Lacking leadership, customer focus - Anonymous employee Graphcore Employee Review

Firstly, thank you for acknowledging that Graphcore is made up of many talented employees – we take great pride in having some of the best people in the business, and the friendly, collegiate work environment that they enjoy. We’re sorry that you felt less impressed with senior management. Our leadership team has a long track-record of building and growing successful technology companies and had put in place processes and programmes to ensure that Graphcore’s values inform the company’s everyday actions. In the midst of the pandemic, we initiated a comprehensive multi-month leadership development programme to elevate the skills of all leaders throughout the business and bring together members from teams across the business to develop shared strategies. Weekly manager catch-ups allow all employees to feed back on any challenges they may be having, or raise opportunities for development. We also run formal quarterly annual sessions for every employee where they can reflect not only on their own performance, but that of their managers.