A company falling apart from top to bottom - Recensione dipendente - Functional QA Tester presso Cloud Imperium Games

Where do I start. I didn't get an "actual" pay rise last year, and was more just raised to match minimum wage. In the past several years I've been earning more than minimum wage, and last year that stopped. After getting promoted last year to try and get ahead again financially, the company decided a paltry offering of £400 was enough for me to be happy. This isn't an isolated incident, the company failed to provide a pay rise to more than half of its 1,000 staff last year, and then went on to lay off more and more staff, with there being no end in sight for the layoffs. No one trusts their managers or directors anymore, and the executives have turned into villains overnight. I've started looking elsewhere because I'm not staying at a company where I prove myself every single week just to be given even less money whilst I watch the 6 figure earners indulge themselves on the money of customers who know no better. I've watched HR make some horrific decisions recently. They failed to deliver pay reviews on time for the third year in a row, and when they've given out payrises, it's been lower than the previous year. Several of my friends have been laid off for no good reason, even after actively fighting for their jobs. The money doesn't go back into the coffers, it goes into the pockets of the top line. A company funded by crowdfunding and they're using the funds to dine out with four or five figure spends every week. First class flights across the world. Expensive flats and private events. Another friend of mine was let go recently after being subject to an abusive relationship, and their ex-partner has walked out of this unscathed, despite having a serious history of abuse, and having been observed committing gross misconduct in the workplace multiple times. The rumour mill they're allowing to propagate the workplace is sickening, but is just a continued symptom of a long-standing out of control problem. From the front desk to the darkest corners of the office, people spread more and more lies and create more and more drama, and the ones that are the problems are still here, whilst the people who are victims are isolated and excluded. The tribalism in the workplace is ridiculous. No team communicates with another team. Producers are at each others throats when even a whiff of collaboration is mentioned. Patch after patch fails to meet a single deadline. Overtime is triggered at least twice a quarter. The company says its not mandatory but when you dont do it you bet it's going to be brought up on your performance review.