Old Fashioned Management & High Staff Turnover in Digital London Team & Awful IT Infrastructure - Anonymous employee RS Group Employee Review

1.0
Dec 12, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

High salary for industry, even in digital London office, where jobs are very competitive. The standard of what RS do is very low, so you can turn up and work 9-5 hours pretty easily without doing too much work. This is particularly the case in the Corby office. Most people are pretty nice in the company as they expect little change so don't get too fussed about doing an excellent job.

Cons

Regressive management not keen to tackle the problem of a senior manager who makes inappropriate comments as the managers are wimps who do not like conflict. Understandable that a lot of the digital team leave after a few months. HR are non-existent who only ever step in when someone is being fired. Most people joining the London office are not told where to send their P45s when they join, so they end up asking up to 7 different people in Finance who eventually tell them the answer. What a waste. Culture and digital in particular has become highly politicised. Makes it next to impossible to get digital projects off the ground smoothly. London digital team very talented, but they are carrying a lot of the business. PPC in particular, is a very heavy traffic source for the company which is dangerous considering the volatility of the Google algorithm. I was fired for complaining about one of my colleagues. My wimpish boss totally denied the behaviour and chose to fire me instead of dealing with the sexism in the office. What a joke!

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RS Group Response
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Thank you for your feedback, we’re disappointed that you have not had a positive experience while employed by us. We are proud of the diverse population that work within our Digital Hub in London, the environment is progressive, collaborative and an exciting place to be. The team make a hugely positive impact on our wider business and make an amazing difference to our customers. This has been recognised externally by a number of awards, one of which we are most proud of was the “Best In-House Digital Team” at the Digital Impact Awards.

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