Trinity Mirror Reviews

There is a lack of clear and inspiring vision from the leadership which happens to follow their own personal agenda. The new CIO (initially CEO) was focused more on creating his new job title and bringing friends into the business rather than actually building a truly innovative and open digital culture with the engeering team. The management seemed to have no courage to own the digital strategy and instead they just fear about their position keeping their heads low. There was a judgment that we needed a massive change but there was no analysis or research on how to get us there - just chaos and more chaos, like the random strategy being announced every 3 months with even more random ideas that have been out in the market for ages. Beside the CIO, the rest of the management doesn't shine either. Very hierarchy driven, protecting their status and with no will to promote and appreciate people's achievements and talents (no mention about slaries and false everlasting promises). I have never seen in my entire engineering career so many poeople that have left within 2 months!!! It obviously raises a lot of concerns and doubts. Lastly, there is no opportunity to learn and growth fast. You'll realise that TM is very much behind the latest stack and have little to do with innovation. I'd avoid it unless you look for an easy place to hang around for the next year or two and have nothing exciting to work on or with no desire to deliver anything significant.

Where to start? Don't expect any career progression - or a lunch break for that matter. Training is relatively poor, as is ongoing support. The salaries are very low, even for those who have been there for several years. There is the constant threat of redundancy. The HR department are beyond useless - siding with managers over genuinely hard workers. Management do absolutely nothing and only look out for themselves or each other. Certain people are allowed to get away with doing zero work, not putting holidays through properly and not turning up to work whilst others are left with the burden of the workload.