Great company, interesting projects, but extensive bench time - Software Engineer Roke Manor Research Employee Review

4.0
3 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great and intelligent hard-working people. Collaborative work culture and interesting and diverse projects which enable you to learn/utilise varying skills.

Cons

Many people (including myself) were often without projects, so we were on the bench for relatively long durations. I also think during the time I was there, Roke were trying to grow far too aggressively (by bringing in countless heads), which again, resulted in too few projects for too many people.

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Roke Manor Research Response
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We appreciate your review and the time taken to make it, thank you. Roke is working under a new Managing Director who is keen to optimise the skills of all our people and ensure that everyone is working on exciting and interesting project work for as much time as possible.

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5.0
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Cons

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5.0
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Cons

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