Pros
During my time at Damteq I met some wonderful people who I continue to share friendships with.
Cons
This section could easily get out of control so I will try to keep it to the most important points. Staff turnover has been huge - 100% of the staff that were there when I started no longer work for the company and of the many who joined during my time only a few remain. While not a con itself I believe this is indicative of a wider set of issues. Well below average pay. Sexism - There appeared to me to often be inappropriate comments and inappropriate phone conversations with clients about female staff members - which in turn appeared to encouraged certain members of staff to behave similarly. False promises/Zero development - In my opinion Damteq would often dangle the carrot of a payrise if only the team reached some vague milestone, only for the goalpost to be moved whenever we erred closer to the imaginary mark. Training was often requested and promised - if we found the right thing they would help fund it - only every request from every member of staff was ignored. Deceitful to clients - In my opinion it seemed there were lies to clients about technologies used and results from campaigns to push clients into contracts which we couldn't fulfil. Deceitful to staff - In my opinion it often felt as though political games were played with the staff to 'test loyalties'. It's hard to get across in writing exactly the emotional stress this puts on a person where you cannot trust anyone around you. It often felt in my opinion as though we were talked to and treated in a way that made the work you produced feel as though it wasn't good enough. That your skills were lacking and that you couldn't progress. You deserved the treatment because no one else would have you. Damteq was doing you a favour. Obviously that's rubbish and the people I worked with are bright and talented and all of them have gone on to do amazing things with new businesses who respect their input, experience and advice.
