Avoid if you value your mental health - Anonymous employee FNZ Employee Review

1.0
4 July 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Recently launched family benefits are good Colleagues are generally nice

Cons

No team culture, every one works in silos. Training is non existent as are inductions for new staff unless you count having to watch hours of videos that aren’t relevant to your role/country of employment. Holiday entitlement is the bare minimum Goals & performance metrics for the year only published in June Communication from leaders is poor, townhalls frequently rescheduled or cancelled at last minute Toxic behavior of certain employees is tolerated Obsessed with metrics over delivering quality products. Staff turnover is high, particularly in first year There’s a culture of underestimating client requests in order to secure work then everyone being under immense pressure to deliver - working until 2am, weekends, days off etc. Most people are miserable in their jobs and uncertain of their futures, does not make for a pleasant work environment. Staff are not valued, treated like commodities FNZ’s biggest problem is their CEO - he’s a toxic megalomaniac who is directly responsible for the awful work environment. His hubris will be the company’s downfall. He lacks the people skills to motivate staff so instead he leads through fear. Calling individual employees out that he deems to be underperforming at company wide town halls is disgusting behaviour from a leader. He is on record as saying that he doesn’t care about employee well being and the only people of value are those who are willing to work every hour of the day and if you don’t like it you know where the door is. He recently sent an email to all staff threatening to fire people on the spot if they weren’t in the office three days a week, the fact that this illegal in several jurisdictions that the mail was sent to seems lost on him. He subsequently request photographs of staff in offices as evidence, he clearly doesn’t care about GDPR either. They are going through their second round of redundancies in 6 months, in total 15% of the workforce has been shed. In my 20+ year career I’ve never seen a redundancy program managed like this, no consultancy period, no announcement of what roles are going, no plan for how key client facing rolls will be filled.

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5.0
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Pros

FNZ has been an incredible company to work for and is being run by the best leadership team you could ask for. We’re experiencing a significant amount of growth and our executive staff is driving the organization to new heights. Over the last couple of years, the entire operating model has been optimized aligning all teams to the vision which has enabled collaboration and makes it enjoyable to go to work.

Cons

We need high performing employees that want to constantly push the needle forward. There’s still many employees that are skating on by…however, the new management team has done a great job filtering out the detractors.

2.0
17 Feb 2026
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Pros

Fast-paced environment High visibility Supportive peers

Cons

My experience within the CEO Office at FNZ was, unfortunately, the most toxic professional environment I have encountered in my career. While the role offered visibility and proximity to senior leadership, the culture at the top was defined by fear, intimidation, and a profound lack of respect for support staff. Long hours were expected (including nights and weekends), but basic professionalism, appreciation, and empathy were often absent. Communication frequently involved raised voices, public criticism, and reactions disproportionate to the situation. Situations outside of anyone’s control were treated as personal failures. There was little psychological safety, and many employees were reluctant to speak up due to fear of retaliation or career consequences. What was most disappointing was not the workload — it was the tone and treatment. Hard work went unacknowledged. Loyalty was not reciprocated. Requests for reasonable discussion or negotiation were taken personally and met with swift, punitive responses. Several colleagues privately expressed similar concerns, but few felt safe voicing them openly. There are talented and hardworking people at FNZ, and the firm has significant potential. However, until leadership models respect, emotional intelligence, and accountability, turnover and morale challenges will likely persist.

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