Complete lack of respect for employees - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Fitch Learning

Do not work for this company if: - you want to be part of a company that openly values your contribution, no matter how minimal - you are proud of the work you produce and never want to provide second-best - you want to be developed professionally - you are the kind of person who values respect and honesty There are many organisation that openly appreciate their employees, listen to their concerns and work with them to find a solutions. Fitch Learning UK, I'm sorry to say, is not one of these companies. There are few leaders in this organisation, but many bosses. The CEO (Andreas Karaiskos, not Paul Shaw as is stated in Glass Door's company profile) was hugely out of touch with massive projects being undertaken, going so far as to mention new products which were actually just a revamped version of what was already there, but not including these teams (presumably because he wasn't entirely aware of how they worked or what they did... or perhaps he didn't think they were good enough?). The people who were most intent on making a positive difference have left in droves. There was a very distinct lack of transparency across all channels, including replacing team members who left and new major product developments. Silence is the word and only a few key individuals really knew what was going on. In a company of 200 people, this does not work and builds resentment and distrust very quickly. There was a huge emphasis on combining job roles of the people remaining, rather than filling the gaps left by the people who left. Often times, a more junior replacement would be hired because they were cheaper, but there was also no budget to train them up. It then fell onto team members to do even though they were already short-staffed as the result of a backlog of employment gaps. Some teams were left without managers - the most senior of these teams would leave, leaving the most senior junior to pick up the slack which now consisted of 2x manager's work and with no communication on when or if there was a solution in place. There is an emphasis on sales at all costs - even if a product isn't ready. If you are the kind of person who wants to be proud of your work before handing it over, this is probably not the company for you. There is a collaborative effort globally to work together which is great, but these cultures are not managed well and junior managers are often left to fend for themselves in meetings or unexpected calls with global MD's or senior sales managers and at the time of employment there was nobody managing this process. It was a bullying free-for-all and decisions were made which only created more problems as experienced employees did not realise the impact it would have on project and pressures going forward. There was never any alignment between objectives across teams. By the time I left, the company had only just implemented a talent management system which was starkly one-sided and dealt more with how you can benefit the company rather than telling the company what you needed to be a better employee. There was no budget for training or even team building events. Indeed, no budget for decent content management systems and the whole company was working on a system which required a full time team just to keep it running as it was custom built and had major restrictions. I have seen reviews mentioning how they're ok with working longer hours without overtime, and if you're dedicated to a job or company, then good for you. The reality, however, is that these reviewers are probably at an entry level where they haven't realised their worth (or aren't in a position where working longer hours is the norm - such as development), and they are being taken advantage of. Working extra hours is part of being a dedicated employee, but do not disillusion yourself into thinking that you will be even be thanked for this in this organisation.