Seriously, I don't even know where to begin with this cons list - brace yourselves (this has been a long time coming)
- The quote on quote management in this company is some of the worst, most disorganised, circus performers I have ever had the displeasure of meeting in my entire life. Honestly, every other day someone was the new manager, director, head of - and majority of the time just good old made up titles so some people could pretend they were important, but in reality were nowhere close to it.
- Absolutely no respect whatsoever amongst permanent members of staff. People were pretty much ridiculed in front of one another almost always, whether that be outright belittling of a graduate in front of the permanent members of staff or the way in which people chose to speak, and let me tell you it wasn't nice.
- I'll use the term favouritism very loosely here because even if you were "favoured" amongst permanent members of staff, you were never really safe from the vicious, vindictive and manipulative nature of other members of said staff.
- Gossip, lies, dysfunction and disrespect were pretty much the four pillars in which the "administration" not limited to the other parts of QA Consulting, of course, basically operated on.
- Every other conversation I had with a permanent member of staff or graduate was about how unprofessional everything was, how poor working/training conditions were and how they were meant to go and work in London on a sorry excuse for a salary.
- Spent money on lavish trips to Palma and Barcelona, welcome drinks, social outings, consultant events/drinks literally every week, but when it came to integral members of staff - decided it was a good idea to get rid of said members in the marketing, recruitment and sales team. Because why have people who generate revenue for the business when you can take consultants out every other week to maintain your delusional image, right?
- The recruitment team turned into a running joke and also the company bicycle. A whole team in Slough was opened to then all be made redundant in the span of 2-3 months. The recruitment team in Manchester was expanded to then have people who were doing work
Honestly, I could write a book about the world of suffering, emotional torment and continuous anxiety I had to endure in such a horribly run place. People were not viewed as human beings, just cogs in a big, faulty machine and even less than that. I get that a business is set out to make money, but there is no sense of comradery just people as commodities. I would NOT, in 1 million years recommend to anyone, EVER, to join this company. It's the Titanic at this point. Stay away, you can do so, so much better.
