Maistro reviews

I often think back to the day that I joined blur, full of hope and anticipation that I would be part of an ambitious, fast-paced and growing company. How times (and my opinion of the company!) have changed. I must re-iterate a number of other posts on this page, which allude to a potentially fantastic business idea that is being failed by incompetent management. From my early days at blur it was clear that there was a culture of fear which reigned supreme in this company. There are certain people at the top of the management chain who are both intimidating and narcissistic. These people surround themselves with yes-men and nodding dogs, which results in a top-level management structure which is quite frankly inept. Any employees who break the mould, voices any opinions of discontent or have ambitions of progressing in their career tend to be swiftly out of the exit door before you can blink. This has led to a staggeringly high level of staff turnover and apathy among the remaining employees. There are few, if any, employee benefits to speak of. Stat. minimum holiday, no bonus, no paid overtime, no pension scheme, no staff training. Oh, there is free pizza and fruit, if you’re willing to call that a significant benefit. Just to note, I wouldn’t typically leave a review on a website like this, but seen as management are driving for as many (positive) reviews as possible on Glassdoor, I thought I’d counterbalance those positive reviews with my honest depiction of life at blur so that any prospective new joiners have a fully informed view.

- atrocious working hours. Job offered as a 9-6 with 'sometimes longer hours'. In reality the CEO would walk up and down the hallway checking to see which departments had left on time and which were staying late. Those leaving on time would be taken for private meetings to be told that they would not have a future at the company if they weren't putting in regular extra hours. Holidays actively discouraged, illness viewed as a 'failure to keep oneself healthy'. - zero benefits. used the term 'start up company' (despite the millions being netted in fundraising and being a business for more than half a decade) to excuse low wages, minimal/non-existent pay increases and brutal, brutal expectations of hours. - Sso very many employees fired for refusing to meet targets that would be increased if there was a change of being hit. People set up to be fired regularly. Real talent left. I saw more than 20 staff quit - most of whom were the original team hired in - within a year. Four CFO's in three years! - awful lies to customers, investors and service providers. Listing fees kept as quiet as possible in the small print to net fast cash in high volume. All figures on the front page of the website absolutely meaningless (which they have now gotten into trouble for). Revenue nowhere near the 'booking value' listed. Customers/investors told special algorithms were matching the database of service providers to clients. Nope. Outright lie. They're picked by staff, and that means that for the most part the same service providers are always picked. - i saw many, many people have breakdowns. full-on mental breakdowns. - even this page is being manipulated - staff are being forced to write positive reviews, as you can see if you scroll down to one of the other 1 star reviews here - overall an astonishing culture of blame and lies - the move to exeter resulted in a mass leaving of talent. they replaced them with exeter locals who, while nice, were nowhere near qualified enough. this happened because no one in london will move to exeter for the salary offered.