Flexible work but issues with culture
Pros
Flexible working and home working Nice people
Cons
A large proportion of our department were made redundant due to their utilisation, which was primarily the BD capability. Everyone is measured primarily on utilisation, if you are primarily business development then the company will not value you. One team culture is non existent due to the focus on utilisation, everyone hoards project hours for their own timesheets. There seems to be a pattern where a company is bought, people leave / business development capability is reduced (due to their naturally lower utilisation), then the team are not allowed to recruit BD staff, and the newly acquired company then does not perform. All the while leadership are telling the staff off for underperforming. I have seen this play out many times. Too much stick, not enough carrot. Project set up is incredibly stressful. Finance have a 3 day time period to get back to you when you ask a question due to being short staffed - it means that job set up just doesn't function. I need to get back to a client in less than 3 days! Leadership seem to not know any of this, and are too busy jetting around the world.
