Alas... - Anonymous employee Foundry Employee Review

2.0
15 Sept 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Relaxed and informal work environment, flexible working hours, good central london location and your colleagues are generally nice decent people.

Cons

No real career progression, always at the grind stone working to get another release out - no real engineering culture to inspire you or learn from. This isn’t a place to come learn your trade and grow, you get a once a year appraisal which is lip service at best and then forgotten about for the rest of the year. New management have made it pretty clear they are not in the business of rewarding you financially and have an agenda to reduce costs where possible. Staff retention is terrible currently, a lot of the old faces are leaving and ‘promotions’ are handed to people without any increase in salary.

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Foundry Response
9y
Thanks for your comments. Whilst I agree that we have suffered some attrition this is now stabilising and leveling out. Not everyone wants to accept change but the changes were necessary in order to grow and improve our position in the market. We are introducing many new communication initiatives which will provide staff with an opportunity to get answers to their questions. This was not done consistently in the past and we acknowledge this.

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Thank you for your five-star review! I'm delighted to read that you enjoyed your time at Foundry, in particular that you made the most of our flexible working arrangements and found your colleagues to be supportive and kind. If you have any other feedback you'd like to share about your experience with us, please don't hesitate to get in touch. All the best for the future, Jody.
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Thank you for your review. While I am pleased to see that you're enjoying the flexibility we provide at Foundry, I am disappointed to read your thoughts on our management team. I would welcome the opportunity to talk your feedback through together so that I can better understand your concerns. Please get in touch and I will schedule some time for us to connect. Jody.
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