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      Spotlight Sports Group Reviews

      3.4

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (95 total reviews)

      Mark Renshaw

      61% approve of CEO

      47% positive business outlook

      Spotlight Sports Group has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 95 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Spotlight Sports Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      95 reviews
      1.0
      10 May 2018

      If you are a software engineer - this company is akin to career suicide.

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      The people are nice and friendly. The work is not technically demanding : basic standard stuff, no trail blazing or rocket science.

      Cons

      The company outsources most of its software development and would like to outsource even more. You will most likely end up sorting out some outdated piece of code that management plan to replace anyway and your CV will have scattered tumbleweed instead of technical stuff you have achieved and learned from. Technical management tend to compensate for their incompetence with a bullying attitude and a complete lack of regard for software engineers - you will be treated like a brick layer with the attitude of 'I can get as many coders as I need from the labour exchange to finish this project' : they really have not heard of 'The mythical man-month' and have no idea what writing maintainable and stable code is worth. They talk about the costs of 'technical debt' while consistently creating it in every decision they make. Once you are in, you will be stuck on annual inflationary pay rises and discover that the job market can offer more lucrative pay but your current job has provided you with nothing to offer new employers. I have been here five years, not a single training course, for example.

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      Spotlight Sports Group Response
      8y
      Thank you for your feedback. Racing Post Technology is going through a period of rapid evolution in two ways. Firstly we are modernising our platform and removing legacy software and will be moving towards using new tools, this inevitably means that there will be some changes in the way we interact with the new technology. Secondly, we are modernising our organisational management and introducing smarter objectives and development plans to better manage our people and promote faster career progression. This way of working might not be right for everyone but we believe it is the most effective and suitable way to manage the technology department and the business overall.
      1.0
      17 May 2018

      Nice office, poor office culture: lots of blame games being played

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Cool new office and a great location near Blackfriars. Interesting if you're into horse racing.

      Cons

      Toxic with a quiet and deadly blame culture. People are leaving the estate in waves and I don't think anybody cares. Worst place I've worked at in a long time. I don't know how management thinks they will cover over all the holes being left by fleeing employees, but I honestly can't recommend working there to anyone.

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      Spotlight Sports Group Response
      8y
      Thank you for your review. We would like to assure you that we are naturally concerned if ever any staff decide to leave the business and cite dissatisfaction regarding their time at Racing Post. We have recently made a number of changes to the management of our IT department which we hope will help to improve career development opportunities, with training and development of our IT staff one of our main priorities.
      1.0
      27 May 2016

      Worst place I have ever worked

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Location. That is about all.

      Cons

      Where to begin? This business is so poorly ran by inexperienced management that is shows on the faces of every employee. IT is toxic here, extremely badly ran and a lot of decisions are made far too quickly with little planning or enterprise level considerarion. I wouldn't recommend working here to anybody. Joining this company was the worst decision I have made in years.

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      Spotlight Sports Group Response
      8y
      Thank you for posting your review - feedback is always invaluable to us. You may be interested to learn that we recently set up an internal people and culture group, which has enabled us to address all sorts of ideas received directly from our staff. We have subsequently been able to instigate numerous positive changes at Racing Post and are looking forward to continuing to do so for the long-term wellbeing of everyone in the business. What’s more, we are confident that your former colleagues working in the IT team will considerably benefit from a more permanent managerial structure in this department. We are only sorry that you did not enjoy a more positive experience during your time here but are grateful for your comments.
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