A growing success for clients and colleagues - Anonymous employee Recognise Bank Employee Review

Remote working, left to do own thing. Work life balance ok

The culture here has gone downhill noticeably in the last 18 months. Management doesn’t listen to feedback from staff, even when concerns are raised repeatedly but needs to be through anonymous channels for fear of consequence. HR can’t be trusted and share information they shouldn’t. There’s a real sense that input from the team falls on deaf ears and leadership continue to be unapproachable. Favouritism is a significant issue, opportunities, recognition, and support seem to depend heavily on whether you’re part of an inner circle rather than on performance or merit. This creates an uneven playing field and has damaged morale across the wider team. The nepotism review is true and continues despite us being told anyone can apply for a job. Where exactly are these advertised? Example of favouritism is a ‘Head of’ who has delivered nothing since his tenure, all hat and no cattle! Blames everyone else for lack of delivery and leadership think he is brilliant whilst he uses others as a scapegoat. No morals and a leadership team so inexperienced they can’t see what is happening. Overall, a workplace that doesn’t value all its people equally, and where leadership seems disconnected from what’s actually happening on the ground.

The majority of the Executive Committee demonstrate limited proficiency in CRE which inadvertently affords operational autonomy to those of us conducting the work

Pointed out that my previous review was removed likely due to one word taken out of context but its wholly accurate therefore I will re-word and re-submit. Nepotism is endemic within this organisation and we continue to see this, A personal or social connection to the Executive team is likely to get you a job regardless of qualifications or demonstrable experience. A prevailing sense of self importance of some individuals is disproportionate to their actual competence. Constant effort to elevate the professional profile of a single individual- this has marginally improved since some of the reviews came out and feedback but still mainly all about one person. We conduct ourselves with measurable caution mindful of the risk of being targeted should we speak out. Once a decision is made to end an individuals tenure the decision is final and affects capable employees. This has contributed to a pervasive sense of operational uncertainty.