Waste of a year - Designer Nova Employee Review

Remarkably young and inexperienced team - the average age of the office is about 22/23 Meetings about meetings - at least 3 hours per day are wasted Very little work gets done - even senior management go along with this Mismanagement runs deep - work processes are defined by the people with the least experience of actually bringing products to market Noisy environment - the radio is blasting every day, playing whatever the radio master has on their Spotify account. Many people complain quietly amongst themselves that it’s actually distracting, but nobody wants to be the person that upsets the ‘culture’ Education is prioritised over experience - you will hear lots of “I did a two-week course about it” coming from senior management to explain poor decisions Poor equipment - I had to use a laptop that was ancient, and was denied access to the software that was essential for my role. In the end, I had to take the initiative and download pirated copies instead just so that I could have something to do with my day Poor ethics - plastered on every wall are the inclusive values that the company touts. The main development arm is based in Pakistan, from where staff regularly visit the Liverpool office. They are paid a pitifully low amount and have to stay in a hostel-like place owned by the director. Some cultural issues exist that are simply ignored: many of the Pakistan team are openly upset that women are in the office, and some will not touch or speak to other members of the team because of their culture or religious beliefs. It’s clear that the Pakistan team are only being used because they are cheap. The worst part of working for Nova is simply the lack of progress. Projects that should take a few weeks would end up taking a whole year, and this appeared to be accepted and never questioned. This might explain why the bar is always full and the pool table always has a queue, even in the middle of the day.