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IRIS Software Group

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IRIS Software Group reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(865 total reviews)
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Jason Dies

75% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

IRIS Software Group has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 865 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The IRIS Software Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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865 reviews
1.0
Apr 29, 2022

Damaging for your Mental Health

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Pros

After working at the business for nearly 6 years, the first few years were great, the Manchester office was a great atmosphere, the sales director at the time was a role model for all who wanted to achieve. There was a clear line of progression for your career. Most people will say this in their first year or so at the business when you are blind to what happens behind closed doors. The commission plan WAS great and simple (enter a number, find out what you get), now it’s a convoluted, confusing and disheartening system which confuses you to a point where you can’t even question what you earn because they don’t even know either. The new commission software was a way of masking that.

Cons

In 2018/2019 when the senior leadership team did a reshuffle and hired externally for most leadership roles, current employees were completely stunted in their progression as all the leadership roles they were looking to move into were now taken by what I would describe as egotistical tyrants who had no idea how to manage a sales team, muster up an accurate forecast or knew what a good company culture was. The “great place to work” title which has been awarded recently was won at a very low approval %. At present, employees are being rewarded with Rolex’s and being asked to post on LinkedIn as a way to combat the bad reputation the Sales management team has. I could count on many hands the amount of times people used to cry at work or over teams and been given a number to call for mental health assistance which was a box ticking exercise by HR when it could’ve been solved by actually dealing with the issues at hand. My time at the business came to an incredibly unfortunate end and I would’ve love to have stayed, I even gave the management team simple asks which was a pay benchmark (declined) and a clear career progression plan (overlooked). Shouldn’t that be a standard? Most of the reviews you’ll see on here were written by people who were at the business for less than a year- blind. Take with a pinch of salt and good luck in your application process, you won’t be there for long.

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IRIS Software Group Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, although we are surprised and disappointed by your comments. We work hard and with #Passion to make IRIS a great place to work that provides all employees with an environment where they are respected, cared for, and supported during their career. We deeply value our employees’ feedback and use a variety of platforms to listen to any concerns or brilliant ideas. One of the ways we do this is by using an employee engagement survey, Peakon, each month to empower all our employees to share their fantastic feedback in real time with their managers and senior leaders, so that we can continue to #MakeItHappen together. We are very proud to have been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for two years in a row, ranking #12 in the Super Large category in 2022. This is a result of employees scoring us highly in an anonymous survey conducted by the third party, Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience and leadership behaviours. Great Place to Work® is a highly respected organisation which has extremely high standards for the accolades it presents. Although we are proud of this achievement, we are always looking to be the best we can be and have implemented action plans to build on our strengths and continue to become an even better place to work. We are also delighted to have placed in the top 25 Best Workplaces for Wellbeing. We care deeply about our employee wellbeing and mental health. We do this through our incredible Mental Health First Aiders, our Belonging Champions, daily wellbeing nudges, our weekly workplace support group, company-funded access to talking therapies, wellbeing apps, an Employee Assistance Program, and Mindfulness training. We also have a dedicated Wellbeing intranet page where employee can access all of these resources and find specific and tailored support. Career progression and personal development is of the upmost importance to us. Since January 2021, we have been delighted to have offered 467 promotions, role change, secondments, and converting fixed term opportunities to permanent contracts. We are also pleased to provide fantastic opportunities for growth and development through funded and free training, sponsored apprenticeships and other educational qualifications, and our own mentoring scheme, which encourages employees to share their knowledge and expertise in support of their colleagues’ progression and development. Each year, we also support hundreds of nominees for our High Potential Programme, which has been implemented to provide our employees with opportunities to progress their careers with us, through networking sessions, webinars, and other development activities. We are also delighted to reward our fantastic salespeople for hitting their targets. Our current commission scheme has involved rolling out the same scheme across Sales, moving to monthly commission payments, simplifying tiers and types of order and the chance to earn 200% of commission once you hit your target. We’re also investing in training for our salespeople so that they can develop their skills, learn different products, and grow their careers. We are also pleased to run a recognition award for our highest performing salespeople each quarter. We also use benchmarking data during our annual salary review process, to ensure that everyone is paid competitively and fairly for their hard work. We are delighted to be a Real Living Wage employer, meaning we promise to pay a fair wage to cover the real cost of living in the UK, as calculated by the Real Living Wage Foundation. In addition, we provide a generous benefits package, 26 days of holiday per year, and charitable volunteering opportunities to all UK employees. We are sorry to hear that this was not your experience. If you would like to discuss this in more detail, please reach out to our Chief People Officer, Stephanie Kelly, or contact EmployeeFeedback@iris.co.uk with any further comments. Kind regards, the HR team.
1.0
Jun 15, 2021

Arrogant management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Not a lot. Salary good due to retaining salary on acquisition.

