Manipulative contracts=ridiculous work practices - IT Data Specialist Lanes Group Employee Review

1.0
13 June 2026
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Pros

None I can think of other than free pizza on your induction

Cons

Contract looks decent on first glance but then you realise the fixed salary and set hours per week comes with flexible hour terms based on the business needs and your placement of work can be changed temporarily or permanently. And the no payable overtime clause doesn't mean no overtime offered it means extra hours worked aren't payable. This is perfectly legal as long as your hourly rate doesn't drop below minimum wage. Its then you realise the salary is deliberately chosen to allow those extra hours of work in your day. If the salary was any less then they cant extract enough hours out of you before falling below the minimum wage rate per hour and any more on your salary is money they simply don't want to spend on you. And if you have to drive to any other sites far away that counts as your commute time outside of work due to the mobility clause. This contract isn't designed just to cover themselves its deliberate and manipulative in its intentions. I just wanted to warn anyone thinking of working for Lanes that its not a company with the right intentions for how their contracts and work practices are drafted up.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Good atmosphere, people and work balance

Cons

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