Leaving was such a relief - would strongly recommend avoiding. - Anonymous employee iManage Employee Review

1.0
6 Apr 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- The People Ops team in London are a really great group of people and genuinely want to try make a difference. It's incredibly difficult with what's available to them, but I commend them for the amount of work they put in to try make this place better. - The London office is quite cool in terms of the design and space available.

Cons

- There is zero company culture. The People team do try to put on events and special weeks, talks, drinks, lunches etc in the company so it's not a lack of availability, but rather a lack of interest from many employees to get involved. - A lot have been there for years and have their own little cliques, and make very little effort to welcome new people. This behaviour then rubs off on others. - Managers do not make any effort to try get teams to gel and bond, and certainly don't encourage them to take part in anything that involves leaving the desk. It's really disheartening to see the effort some people put in to try and get the team to feel more like a team, and then people just ignoring it, refusing to take part, feeling like they're not allowed etc. - Very much an old boy's club, complete with misogynistic comments (and I heard a fair few) and a lack of respect for others. - The tech is dull to work on and gives very little sense of achievement. You're working on a big, expensive product sold to big, rich companies. You're not doing anything particularly worthwhile, and I have heard a manager talk in an all hands about how ideally this software will help these big, rich companies cut lots of paralegal jobs and save money. The salaries here don't justify the soulless work and it's not anything particularly innovative or exciting to work on either. If you have the skills to work in tech, use them to go work on something more valuable. There are some really talented, friendly, intelligent people in this company with bags of potential but unfortunately the toxic, suffocating atmosphere in iManage doesn't help them shine.

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iManage Response
6y
Thank you for providing your thoughts and advice. Feedback like this helps us address problems and build an environment where employees feel empowered to learn and grow within our organization. We are always working hard to make sure iManage is a great place to work and build a career that is right for each individual. If you would like to share more about your experiences please reach out to our People Operations team with any further comments, concerns or suggestions. Thank you again for the feedback!

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iManage Response
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Thank you for this thoughtful and detailed review. The feedback on iThrive is the most important thing here, and we hear it. Building a career progression framework only matters if managers are actually using it in practice. If that gap existed in your experience, that is a real problem, and it is something leadership needs to audit. On your People Ops comment, we are actively working to improve clarity and consistency in processes like onboarding and internal requests. Cross-functional communication, particularly between ops functions and the broader org, is an area we give great attention. We appreciate the time you put into this, and we wish you well in what comes next.
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