Made redundant. - Data Trainee Rockborne Employee Review

3.0
30 Jan 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free food and snacks in the office. Great cohort of people on the training program (genuinely feel like I’ve made friends for life). Usually allow you to finish work early and they are extremely flexible in relation to dentist/ doctor’s appoints etc.

Cons

Made lots of people redundant without any prior warning, they refused to answer any questions in relation to this in their 1-1s. It was super disheartening, shocking and extremely disrespectful for those involved. Not really sure whether you can actually trust senior management after everything that has occurred and how it was dealt with. Especially, the CEO. You may be lucky by the time you apply, they may have more placements available. However, if I were you, If I had another option, I’d take it.

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Rockborne Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your insights and feedback. We agree with you, those that have joined us at Rockborne are great, we’ve been incredibly humbled by the applications we receive and the amazing individuals that have come on board. It’s good to hear the food goes down well and that the flexibility we provide make work/life balance a little easier. It would not be right to discuss individual cases, we very much hope that anyone with questions or concerns raises them through our HR channels so we can answer them for you. It’s a super emotive time and we want to support people as best as we can. I’m very proud to be part of the leadership team, the level of openness is something that I’m personally finding incredibly refreshing. Trust is a two way thing, we really hope that by being as open as we are, sharing insights like the designs for new office spaces, client news and placements and even personal stories from our careers and lives that we instil a culture of transparency that our people feel comfortable in. We always encourage everyone to speak to us, share your thoughts and help us shape our business. Please do use the HR channels to raise your concerns and feedback, we’ve not received any insights as yet and it would be incredibly useful. Best wishes, Amy

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