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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
Jan 15, 2021

Company is a shambles, don’t value employees or customers

Anonymous employee
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Pros

When they didn’t pay us on time they arranged a late same day payment, not really a pro but at least it got sorted.

Cons

Zero people strategy, grow by acquisition and turn good companies into organisations with burned out staff with unhappy customers. Place zero investment into product and service development.

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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're very proud of our acquisition strategy, which allows us to benefit from the fantastic products and services that come with our new companies and enhance the portfolio we offer to our customers to better meet their needs. We have now established robust processes to welcome, harmonise and enable effective collaboration with our acquired colleagues to provide them with greater opportunities for progression and development (and the many chance for us all to learn from the great things they do) and share in our fantastic benefits package, training courses, awards , wellbeing support, and the other initiatives across IRIS that make us a Great Place to Work. IRIS only buys successful organisations in order to continue to grow them so we can share and enhance their successes. We invest heavily in their continued development and empower their leaders to continue their growth with the financial backing of us as a larger organisation. We welcome these employees into the IRIS family and encourage them to share their feelings, ideas and suggestions through regular surveys (such as via our new Peakon tool) and act on the feedback and great ideas they provide. We know it's a time of significant transition as they integrate with the wider business, and a very small proportion of acquired employees just don't enjoy working for a larger organisation and prefer the feel of a smaller business. However, we're very proud of the many acquired employees who tell us they enjoy being part of IRIS and appreciate the opportunities, investment and support available to them and their organisation as part of the IRIS family. Regarding our products and services, we invest a significant amount year on year on developing our products and services so they can best meet the needs of our customers now and in the future. We have roadmaps for each product that plan the stages of growth based on the impact the enhancements would have on our customers and are regularly updated as technology and customer needs evolve. We wholeheartedly encourage employees to be innovative and bring their brilliant product and service ideas to life - for example, via our Made in IRIS CEO Awards, which offers funding for their proposal PLUS an annual prize of up to £50,000 for the idea which has the most impact each year. We also invest millions of pounds of our profits each year back into developing outstanding new products (such as IRIS Elements) to continue to develop us as a market leader of mission critical products and services. We know that the past 12 months have been very challenging for employees' mental health and we have extensive provisions in place to support our colleagues - funding mental health first aider training, running our weekly workplace support group and Wellbeing Teams channel with a variety of support and resources, offering company-funded private healthcare with fantastic mental health provisions, and free income protection and life insurance to give our employees a greater peace of mind to name a few. We know that happy employees and happy customers go hand in hand, which is why they are central to our overall company goals and why we were so proud to win Great Place to Work certification based on survey responses directly from employees across IRIS in the past couple of months. We will continue to build on this wonderful foundation to make IRIS the best it can be for our employees and customers. We're very sorry to hear that you wouldn't recommend IRIS and we would encourage you to reach out to our Chief People Officer, Stephanie.Kelly@iris.co.uk, so that we can help. We would like to wish you all the very best in your future career. Kind regards, the HR team
5.0
Jul 29, 2020
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Pros

Great chances to develop professionally - lots of opportunities to grow and provided with all the tools to succeed.

Cons

Some areas of the business are still siloed but I’m happy to see that this is being tackled.

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IRIS Software Group Response
5y
Thank you so much for your review! We're delighted to hear that you're enjoying your time at IRIS. We place significant value on the progression and development of our staff through a variety of training opportunities, such as fully-funded training, management and leadership programmes, remote-run soft skills courses and a variety of on the job opportunities for all our employees and we're excited to see you progress. As an acquisitive and growing organisation, we work hard to break down silos across the IRIS family, through encouraging networking and collaboration between teams, numerous projects focused on transformation, cross sell and agile working, cross-functional activities, committees and communications to share skills and information and our Quantum project to roll out world-class, integrated systems across IRIS to allow key data to flow securely between each department. If you have any suggestions or feedback on how we enhance our connectivity, or anything else IRIS, please email EmployeeFeedback@iris.co.uk. Kind regards, the HR team
1.0
Dec 11, 2019
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Pros

you get your commission quick that's about it. and if you want a job to get free booze at parties and socialise then its for you the people make that business not the management

Cons

They have no real want to please their staff coming from an aquasition you know one of the thousands they've started to do ( more products than Tesco) I felt it was probably one of the worst atmospheres to come into the product quality and commission in the first year was fab they left us alone to do the job we had been doing for years then targets doubled they messed with what we were allowed to sell and how we sold it and wrecked the system client satisfaction went down the pan then the year after after we hit about 20% of the target they set they made it higher again nobody had any faith in Iris prices went up customers went down . but the worst experience I had was with a patch of depression i was put on PIPS even though I declared the fact. I was having counselling and nobody cared better to punish than help

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IRIS Software Group Response
6y
Thanks so much for your review. We’re surprised and disappointed to read your comments – we work hard across IRIS to ensure that colleagues across each of our acquired companies feel welcome, supported and have the tools they need to succeed here at IRIS. Our impressive product portfolio enables us to meet customer needs with the features, price point and scale to suit them. We also offer excellent training for our salespeople to ensure they are confident to sell our products, meet their commission targets, and progress within the organisation. We genuinely care about the mental health and wellbeing of our staff, and offer free private healthcare, an Employee Assistance Program, face to face counselling sessions and a dedicated HR team to ensure our employees get the support they need, when they need it. We would really appreciate the opportunity to discuss your concerns in more detail – please reach out to our Chief People Officer, Stephanie Kelly, in complete confidence, or email EmployeeFeedback@iris.co.uk. We wish you all the very best in your future career. Kind regards, the HR team
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