Vantaggi
Lots of dynamic and interesting clients The chance to get varied and valuable project experience Get to work on important projects that make a difference Hybrid working Some good staff You really can built an impressive CV with the range of clients and projects you'll get stuck into. The public sector work you'll be doing is often for clients that are making a real difference, and a lot of the private sector clients you'll work with are in interesting industries.
Svantaggi
Average-to-poor pay Bare minimum benefits Statutory holidays Statutory maternity pay Statutory redundancy Bare minimum pension contributions Ridiculous workloads and responsibilities piled on to staff One too many egos that foster an old fashioned culture Very high staff turnover The Union does produce great work but it is almost always at the expense of staffs' work-life balance. Many staff have to pull extra hours just to cover responsibilities. This leads to the best staff leaving and the constant upheaval that comes with the chopping and changing. I've seen staff with brand-new babies be congratulated for pulling extra hours to cover for clients. Pretty disgraceful in this day and age. That sort of stuff might have flown when the company was founded, but it's 2023. Not cool!