17, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Innovative products that make you proud to be associated with. Good and hardworking colleagues who are trying their best to the numurous manual work.

Cons

- Expats who have never been to or work in Asia. No or little cultural initiation programmes to orientate them. No EQ in people management due to cultural differences. - Management practices that are at least a century behind. Controls employees like a school discipline master. Zero tolerances on being late. A minute late will get you into the black book. - Lack of trust. Always believes that Brit thinking is far superior than the locals. Plenty of micro managing. Not opened to new ideas or inputs from employees especially those who have multiple Multi National Companies experiences. - Certain level of integrity issues within management team here. "Protect your own kind" seems to be the mantra. Quick to cover up for their kind but quick to fire the locals over trivial issues. Certain management team members enjoy greater priviledges. - Being vocal is asking for trouble.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

- If your team/manager is great, that makes a huge difference - opportunity to take on huge responsibilities early in your career - camaraderie among coworkers - Some of the benefits are okay (health insurance, parental leave)

Cons

- Poor leadership with no real direction, at both the national and global level - Constant layoffs - Pay is not market rate (and they let you know that) - Everything is outsourced (designs, customer service, finance, etc.) - Dyson has become a market chaser rather than a market leader - Inflexible in-office policy (5 days, little exception) - Bonuses haven’t been paid in full in years Company is in a tail spin freefall. Jump ship while you can.

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