I have had a horrendous experience working under the Knights PLC banner. Following our firm's takeover, we experienced the whole 'Marketing' speech which consisted of the CEO explaining they are a driven company with clear goals and wanted to be the biggest legal firm in the country. A promising outlook, but that is all. Nothing can prepare you for the poor handling of staff, deceitful tactics and ignorance towards people's well-being.
To begin with, Knights CEO's, HR, their managers and team leaders offer no guidance or assistance. They are UNWILLING to help train staff, or guide their staff in the way they wish for matters to be handled. You will find that your work is scrutinised and they will find fault in the faultless but not offer reasoning or ways to improve. On many occasions you may not be informed of the problem until it is too late. How can your employees learn or develop if training is not offered, or even a development plan. To put it bluntly, you will not be supported.
Working at Knights PLC you will find yourself facing consistent allegations (which are not brought to you to discuss). You will find that your only means of communication are your teammates. Managers, Team Leaders and HR are not interested in developing you as a member of their staff, let alone communicating with you. You will find that they will allege your are not contactable and lie that they do not have any contact details for you. I'm sorry but how can this be possible when all managers have contact details for their staff? Funny how you can prove that no-one has tried to contact you but they are not prepared to look at evidence that highlights their own negligence. They will even allege you are not performing as expected when you are not provided with tools to do your job. You are even expected to complete your work using personal items, without being able to claim back. For example; calling premium rate numbers on a personal mobile with no option to claim back on expenses?
There is a distinctive culture of blame which operates in the company like a parasitic organism. When you raise issues to managers or HR, your issues will be twisted against you and manipulated to make it look as though you are at fault. As mentioned above, even if you have evidence of your issues, they are not prepared to listen, only protect themselves and the CEO's uncompromising business plan from a reality of inner failings and truths about the parasitic inner workings. The HR department are unable to deal with staff or address issues, instead will work with managers to prepare a cover-up story and irregardless of personal mental health, proceed to blame and bully staff. You can not have a conversation with HR, you will be dictated at and hastily given your dismissal without being given an appeals process. When you question Knight's HR Department on certain aspects of any allegation or how they have investigated your concerns, you will be greeted with comments such as 'I don't know how they tried to contact you... but they say they have' or 'You are saying someone who has worked here for many years is rude? I don't believe you.'
To put it in simple terms for anyone who wishes to apply here, or is currently working there, I would advise look elsewhere. Save yourself hours of stress, a lack of support, emotional turmoil and prevent yourself from being abused, bullied and neglected by parasitic business practices.
