London Computer Systems reviews about "training"

Lack of Job Flexibility hours days times

-The follow-through of upper management's vision -Not enough support for Tier 1 -Very odd promotion requirements -Culture

Certain high level managers feel like they have to approve or be apart of everything, but then are always so busy it is hard to get things approved which causes slowdowns. Some Team Leads are inexperienced and lack basic leadership qualities and the ability to communicate effectively. While steps have been made to improve company wide communication and it is much better. There is still a lack of communication between key departments, from managers and team leads down to staff, etc. Advanced Training is non existent. They have GREAT new hire training and have done an amazing job making this both interesting and useful, however, training on things that are more specialized and require outside sources is nonexistent and not available. This results in many lost hours scraping the internet for anything of use when some problems arise or spending your own time and money to seek out the training needed to do your job.

If there is one thing I would improve at LCS, it would be that once the training is over, there is not a whole lot of documentation for the job at hand. It is very much a tribal knowledge sort of thing where you just learn the ins and outs. While there are plenty of resources to turn to, sometimes the process documentation can be lacking.

Pay is average for my internship

-It's not an issue for me, but there is not a formal short-term disability benefit (that maternity leave typically falls under). LCS did enact Paid Medical Leave (PML) which recognizes prolonged sickness and FMLA situations. The drawback is that there is a 5-day waiting period in which you much use Paid Time Off (PTO) before you can begin using PML. Further, the accrual rate is 1.24 hours per pay period (4 days annually). This means that you have to work 5 years before you could actually have a 6-week paid paternity leave. This is not an issue for me, but I do think it's a little behind the times.