Led by the rich elite - Anonymous employee Focusrite Employee Review

1.0
24 June 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It is really hard to say.

Cons

This company used to be a relatively flat hierarchical workplace with diversity of thought encouraged and risk taking the norm. Neurodiverse creatives partnered with smart system thinkers to power innovation. That was until the 2015 IPO. On that day the directors got rich and powerful (£2-5 million share payouts). These directors claim low salaries: but don’t be fooled. They’re millionaire directors with 20 year tenures of supreme power. They are un-shiftable gods keeping each other in power, in perpetuity. No one is going to fire these directors. They are part of the elite family club. A secret mafia of sorts. Join the company but realise no-one will ever flourish under these titans, some of whom have never worked in another company. The Chairman could change this. Why hasn’t he? That is a question everyone (including shareholders) should be often asking.

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Pros

Great people, great culture, great benefits

Cons

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3.0
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Pros

- Pretty good benefits package

Cons

- Claim to be about diversity and lay off the diversity (people of color) from the company - Seems like there are double standards for men & women, for example, women getting paid less than men for the same role

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