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Livingstone Group Reviews

2.9

40% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)

Chris Allan

33% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Livingstone Group has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Livingstone Group employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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33 reviews
1.0
20 July 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

No one has a clue as to what they're actually required to do each day, which is great if you have nothing to offer.

Cons

In general - a series of failures from a leadership perspective, backed by a greedy and incompetent PE firm. Incompetent staff overseen by overpaid executive 'leadership' team with virtually no real world experience in software asset management (especially in the cloud). Purchased by a PE firm in 2019 - the drive is to cut costs as quickly as possible while simultaneously attempting to inflate revenue through a series of failed acquisitions. There is no strategic direction and the leadership team has never actually operated a SAM business. The end result is confusion on what services are actually offered to clients among staff and more importantly - customers. No real adherence to any norms in consulting and especially the SAM space. Lazy incompetent managers are rewarded for accomplishing virtually nothing with their staff. Virtually no oversight of the primary business over the US-based business. A series of lost partnerships in the industry due to lack of a true strategic direction. Generally seen as an unviable player across major software publishers moving forward. No viable IP - a sham GUI with nothing on the backend worth mentioning. The US business is lead by someone with virtually no IT experience, thus allowing the business to tailspin as staff are validly unclear on the businesses direction, as the tone of the top is virtually non-existent.

2.0
7 June 2021

Pass on this place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They are trying to move in the right direction

Cons

Too many executives, not enough delivery personnel

1.0
6 Jan 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1.Good teammates and team spirit. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Cons

Salary rates are far below industry standards. Very high staff churn rate. Blatant favouritism of lower costing internal graduate scheme employees over experienced staff is rampant. The level of technical knowledge and skills among staff is extremely low as most experienced people have moved on to other better paid jobs and companies. Dirty old rundown office. No company cultures or values. Small company mentality and outlook from management. Bad and ineffective management and leadership from senior management. No transparent promotion and job application process, favouritism is rampant.

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