Colonial First State Reviews

Poor leadership team throughout business as there's blatant in-fighting. Poor staff retention (about 15 people left in administration in 2016 alone). Poor salary in admin (less than $60k salary package) Poor career development. Roles tend to go to persons who've worked in the role on secondment. These individuals are cherrypicked, and advertising the role at all is simply out of obligation. They do not care for the wellbeing of staff. They're chronically under-resourced.

The cons mentioned here are of only the business unit I worked for, and these observations here do not apply to another business unit within the organisation. - Management primarily consists of YES men/women; thus, in the process of managing upwards, the work-life balance is getting worse. - High attrition rate due to lack of clear strategic direction and consistently changing goalposts since separating from CBA. - Unsustainable working environment and terrible work culture. - The organisation does not care about employee engagement even though it is a KPI. - No career progression.