Apadmi Reviews

* Free parking is on the 10th floor of a multi-storey with narrow turns (while the top dogs park down low), can’t count how many people have scraped their cars * Benefits aren’t the best, e.g. max contribution to pension is 3% (they recently said they upgraded the benefits package in an attempt of increasing employee satisfaction, but people who’ve been there for a few years will notice nothing has changed, they’ve just dressed up the existing benefits with some new words or made some people aware of benefits they didn’t know already existed/only a few people were taking advantage of) * Diverse work is a pro, but also a con as you can (and will) be forced down a route which isn’t on the job spec, could be for weeks could be for months * A lot of internal politics and secrecy * Workplace bullying is real, if they want you gone you’ll know and feel it, seen it happen on more than one occasion * Favouritism is apparent * Sub par training * Awful pay (with no regular pay reviews, allegedly they’re working on this but they say that a lot and things don’t change) - If you have recently had a pay review, good luck getting another one for atleast 2-3 years * They say your hours are 37.5 per week, but they’ll make you work much longer. It’s just a way of justifying the lower than market average salaries * Low levels of appreciation, too little too late is the consensus from a lot of people who have left. Only when you hand in your notice is when they’ll listen to you and recognise you * Notice period is 3 months, probation period is 6 months * Communication between departments is shockingly poor, managers don’t listen, a lot of false promises. Have to shout (over and over again) simply for a chance to be heard * Clients and projects are won by putting on a show of smoke and mirrors, and then the developers are left to suffer. Management will always side with clients over employees in a “customer is always right” fashion to keep them happy even if they’re to blame for some issues * There was a pay freeze during peak covid, certain employees were told this also meant a promotion freeze however people higher up the ladder were getting promotions left right centre

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to do my job properly due to a rushed and incomplete rebrand being pushed through by senior management. The rebrand was outsourced to an external agency but shows no thought has gone into it. If you’re a designer looking to take on this role, understand you will have no guidelines to work from and the new identity has no brand personality, marketing strategy, no concept or reasoning to back it up. The business has a whole team of amazing designers but senior management choose not to involve them, prioritising their own personal politics over what’s best for the business and staff. Instead of senior management taking ownership of these poor decisions they’re passed down to the rest of the marketing team resulting in them having to leave. I received no negative feedback or constructive direction and was dismissed without warning.