Toxic environment - Anonymous employee SPANA Employee Review

1.0
25 Aug 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing, friendly and hard working junior staff members.

Cons

The CEO is a narcissist, she has no clue about the charity and what it stands for, and she doesn’t like being challenged. The CEO and directors do not take responsibility for their own actions and treat their staff badly. Staff are not trusted or valued at SPANA.

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SPANA Response
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts – and above all, thank you for your contribution to SPANA’s vital work and for helping us support the welfare of working animals in many of the world’s most poverty-stricken countries. Under its new leadership team SPANA has embarked on an ambitious change programme, with an increased emphasis on staff performance, accountability, innovation, collaboration and workplace wellbeing. We are pleased to say that our new working culture has been positively received by our global workforce, and staff are excited about the opportunities the launch of our new five-year organisational strategy will bring to deliver a lasting transformation in the welfare of working animals. If you wish to share any of your feedback in more detail, please feel free to email our HR team (in complete confidence) at hr@spana.org

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