Pros
Nice clients Some of the work is interesting Money is okay
Cons
The good money is not worth the misery Very clique-y, unfriendly and gossipy atmosphere You get given far too much work for you to complete and are expected to do overtime if you can't finish it Processes completely backwards and nobody addresses them or listens to your opinions Very quiet, hostile office atmosphere, not friendly Made to feel very lonely Office is in the middle of nowhere Those at the top aren't nice, and business owner isn't nice, very condescending man No recognition for work completed, whatsoever I wasn't properly trained when I first started so it didn't start off on the right foot. The people whilst I was there weren't friendly at ALL, everyone was over stressed and out for themselves, didn't want to talk to you, very awkward and hostile atmosphere. People used to whisper to each other at their desks behind your back and giggle etc. which was horrible. Some groups used to go out and never invite anyone else, but then say 'oh, sorry you can come too if you want' (very insincerely) at the last minute.. which obviously means you're not invited. Very high staff turnover. Nobody cared one bit if you were overworked. Senior staff would constantly make mistakes and never take the blame, leaving me and others to pick up the workload, where they would then take credit. A handful of people were lovely, unfortunately I didn't really get to work with them, they still kept themselves to themselves. Some of the staff were extremely rude and made you feel like a huge inconvenience to them when you give them work, don't think they enjoyed working there either. People crying in office not uncommon, people didn't get recognition they deserved. Lots of gossiping, talking about people behind their back, whispers of people losing their jobs, not a comfortable environment or one you could settle into. Office was absolutely freezing in winter. We would sit at our desks in our coats and gloves and there was one little fan heater between 4 people. They had favourites and left you out on meetings and out-of-office trips (even if they should have included you as it's your project). When I handed in my notice I gave my reasons, that I didn't enjoy the work I was doing and that the office environment wasn't for me. There was then an email sent round to everyone in the office telling them I was leaving (didn't include me in the email, I saw it on someone else's monitor) and I saw they had lied about why I was leaving saying I couldn't juggle multiple projects and couldn't handle the work load. I then got told by the Owner that I would never find a job as good as this one and that I was stupid for leaving. When I left I said 'bye everyone!' and got completely blanked. As soon as I started my job at Focus I couldn't wait to leave, never been so miserable in a work environment.