Good company before it was bought out - Anonymous employee Astute Payroll Employee Review

1.0
16 June 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good company with a friendly culture.

Cons

Has been steadily going downhill since it was acquired by PayGroup in late 2019. During 2020 management were mostly consumed with meeting and reporting to PayGroup management, and from 2021 Astute management was largely dismantled and replaced with PayGroup management, who tend to make decisions based on return to shareholders without awareness of Astute’s product, clients, or staff. This resulted in very high staff turnover in 2021 which has continued into 2022.

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5.0
2 June 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people and support, and the respect.

Cons

No cons at thus time

3.0
5 June 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good culture, friendly people, very rare to have run-ins with colleagues Lots of flexibility in when, where and how you work Interesting technical problems to solve and lots of opportunities to learn

Cons

Management is unaware of and slow to act on problems in the workplace Low levels of follow-through and communication from management in general Good ideas fizzle out - projects get partially done then forgotten Tech debt is allowed to grow to high levels and only dealt with when it becomes critical Ageing codebase that is difficult to maintain No formal performance review process

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