Awful company, Awful management. Stay away! - Senior Software Engineer Oakam Employee Review

1.0
28 Feb 2020
Recommend
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Pros

there is absolutely nothing good about this company.

Cons

Most of my colleagues who have left Oakam say that it was their best decision. I am looking forward to that day! This company used to be and is awful to work at, but it had some beautiful people. Every year the CEO has to bring new people to run the company. Because, as people realized what a s-show this place is, usually in 12 months or so, they leave. The head of compliance went within 3 months. He is smart. I have now witnessed 3 town halls over the last 2.5 years where CEO will say that "this is the best team we have ever had at Oakam and we are in a great place". The time before the last he said this, we went into administration the next month. There are no more wonderful people in this company. If you ever wondered how East India Trading company treated their slaves, then come work for Oakam.

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Oakam Response
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Hi there, thanks for leaving us your feedback. It is indeed true that we have had a change of management a few times in the last 5 years, however, it is only with new and more effective management that the company can continue to grow and move towards a more progressive state of the company. Since Administration, our CEO had taken close to 12 months to rebuild our new executive team and we're working towards a new set of OKRs that will propel the company towards a better future. We've had a number of leavers in the last 6 months that had either left due to underperformance or voluntarily for better career progression after they have been with us for 1-2 years. Our head of compliance had decided to pursue a different opportunity and although he is dearly missed, we can only wish him the best. I hope that if you have any concerns about your future, you will reach out to the People team to gain support and we'll do our best to make sure if you're a high performer right now, we are here to support you.

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