- Middle and upper management have little to no regard for wellbeing, mental health or physical health conditions (wellbeing is not well understood, including within HR, who were not sure themselves about what wellbeing support the company offered). Management is willing to accommodate and be flexible with office attendance if you have children (which is great) but if you are struggling with your wellbeing/recently bereaved, this flexibility and accommodation regarding office attendance or support when returning to work is not provided (and unfortunately this was experienced by more than 1 colleague).
- No clear expectations for your role at each grade (making it hard to understand how your performance is being measured or what you need to achieve to be considered for a promotion).
- Consultant roles are essentially the equivalent of being an account manager, which didn’t meet my expectations of what I thought the role would be (from how the role was explained to me during the application process).
- Bonus is much lower than other companies in the financial sector (really negotiate a good base salary if possible).
- Very little diversity at senior level.
- A very hierarchical structure (this may be preferable for some but I prefer organisations that have a more flat hierarchical structure).
- An arduous promotion process (needing to be nominated by several colleagues before you can even be considered for a promotion - and colleagues missing out on promotions due to managers not completing their part of the nomination process effectively).
- Base salary is not so great at junior levels if you join at entry level or via the internship.
