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James Hay Partnership

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You're just a 'resource' to them - Scrum Master James Hay Partnership Employee Review

1.0
5 Dec 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The people on the ground in the teams are all very nice and helpful

Cons

Literally everything else. The management consists entirely of people who have no concept of what it means to be a leader and are only concerned with proving themselves capable in their position, which ultimately ends up being tracking metrics which drive all the wrong behaviours and are not based in the realms of reality. Constantly trying to deliver on a commitment set out by management so long ago, before they lost nearly half their staff, that it isn't even realistic to achieve anymore yet that isn't taken into account and people just need to 'work harder' and 'JFDI'. Attempting to go on a journey of Agile adoption, where the leaders at the helm of that journey have no prior experience or understanding of what being Agile actually means but then refuses to listen to the people they specifically hired to help them through this journey with their expertise. Constantly enforcing unfair expectations on staff. Making them drive to the other office (3 hour drive on a good day, each way) for the 'hackathons' (which aren't hackathons and just simply a way of them getting a 12 hour day out of teams) and for every sprint boundary.

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4.0
14 Dec 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Lovely staff Flexible working Present CEO and his team are a breath of fresh air after the previous toxic team Good benefits and thoughtful gifts

Cons

IT systems are getting better but still need work

1.0
25 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Plenty of overtime to be had

Cons

Bullying behaviours, lack of duty of care, poor pay and benefits

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