Watkin Jones Group Reviews

Where to start??? No strategic direction. They might say they have a strategy, but it's no more than a snappy line on a page and a list of construction projects. There's nothing in place that resembles a strategy and frankly there hasn't been for years. Executive Team Members. There have been lots of comings and goings over the last few years. We've seen the core and most successful leaders elbowed out of the business (probably paid off handsomely too!). As well as those long-term directors that made the company a success, the CEO disappeared, the CPO vanished, the Company Secretary's done a runner, and the last CFO looked like she was on the verge of a breakdown, only to be replaced by a new one that has weilded the axe indiscriminately. The CEO isn't blameless here and one has to question his and the board's judgement not just in relation to everyday operational decisions, but also in relation to assessing character. Any big pay offs are coming back to haunt them now as the company scrabbles around in the dirt for pennies, trying to make ends meet. Failing, failing, Failing There's only so much blame you can put on Covid, the war in Ukraine, and interest rates. Yes, it's a challenging economic climate (as they're so fond of telling us) but they keep on ploughing on - directionless, into the darkness. It's like watching a blindfolded man wander around on Beachy Head. Just look at the share prices (25p at the time of writing - down from £2.50 just three years ago). There's not long left and the current activities feel like the kicks and coughs of that blindfolded man in his death-bed after falling from the cliff. Culture They talk a good talk and there are some genuinely good people doing their best to make it a nice place to work. The problem is that all that means nothing when it comes to the crunch. "Never mind your wellbeing, we're going to get rid of those important jobs and valuable people because we couldn't find another 50p down the back of the couch." To say that this company cares about people would be a stretch beyond even the most elastic of fat exec's waistbands. Diversity Just look at the Exec Team. It's all rich white males. They've managed to oust all the women and you'll struggle to find a female in a senior role other than maybe the ones that "should be women". You know the ones we mean - personnel, human resources, and accounts. Leave the important decisions to the men and don't let those girls worry their pretty little heads about it. The organisation says it's inclusive and welcomes diversity, but they don't understand (or care) about what that really means. What's a gender pay gap between friends anyway?

Working all hours in a very toxic culture where the management team have little education.