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      Future

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      Future reviews

      3.2

      44% would recommend to a friend

      (713 total reviews)

      Kevin Li Ying

      60% approve of CEO

      36% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Future has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 713 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Future employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      713 reviews
      1.0
      Oct 26, 2018

      Stay away, there is no future here.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great talent joined with some of the recent acquisitions - Work/Life balance is okay

      Cons

      - Print shop mindset is still alive and kicking. - Zero innovation. - No growth opportunities. - Fear mongering and top-town management approach. - Wrong people making important decisions. Bad calls are made across the board. - People are treated like cattle. No respect for anybody, no matter what role or level. - Disorganized and mismanaged.

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      Future Response
      7y
      Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours.
      1.0
      Nov 14, 2017

      Don't believe the good reviews of Future

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The creative teams, who barely got paid to live in this expensive area, were all amazing, passionate people that made quitting very difficult. We were like a family struggling to stay on a sinking raft. Upside, nearly everyone in the tech and games industry has worked at Future and oftentimes, you can bond over how miserable it is/was to work there. Anything higher than two stars for this company was either a brand new employee or upper management writing.

      Cons

      -There are no bonuses, there are no raises -They will shuffle your role at least twice, and one of those times will be a title demotion -Management is horrible; unless you're sucking up constantly to the UK, you will be a nameless peon of the Future mass -People were hired and fired, constantly. Lay offs of veteran Future workers happened every few months as well, and now there's probably only a handful of people there who've stayed 5 years or longer so don't expect to make this a long term career if you somehow decide to work there -Management puts inexperienced people in charge who only want to further their own careers at the expense of their peers below them -HR was great, then they fired the US HR team, then fired the one person later; HR is in the UK and not helpful at all -There's a huge disconnect between the US and UK but neither office has it better than the other; management across the board is horrendous and there is very little transparency -The CEO doesn't know anyone beyond her bubble in the UK -The US team is now a skeleton office of about 15 people or less.

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      Future Response
      8y
      Thanks for taking some time to leave a review. We are disappointed to hear how you feel your experience at Future was. Over the last year we have held regular feedback interviews with selected employees from across the group to gain their thoughts and recommendations so we can continuously improve Future. Based on your comments, we assume that you were part of our Future team in the US. The feedback we receive from our US team is markedly different from what you describe. As well, some of your assertions, such as the average tenure of our team and the amount of time the management team spends in the US, which is significant, aren’t accurate. It’s regrettable you left with the perception you currently hold as the US business is very important to us and we are investing in growing our teams in key locations. Bonuses are something that we have implemented this year and we are very proud to be paying everyone in Future a share of our profits and we expect this to continue in line with our success.
      1.0
      Apr 20, 2022

      Absymal company uncapable of being fixed

      Deputy editor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      absolutely none whatsoever to be completely honest

      Cons

      this is by far the worst company I've ever worked for. HORRIBLE micromanaging and upper management. Not one single person has a clue what they're doing. They are a total and complete mess from the very second you start onboarding. If you receive an offer from this company, DO NOT ACCEPT IT!!!!!!!! I wish I didn't...

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      Future Response
      4y
      Thanks for taking the time to provide your review. We genuinely value each and every review as it's a great way for us to know what we are doing well but more importantly, to understand where we need to improve. You’ve mentioned that you don’t believe there are any positives to note which is concerning and not feedback we would expect to hear. I'm sorry you've had this experience and would love to talk through it in more detail so that we can see why you feel this way and how we ensure others do not have the same experience. Please would you email me on Dan.Wolff@FutureNet.com so I can follow up with you.
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