Cons

Poor strategy of making staff with knowledge redundant and replacing with lower salaried staff with little experience. Company ethos of putting the customer first is a con. The bottom line comes first - it is all about profit. Staff are actively discouraged from giving good customer service unless the client is paying for it. Teams are understaffed and struggling. Customers are not happy. HR make out they care about employee welfare but don't bother to reply to emails or brush off with a vague response about wellbeing. Management make decisions without prior communication and try to reinvent the wheel. Employees and customers are the ones suffering.

1.0
Mar 27, 2021

Never again

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice team who all understood the struggle

Cons

The pressure and stress of my time at IRIS left me physically and mentally unwell. The company says all the right things...they tell you not to work late. They tell you not to worry. They tell you mental health support is there. But what they don't do is anything that addresses the root of the problem. It is assumed that if you work at IRIS you will be overworked and stressed. Never more so than over the past year, where furloughs and redundancies have simply left the remaining staff with even more work to do. Presenteeism is a massive issue at IRIS. People are scared to take time off due to the fear of what work will have built up when they return. I knew several people who were working through work-related mental health crises because they knew time off would result in more stress when they return. We were regularly reminded to use our annual leave, only to know we would probably end up having to check emails and work on those days anyway. Everyone is under so much strain that we all know that it's inevitably only a matter of time until we make a mistake. And we just have to pray it won't be too consequential. Living in fear of slipping up takes its toll mentally, especially at a company so willing to get rid of people at the drop of a hat. IRIS employees are worked into the ground. There is no value placed on wellbeing (a weekly support group is run, but ironically many people who would like to attend cannot because they don't have time. Additionally, a company should probably start questioning things if they have to have a support group at all) and people are tired. There has been no grace given during the pandemic, and despite the extra stress we were expected to maintain even higher levels of output and productivity, even when we were seriously struggling with external factors. I believe middle management is just as stressed and under pressure as the rest of us. And everyone is scared of being the next redundancy. I thought things would improve for me once I left IRIS, but the years of stress have taken a longer term toll. Months after leaving I am still kept up at night tossing and turning about workload and what I might have missed and what the consequences may be. I would not recommend working at IRIS to anyone.

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IRIS Software Group Response
5y
Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review, although we’re surprised and disappointed by your comments. We work exceptionally hard across the organisation to provide a supportive environment for employees, and we’re very sorry to hear that this wasn’t your experience. We fully recognise the strain that Covid-19 and the associated lockdowns have put on employees in addition to home-schooling and working remotely for such a long period of time – this is a common theme across many companies and is why we have put extensive measures in place to support employees who might be struggling. This includes training Mental Health First Aiders so colleagues can look out for each other, company funded private healthcare which provides free talking therapies and dedicated mental health support, a free Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 telephone counselling, our weekly workplace support group (which also shares resources and offers the chance to speak to colleagues at other times should Wednesday mornings be unsuitable), and numerous other activities such as publishing guidelines and running workshops for parents in working from home successfully with kids. We also encourage all managers to check in regularly with their employees and offer dedicated HR support whenever you need. On top of this, we offer fully paid sick pay and free income protection insurance so employee can feel comfortable to take time off should they need it. We ask employees to complete monthly surveys to understand how they’re feeling and the responses show that the vast majority of employees feel well-supported and are proud of the mental health and wellbeing support we have provided since the pandemic began. We are very sorry to hear that this wasn’t your experience, and would really appreciate the opportunity to discuss your feedback in more detail – please contact our Chief People Officer (Stephanie.Kelly@iris.co.uk) so we can help. Kind regards, the HR team
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