Pros
Seccl’s proposition and timing to make a difference to financial services is exciting and will, in my opinion, be successful in growing to be a big player in the industry. Also the people are great and care about each other. Work/life balance is really good although felt like people wanted to work harder but weren’t in a position to highly perform.
Cons
Disappointingly, Seccl has developed various layers of hierarchy and a top table who make decisions in isolation which filter slowly down to the team on the ground. This is surprising for a company of just over 100 people and takes autonomy away from what could be high performing teams. Additionally, most of the top table are people the new CEO has brought across with him and so feels like the new Edinburgh office is a old-timers clique, leaving the Bath office feeling a little soulless. Seccl could be a much better place to work but the honest answer is, there are a lot of incredibly bright and talented people who can’t do their best work due to constraints around culture and how the business is structured.