Pros
Great office buildings with lots of facilities. Free office phone with unlimited calling and data. Big brand in UK & worldwide so stands out in CV. Good pay, equivalent to what companies pay in London
Cons
The office is in Newbury which has very poor train connectivity. Trains are frequently late. Although the pay is good the amount of workload is also very heavy. They make sure they get more than the money's worth. Most employees are from around Newbury area and have been there for years. No real talent. When some senior managers are shown the door due to poor performance he/she then applies for a different role in different department within voda. So the incompetence is recycled from one department to other. These are the same people who are part of the 'Newbury Group' and get hired despite their incompetence. Voda struggles attracting talent from London areas due to hq based far away. Although it’s a telecommunications company the communication between different departments is very poor. Showing how busy you are and talking about it is like a fashion. Everybody keeps talking about how busy they are & keep talking about it for an hour(shows how busy they really are). Lot of internal politics, red tape. I guess that is one big reason Voda is finding it difficult to keep up with the competition. Flexibility in working hours depends on your line manager.