Graduate program - Recensione dipendente - Consultant presso Simpson Associates

Company days Flexibility for some Good exposure for graduates

Clique mentality "if your face fits" Struggle to deliver core projects whilst taking hit on interesting promotable projects. This means additional pressure on those not in favour. Focus on awards and publicity over quality for day to day projects. Smoke and mirrors. Terrible bonus rules/system. Lots of employees overloaded taking pressure off profile project members. Told doing well only to be told not by management at a distance. No real management with experience. Ownership from buyout finding their way. Lose lots of good experienced staff. Mobilise employees on review sites like great employer and others

Wonderful onboarding process. Kitchen provisions on site & snacks. Paid training. Good medical cover.

Gossiping amongst workers is horrific, even in meetings people can't help themselves but talk down about other workers. Company offers "Hybrid" roles yet requires you to be fully on-site for the first 3 months, when there's no parking at the main office. Most managers are experienced staff with no actual management certifications or experience in managing, meaning they have no clue what they're doing or how to manage people. You'll be told to your face that you're doing good with nothing to worry about, then your "manager" will say you're underperforming in formal meetings. Enormous amount of E-Waste. Lots of having to "look busy" when there's nothing to do. "Flexible" working conditions but only flexible if your manager thinks it's ok, nothing is actually set in stone, some staff go off to walk their dog for half an hour and it's fine, some staff turn up 2 minutes past nine and half of the office is saying they should be sacked.