A Horror show - Anonymous employee Eurobase Employee Review

Without doubt the worst place I ever worked in a career spanning 30 years. In a typical meeting, a cluster of middle-managers would cram into a dingy room for a pre-meeting to discuss the "narrative" that would be presented to the executive board. Planning meetings would include ridiculous line entries for "1% of xxx's time" - data that had to be entered into the 2 (or was it 3?) applications in the desperate hope that it would all somehow add up to a plan. There was a clear schism between the employees who has been there a while and for whom Eurobase had been their only job, and employees coming in with more modern skills and attitudes both cultural and professional. As has been mentioned elsewhere, the company pays lip-service to being an "investor in people" company but should tear down those plaques (they were already out of date when I was there) - there's no investment in training, infrastructure or morale. The software product that the company produces reflects the company itself - it looks like it died in the 90s. In more than one meeting I heard "don't mention agile software development in-front of the board!" followed by a genuinely shrill laugh. Best way I can sum up the experience - if you've seen any of The League of Gentlemen, then imagine that, only with the humour removed and constrained to a cramped, grimy office in Chelmsford.