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      Staff suffer whilst the company makes £90M+ profit with large profit margins. - Anonymous Victrex Employee Review

      2.0
      11 Apr 2022
      Anonymous
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      Pros

      the people are fantastic the product is brilliant the company has potential

      Cons

      I feel the HR department is a cancer in this organisation. It takes no responsibility for effective organizational change to the point it regularly fails. Teams have been starved for resource whilst the company makes record profits. Stress levels are rocketing and hurting staffs' metal health. Requests for replacement of staff takes months to process. As a result talented staff members, with critical organizational knowledge and skills are leaving the company in droves due to the toxic culture that has been developing over the past few years. organizational structure is extremely top heavy, slowing everything down. there is little to no co-ordination of departmental strategies, resulting in regular conflict. Responsibilities and authorities are poorly defined, leading to teams taking on more work our of scope to get the job done, or leaders slow decision making by getting involved in activities outside of their remit. This leads to wasted efforts, improvements failing and people getting disheartened and disengaged. Diversity within senior management level is shameful. These organization is full of exceptional and talented women who don't seem to get the light of day. I feel that CEO can't seem to control his management team. Jackob comes across as a driven leader, who cares about people, customers and the organizations culture... but the actions of many of his management team don't seem to follow his values. Jackob seems to not care, be unaware or be ineffective bringing them in line with his vision. I feel like this is especially true for HR and operations. The company preaches operation excellence safety first, including peoples mental health, then quality over delivery and cost... but actions from the top regularly don't align with these principles and put cost and delivery first. there are multiple processes for managing change, they are all #silo'ed and all ineffective with the exception of engineering MOC.

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      Victrex Response
      2y
      Thank you for your comments and rating. Whilst we feel that some are helpful, we also feel that the vast majority are not reflective of the people, processes, benefits and culture we have in Victrex. This is reflected in the many positive comments and ratings here on Glassdoor from other current and former employees. Whilst you are entitled to your opinions, we strongly resent the description you use of HR being 'a cancer in this organisation'. We believe that this is a really offensive description to describe former colleagues of yours who work hard to ensure the people-based decisions made by leaders and managers (not HR) are carried out fairly and responsibly, in line with business strategy and employment legislation. In relation to some of your other points, we have focused considerable time and effort in recent years to listening and acting on the views of our employees. Here are some examples of how we've done this: regular surveys with subsequent team-agreed improvement plans to address concerns; the introduction of core behaviours and leadership competencies to drive a positive, supportive culture; new 'Golden Safety Rules' to drive personal accountability and support individual wellbeing; management learning modules to drive the business forward and create a supportive, engaged culture; and employee-led resource groups to represent under-represented populations, helping to shape company policy and direction around diversity, equity and inclusion These currently cover race, disability and gender, with more to follow. For example, the gender-focused group is helping to addresses one of the points you made about 'talented women not seeing the light of day', and we have openly published targets in our annual report about increasing the number of women in Victrex generally, and in senior positions. Whilst we may not agree or accept all of your comments, we are sorry that you felt the way you did, whilst working with us, and we hope you are enjoying working for your current employer.

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      5.0
      20 Mar 2024
      Sales
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good people, benefits and excellent products.

      Cons

      Average salary, Leadership, growth opportunities are UK based.

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      Victrex Response
      2y
      Thank you for your really positive feedback and high rating – very much appreciated. It’s great to read that you agree about the good people we have working for us. Thanks for mentioning our products too, which bring about sustainable and transformational solutions across many industries, from aerospace, electronics and medical (to name just a few). We know how proud so many of our colleagues are about the societal and environmental benefits that our products help to bring about. We always strive to offer competitive pay and an excellent range of benefits. We regularly advertise vacancies across all of our different regions in Asia Pacific, Europe, the UK and the US. If you feel there are limited growth opportunities in your own area, please discuss your aspirations with your line manager, to see what support and guidance they can give you, in preparation for any opportunities that may arise. And we’d encourage you to make the most of your own personal development, taking advantage of our business LinkedIn resources, on-the-job learning, and opportunities to get involved in colleague-led activities such as our Employee Resource Groups, helping to improve diversity and inclusion across Victrex. Finally, if you have any specific ideas about improving leadership in your area of the business, or wider, please share these with the appropriate people or with your HR Partner. And whilst you can do this at any time, it’s always a good opportunity to share your thoughts when discussing the results of our Employee Experience Survey, where teams agree and prioritise improvements such as these. Thanks again for your really helpful feedback. We wish you every success with your career at Victrex.
      1.0
      6 Aug 2024
      Sales
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      Pros

      only one I can think of is the HSA contribution

      Cons

      Top heavy, micro managers that do not coach or invest in their players. Look at turn over at Invibio last 2 years. Where there is smoke there's a fire!

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      Victrex Response
      1y
      Thank you for your review, and for sharing your view, particularly in relation to our HSA contributions for the health plan in the USA. It’s disappointing to hear your personal views, which are different to others' experience across Victrex and Invibio. Our highest scoring question in our 2024 Employee Experience Survey was in response to ‘I have a good relationship with my line manager’ at 84%, following an impressive 91% company-wide response rate. We acknowledge that there will be pockets where relationships may be different, and we always look to support line managers to develop their teams, and encourage individuals to seek support from their HR Partner if need be, we sincerely hope you did this whilst employed with us. We signal to all employees the standards we expect through our leadership competencies and core behaviours in place (including ‘continuously improving’). These form part of our regular performance feedback, check-ins and reviews. Finally, in relation to your last point about unconscious bias, we regularly run sessions for employees at every level, specifically targeted at helping people to understand, be aware of, and avoid unconscious bias. We’ve received positive feedback about these events, which we’ll continue to run. We’ve also established several global, employee-led Resource Groups covering race, ethnicity and cultural heritage, gender and disability, to increase allyship and awareness through targeted education and action.
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