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Eemits Communications

Is this your company?

The fish rots from the head. - Radio Engineer Eemits Communications Employee Review

1.0
12 Mar 2022
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Pros

Parking? Some of the staff are good people.

Cons

The bad... False advertising - Advertised for a network engineer but changed the job title to radio engineer on the first day. Chief engineer has little understanding of computer networks. When an ICMP message dropped on a fresh ping, I was informed Cisco equipment does that. A culture of blame which is fostered by management. Senseless equipment builds. Repeaters paired with cheap, unreliable and unmanaged switches. Lip service paid to health and safety and vile response to global pandemic. Expected to share equipment such as hand tools. Administration staff forced to work from the office despite government guidance to work from home. Fearful staff put in hours worth of overtime and don't claim it. Rhetoric spoken about how everyone is part of the eemits family. But no flexibility or understanding when it comes to childcare. If you are caught short you can't trade in your holidays, so unpaid days are taken. Advised to dump kids on friends (who also work). No sick pay (bar statutory) and no flexibility to trade in holidays. I was told this was to discourage sofa days. No trust in the workforce. You will be tracked and questioned. If your decisions are deemed questionable this will be discussed and ridiculed in the open by management. Poor salary and long hours. Poor training, existing workforce have little time to train you as they need to focus on getting jobs done in quick time for greedy MD and to avoid discussion. Company is ran like the MD's fiefdom - expects staff to fix personal items such as Tefal steam irons. Ludicrous notice periods and repayment for training trap existing staff in their jobs. Filthy kitchen and toilets. Don't use the fridge.

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5.0
31 Aug 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I've been here less than six months so these are my experiences so far: - Good annual leave for a small business (25 days plus bank holidays) - Friendly colleagues who all add value to what we do - Operating within different sectors gives greater scope of content to work on - Work is praised when it's good and feedback is given when it can be improved or done in a different way - Business has a lot of potential to grow in terms of size and stature - Business is willing to pay for training/qualifications if appropriate to role - Very good work/life balance - Office dog - helps break the day up - Perks for introducing new business opportunities

Cons

I've been here less than six months so these are my experiences so far: - More staff required for business to keep growing (not through a lack of trying to employ new people). - Not sure on HR process if situations arise that make it difficult to speak to Line Manager or Managing Director (although there's quite an open approach to talking to Senior Management already). - Not seen any visibility of existing Above and Beyond reward scheme since starting. Would be good to see someone rewarded on a monthly basis as a lot of good work is going on across the business. - Introduction of a retention scheme would be good to attract and retain new people to the business

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4.0
31 Aug 2021
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Pros

Company is an SME in a technology environment. There are a small number of staff which means that everyone has to step up to the mark in their role - there is no hiding place and in most instances the role is standalone and therefore no one to do the work for you. The flip side of this is that you are trusted to get on with your role and it's explained how it all stiches together with the company. The business is Investors In People accredited and increased to the Silver award at the last audit which is a tremendous achievement for a business of its size. There are regular monthly KIT (keep in touch) meetings with line management which links in with KPI's and Objectives so everyone knows what is required to achieve and any challenges can be addressed when raised. Once through the probationary period very few people who leave and it is a close knit environment.

Cons

What it is like within the business is highlighted throughout the interview process. Because it is a smaller business, dealing with big customers as well as B2C and because you are in charge of your own role it can be pressured and you are needed to do what you say you can do. If you are up for the challenge its a great place, if you can't then this company is probably not the place for you.

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