Progressive Building Society Reviews

Very busy periods that can be stressful but great development opportunity for gaining experience.

1. Toxic & Hostile Management Culture The primary reason for leaving was a chronically hostile and toxic work environment, particularly within the management hierarchy. This led to an atmosphere of fear, personal attacks, and constant high-pressure scrutiny. The culture is one of micromanagement and blame rather than support and solution-finding. 2. UNSUSTAINABLE Stress & Personal Health Consequence The workload was highly chaotic and poorly organized, often involving the cleanup of failing, mission-critical projects created by management. The resulting level of acute, prolonged stress was severe and medically unsustainable, directly leading to personal health issues and necessitating my departure. The company fails to prioritise employee well-being. 3. Severe Compensation Imbalance The compensation (£25,000 for IT Support) is drastically below market rate for the required level of crisis management, technical cleanup, and extreme pressure the job demands. It is financially uncompetitive even compared to non-technical roles in the area 4. Zero Flexibility, Outdated Practices, and Unfair Policy Enforcement While many other staff members enjoyed a standard hybrid arrangement (typically 3 days remote, 2 days in office), I was the only employee in a similar role denied this flexibility and forced to adhere to a rigid, 5-day in-office requirement (via practice and expectation). This blatant disparity demonstrated a significant lack of trust and an operating mindset stuck in the 1990s, severely impacting work-life balance and incurring unnecessary financial and time costs for one employee while others benefited from a modern approach. Upon asking for WFH nearly a year into the job I was told by my line manager that since I had 'no wife, kids or responsibilities' that I was better in the office as I am a good presence there Generally looked down upon when asked take annual leave as I didn't have kids / based on my personal life Upon asking (practically begging) for WFH privileges few months later as I had issues with my housing situation. I got immediately put into a review meeting with HR and threatened with a PIP. This time it wasn't about my personal life (as that is genuine discrimination) the excuse was that i was sick a few days, made a few mistakes (sorry for being human!) - was told to 'improve my performance' whilst being given no documentation or plan on what or how to do so! Absolutely unprofessional Management would decide to go ahead with a process without telling you or going through a proper plan and when it goes wrong they offload the problem to you (iPhones)