Kinetic IT Reviews

One day the laughter stopped. Kinetic prides themselves on not having any polices, and explains to the customer, that this is so they can be agile in making decisions without being restricted by their own shackles. Ok in theory but, it results in multiple outcomes for employees, depending if you’re in the boys club or not. It creates confusion and a feeling of being treated unfairly, as the person next to you gets a complete different set of conditions than you do. Kinetic is also full of false promises. During a recent transition for a large government client, people were working in appalling conditions and doing unsafe hours. The amount of people shoved into the Bourke St office was comparable to a battery farm, with elbows touching one another (picture 7 people sitting at a desk for 3). Sickness was rife and the long (60+hour weeks) further exacerbated this. Any mention of working remotely to alleviate these conditions was promptly ignored (as Kinetic have serious trust issues with their employees). To keep everyone motivated, the CEO gave speeches, and I quote, about how this “isn’t even the hard part” demanding that “everyone needs to keep their foot flat to the floor” and then going on to promise “EVERYONE WILL BE REWARDED FOR THEIR EFFORTS”. After 12 exhausting months, and a successful transition later (the transition that cost people their health, both physical and mental, and their marriages). The time for remuneration review was drawing near. Months and months past with review meetings that were unattended by line managers, or cancelled after the meeting time had passed. Over 4 months overdue I received my reward. Less than 2% increase including Super. Money is not the only thing. Kinetic has a massive “HR” department, but I use the term HR very loosely. They are more like glorified recruitment agents to save on commissions from using proper recruiters. There is not one ounce of proper HR functions such as employee wellbeing or assistance. Career progression is full of disappointment also, as Kinetic advertise jobs directly to the public, rather than internally first to determine the best fit (namely because HR have no idea who is a best fit, as there is no profiling of existing staff). I’ve lost count of the amount of time where they hire the cheapest possible labour from the outside world, whilst the existing staff member who is perfectly suited to the role, slowly rots away in the corner. There’s also an undercurrent of bullying, whereas a failed change results in the employee who made the change getting dragged through the wringer (without even considering the PERCENTAGE of successful changes they have performed), whilst the lazy employees sit idly by with no fear of such repercussion, as it would involve doing some actual work to get yourself into said situation.

I waited for few good months to write this so it’s not a knee jerk reaction kind of review. It’s a bad place to be. Period. I was bullied by my colleagues whenever I said something which they didn’t like to hear. It’s a 1000% boys club culture and in a very bad way. You have this moral dilemma of supporting and doing wrong things for clients or saying the right things to your team or your manager and ultimately get bullied later on. I still curse whenever I pass the Victoria Police headquarters in Melbourne as that’s where I was based. That says something! Don’t join it. You will regret it!! I thought let’s give it a go and don’t form my decision on bad ratings and my god....each bad review was well deserved. I felt I died a little every day while I was there. The good reviews you see there?....They are all their managers who have been there from ages. They have no clue on management. It’s a disgrace. Don’t work with them please. I beg you!