High churn, low integrity - Engineer Oxford Flow Employee Review

1.0
29 June 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You can tell your friends you work for a start-up. Work life balance is great to the extent that most of the team would check out at 5 pm even if the place was on fire.

Cons

Essentially no integrity or culture of accountability. Values are purely theoretical and disappear in the face of difficult decisions. Team culture is non-existent. Numerous current employees cite 'curious to learn how not to do things' as the reason for staying. High employee turnover with very limited ability to attract new talent. Not a single person has left on good terms (6-7 exits from a team of 15)!

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
21 Aug 2018
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

The company is pretty small still, so changes and improvements happen quickly. You get to develop cutting edge technology, working on all aspects of the development cycle (conception, modelling, testing, technical drawing, manufacture). Management are supportive and trusting of the technical team, giving you as much responsibility as you want to lead and collaborate on projects. There's room for career progression. You learn a lot of things (technical, professional, the industry) in a very short amount of time. You aren't expected to know everything, but you are expected to pitch in and get your hands dirty, learning what you need to in order to get the job done. The environment is supportive and encouraging, and your colleagues will always help you out when you need it. Given the size of the company, you know exactly what everyone is doing, including the business development team. Technical team involvement with the business development side is encouraged, but equally you can stay purely technical if you want. The technical team has a 90% retention rate since it was founded three years ago.

Cons

Nature of a tech start-up I guess, but juggling multiple projects can get frustrating when you can't spend as long as you'd like on a particular problem.

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