Pros
If you're lucky, you may be able to be authorized to visit the doctor without taking annual leave
Cons
Admin - stop deleting reviews of a company that somehow still has access to vulnerable young adults. This is safeguarding. If you are somebody looking to work for Estio - don’t. If you are somebody looking to train with Estio - don’t. If you are a client looking to work with Estio - don’t. I cannot stress enough how corrupt this company is. Every single review you see on Google/TrustIT, you will see a trend – these are reviews left by learners who have just been offered an apprenticeship, they have not yet embarked on the dreadful journey of Estio. These reviews are solely on the recruitment process and not a reflection of Estio as a provider. I spent quite a few years at Estio and the only thing I am grateful for is that they gave me an insight of every single point of how a company should NOT operate. As mentioned in previous alumni reviews – the CEO is not from a technical background and is a narcissistic misogynist. Estio will force ‘deals’ through without consideration of appropriateness or longevity. If you (as a learner) or a client placing a learner on Estio’s programmes, as long as they keep the learner on for 3 months, they will get the government payout and the care afterwards is abysmal as they got their cheque. You will NOT get sickpay, you will get below average annual leave, mat/pat/long-term sick pay is statutory and if they could legally give less, they would. Your basic salary will be less than more reputable competitors. You will also not get flexible working – Estio employees were made to work physically in their offices in all 4 UK centres when the rest of the nation was told to shield from a literal deadly virus. Also, from personal experience, Estio will not pay out expenses owed to employees, I feel sorry for HR because somehow Estio managed to employ a rare few with ethics, but under the toxic dictatorship that they are employed beneath, they can’t do things ‘their way’ (the right way). It was not until when the prime minister made it law that employees were allowed to work from home. If you are a client looking to ‘partner’ with Estio – I strongly advise you look at QA or JustIT before affiliating yourself with a company that is known (within the apprenticeship market) as corrupt and unprincipled. The sales/client management team (predominantly) is run by juveniles who just see you as a ‘figure’ on the sales board. Their trainers and delivery team are under constant pressure with unrealistic targets/work loads and the staff turnover in delivery is far above average, making the learning experience considerably messy for apprentices. FE weekly would have an absolute field day if they were a fly on the wall just for one day at Estio. Lastly- Estio will respond to this review with a standard corporate script and request me to delete it, to the underpaid employee that is assigned this task -please do not bother and find yourself a company that has your best interests at heart.