Do not work here - Anonymous employee Distribution Finance Capital Employee Review

• Competitive pay compared to some peers • A few good colleagues at non-leadership levels trying to do the right thing Free tea and coffee but the fear of spilling any and getting fired by the CEO is never far from anyone’s mind.

• Toxic culture runs throughout the business, driven by the CEO and enabled by the Board • The Board is complicit, ignoring warning signs and backing the CEO’s approach regardless of the damage • Directors promoted into senior roles often lack the experience or capability needed — they are rewarded purely for enforcing the toxic culture and silencing dissent • Promotions and progression depend entirely on loyalty to the CEO, not merit, skill, or performance • Money and titles regularly override integrity, shifting people’s moral compass • Leadership is terrified of speaking freely when projects are delayed or targets missed • System discrepancies are brushed aside or covered up rather than fixed • Risk culture is deliberately discouraged; raising issues is treated as disloyalty • “Charity work” is used as a PR tool to disguise what is happening internally • Very high staff turnover — people are fired or pressured into settlements if they dare to speak up • No psychological safety: employees operate in fear, not trust. You walk into the office not knowing what passive aggressive messages you will receive on the companies internal platform blaming employees for behaviours displayed daily by SLT. WFH is rigidly enforced and again, by fear. People end up on a list if they WFH more than 3 days, regardless of the reasons why No competent HR function. It is in place to protect DF SLT, not other employees.

Decent office location and facilities Some colleagues at mid and junior levels are supportive and try to make the best of a difficult culture Exposure to a fast-paced environment, though often due to poor planning rather than true agility

As a Project Manager, it’s impossible to succeed in this environment The culture is toxic from the top down — any form of challenge is taken personally and treated as disloyalty People who speak up about risks, delays, or issues are punished rather than supported Directors promoted into senior roles often lack real project or leadership experience, but thrive by enforcing the CEO’s toxic culture Risk management and transparency are actively discouraged, making delivery far harder than it needs to be When deadlines slip, leadership refuses accountability and pushes blame onto project teams Staff turnover is very high, with experienced people leaving and others being managed out through settlements to silence concerns External hires who bring in fresh perspectives don’t last long — as soon as they challenge the norm, they’re quickly made to leave Public charity initiatives are used as a smokescreen to distract from the internal reality of fear and dysfunction I agree with other reviews on here — the same themes come up again and again, and nothing is being addressed. So many good people are simply tired of having to deal with the constant politics and toxic nature of leaders. It is exhausting and we just want to do our jobs well. The structure changes every week and people are slotted into big roles because they won’t challenge. Humility is severely lacking at the top and I’m afraid the culture will continue to get worse here which is a shame as good people still exist but are broken and we simply try to do the bare minimum without ever rocking the CEOs and his leadership team as someone else is always the fall guy.