Pros
I have no positive comments for this company.
Cons
I worked at this company for 2 years, I was moved to various different departments to lend a helping hand as I was told they needed someone they could rely on. I was praised and told I was doing a great job throughout the entire 2 years and was well above where they expected me to be which resulted in a decent pay rise all for it all not to matter on the exact date 2 years on from my start date where I was brought into a meeting and told I was being fired for "not doing my job properly" (bearing in mind my pay rise was only a couple of weeks before this meeting). I was also given a 2-week trial, after my pay rise, in a new position they created and was even given the option to stay in that role or go back to the Legal Secretary role. I told them I wanted to stay in the Legal Secretary role as there were more chances of moving up in the role than the other position. I was never given any evidence of not doing my job properly and no one could give examples in the meeting either. I had no prior meetings before this one indicating I wasn't performing as well as I should be and never received any warnings prior to this meeting either. I will also add that when I was brought into this meeting, I asked if everything was ok and was told that everything was fine and I had nothing to worry about which meant I went into the meeting assuming it was a normal catch up to see how I felt I was getting on, but I was informed wrong (I could have at least been told that it was going to be a formal meeting, this would have indicated that it was going to be a serious conversation). After this meeting, I wasn't allowed to go and get my belongings which I know you're not allowed to do but some of my things weren't picked up which meant I then had to contact them outside of the building to try and get my things sent back to me. To add as well, I worked with a Legal PA who started at the company a few years before I joined, and about 6 months before I was fired, she was pushed out and ended up quitting as there were false claims that she was not doing her job properly either (for the whole time she was at this company she was constantly praised and rewarded with pay rises for her great work). Once I had been fired, I also found out that the company was moving the Legal Secretary roles onto their staff in Belfast which only leads me to believe this was their calculated way of getting rid of staff members without having to give them redundancy money as they would be able to class it as firing someone rather than offering them redundancy. Overall, YOU DO NOT WANT TO WORK HERE...