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8 reviews
1.0
Apr 30, 2019

Not recommended to work here

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Pros

- Central London location - Some benefits like provided lunches - Nice coworkers - Will develop strong sense of independence and self-sufficiency - The client work and writing R&D technical narratives are very interesting

Cons

- late hours - high staff turnover due to resignation or upper management firing staff without warning and without due cause - unpredictable work environment where policies will change without consultation, including salary - no training yet you're expected to know everything - upper management micro-manages every minute, including using security camera surveillance and time tracking tools - KPIs will change unexpectedly without consultation - no opportunity for career growth - your ideas are not taken into consideration - work culture lacking respect, communication, and transparency

5.0
Sep 29, 2024

Flexible work hours

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Pros

The management are friendly and encouraging

Cons

Parking is terrible, you will need to ride your bike or take public transport if you need to work from the office

1.0
Jun 28, 2019
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Pros

- Free lunches - Free coffee - Rare appearances from the office cat - Coworkers - Location

Cons

- Clumsy, chaotic management style - Minuscule reasons for termination (the whole office has been terminated, essentially; contact any previous employees on LinkedIn) - Dishonestly (required to lie to clients about office location)

4.0
Jun 1, 2019
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Pros

I guess the free lunches is a pro. They let me take time off to travel whenever I wanted, and I did take a fair bit of leave. I had a free range of a number of projects which was give autonomy to deliver the jobs in my own way. A lot of our clients had really cool state of the art products and it was really fun to learn about them and do site visits of their company. Management is really involved, and you deal directly with senior people, I did learn a lot of things about running a business that I wasn't exposed to with previous companies that I had worked for, and I was helpful to me when I when I started my business.

Cons

Company Security was over the top and burnt time during deadline season. Two step authentication to access email or servers always had issues, sometimes took 10 minutes just to get access to my work email. IT manager was always busy with something else and a lot of times I had to wait for him to be available to fix it. Training was provided when asked, but was not provided on a regular basis which was frustrating, but management was helpful and friendly in providing training when I asked. Salary could have been a little higher.

5.0
Nov 7, 2019
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Pros

SR is an incredibly supportive employer They were always happy to bring flexibility into my work schedule for exams as I am studying atm and in my work location when I moved to London. Management genuinely cared about and listened to any concerns I had about the job and responded to those concerns quickly. They really care about my long-term career goals and tailored the role so that I gained experience in the directions I was seeking to work in. This support made it a great place to work following the submission of my dissertation and final exams.

Cons

Some lack of efficiency when working with other offices. Can be very busy at times, and very slow at other times, but always find good learning opportunities.

5.0
Jan 12, 2025
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Pros

I really leant a lot of transferable skills n the last 3 years. Management is easy going and always has time for you, even outside of work to help you progress.

Cons

None that I can think of.

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