AKT II Reviews

- Image and career progression - being a good engineer is not enough to succeed here. There are a lot of false promises. They want young, 'loud' personalities, people who are social, people who they can bring to the forefront to show off. Those people progress very fast here. Simply working hard, working lots of hours, never saying no, generally being a very competent engineer will not grant you promotion, you'll be exploited for that trait. -False promises and bullying. - Looking through other recent reviews, it appears that most of the cons have been made already; sub-par pay, overtime, current MD not being good, under-resourcing etc. - Not once offered to expense staff for any wfh equipment, or relief since before the pandemic. - Have forced ultimatums on staff to leave, and then telling the rest of the company that they “Chose to leave.” It technically can’t be called a redundancy, but it is. - Resourcing is currently so bad due to the volume of people leaving that the general morale of staff is at an all time low. Under-experienced staff are unable to keep up with project demands as workload increases and the company keep taking on more work. This, coupled with the sub-par pay with the cost of living, is enough to make you want to look elsewhere. You really do feel like the company is going backwards with taking care of the mental health of staff. - Promotions and pay rises are miniscule, nowhere near inflationary rate. - IT hardware outdated. - Company generally still has the ‘Everything will return back to normal’ thinking. They hate people filling out flexi forms because they don’t want to set a precedent.

Unprofessional management, senior staff regularly speak badly about other members of staff and other companies Constant expected overtime with no reward Promotions based on years of experience rather than competency so lots of inexperienced senior staff members who have been promoted too early and no opportunity to progress more quickly Salary is below average Projects are seriously under resourced A very negative and unhappy working environment, this could be due to the constant reminders we were all ‘inefficient’ during covid In desperate need of updating IT systems Huge staff turnover, roughly 50% since March 2020 which highlights the ongoing problems with this company Senior management are reluctant to listen to staff members problems and advice, very stuck in their ways and not at all open to change No drive for chartership Very common to get stuck on one type of project due to the way work is won by each design director and delegated to specific teams Difficult to get any site experience or attend external meetings as a design engineer, no real responsibility is given to you for the first few years at least Bullying mentality among a lot of senior members of staff, they make you feel as though you are a resource rather than a team member