Dunster House Reviews

It would be very easy to list a lot of cons. pay, sick pay welfare and pensions are all thorny subjects and It isn’t hard to be negative in any company if you are unhappy. Other reviewers have stated a culture of bulling and unprofessional in fighting and to a degree I can support that as I witnessed plenty of both. However the biggest single issue is that the company has been built - to the credit of the owners - from nothing. It has grown beyond all recognition from the company it started out as and therein lies the problem. It is now too big to be a small operation and too immature to be an efficient big one. Consequently it is a chaotic combination of micro Management or no Management ! Some key Managers are too inexperienced to actually take responsibility and there is a playground mentality of apportioning blame and deflecting responsibility rather than examining what went wrong and putting appropriate measures in place. Double standards , interference from HR in every level based on fear of being in trouble rather than a desire to protect employees. HR have too much influence and a culture of mistrust prevails. The list goes on but it all stems from the fundamental flaw in the organisation in that it is afraid to let go of the reigns and empower mangers to do what needs to be done.

Absolutely one of the worst employers I have ever worked for. Top management in this company is extremely unprofessional and in many cases extremely rude. I had the misfortune of being in some of the managers meetings and was shocked at how directors and owners interacted with each other in front of managers and senior managers. Swearing, shouting, threats and tantrums by top management is definitely a regular occurrence in this company. I have personally experienced how managers are literally threatened with termination of their employment should something not be done the way the directors want. With some of the other reviews on this site where mention is made of employees quitting without having alternative employment to go to the responses from HR is shocking but not surprising at all as they are blatantly lying that no one has resigned without having another job to go to. I personally know of 3 managers at a senior level who have resigned without having another job to go to, this in itself is a very good indicator of the work environment at Dunster House. Other negatives in this company are, no bonuses at the end of the year, no sick pay, extremely strict time keeping, extremely strict dress codes especially for female employees, paranoid owners and directors. The best career move I ever made was to leave this company with its toxic work environment. Good riddance!