Fantastic Cause, Poor Senior Management Leadership - Anonymous employee HWNS Employee Review

3.0
22 July 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The work you do helps the 3,000 people with disabilities the organisation supports and the 600 people with a disability the organisation employees; They are competitive in the salary sacrifice/taxation intricacies associated with similar roles in the not for profit industry The organisation on the whole i.e. below the executive level leadership team are passionate, committed and selfless.

Cons

Very little recognition of the hard work that is done day in and day out in the trenches by the leadership team. An increasing sense of 'one rule for you & one rule for them' be it the IT gadgets that are 'L Team only' territory or the quarterly off site L Team forums which appear to be an opportunity for the L team to continue treading water while patting each other on the back. The payroll department is understaffed, and while they try their best the complexity of salary packaging often means this crucial benefit is poorly handled. Some of the internal cost structures are difficult to rationalise, making it particularly difficult for a number of operations to remain financially viable There is extremely high turn over at middle & senior management level.

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You're working for a great cause and with great people.

Cons

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1.0
9 Feb 2019
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Decent pay, shifts are flexible

Cons

Horrible management and terrible organisation Not team work or consistency with staff, management favour certain staff contributions over others - bullying is not discouraged by management Staff are burnt-out or over-worked due too scheduling not arranging staff to cover required shifts Staff often 'do their own thing' and there is no conformity Customers abuse staff, vandalise cars, other property and steal, they use staff as personal taxi drivers and staff are left unsupported by management in these situations Poor communication organisation wide Management give children a home and staff to abuse with no repercussions and most of the children I have worked with DID NOT have a disability so this is misleading...

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