Slowly getting worse - Anonymous employee Edenhouse Solutions Employee Review

When I first started it was an exciting place to work, crazy, hectic but with ambition and direction.

The lack of investment and communication with employees started to decline post the equity investment. Having said that in my time there was no training investment you were left to do it for yourself. My previous and current employers encourage training support to the extent of questioning why you are not. This was not the edenhouse way, there way was to ensure your utilisation was over 80%. As time went on and the cohesion fell apart it was everyone for themselves and employee and customer care fell away. Then the redundancies came which was poorly handled without much in the way of care or sensitivity. I heard this included someone whose family had been killed in the days leading upto it with arguments over time taken off to be taken as holiday. I often wonder what happened to them. At the time you couldn't see how bad they were until you went somewhere else. This is what they prayed on, that you would be too scared to leave. I did have great times in the early days but they became disappointingly brutal and thoughtless in their treatment of people with lives. Only employer I've ever had I wouldnt recommend to anyone I cared about. Sad really.

Edenhouse fosters a company culture and ethos which creates an environment where you’re trusted and empowered to get on and work directly with clients and colleagues to deliver quality work and an overall good customer service. As a wholly onshore company my time is spent “doing & delivering” rather than checking and validating work of others. The culture is also visibly evident within the Edenhouse social team, where by management support (financially) a group of employees who are tasked with organising a number of non-work events throughout the year. This is perhaps why I’ve always found both management and colleagues friendly & approachable and generally willing to help me if I’ve requested assistance. All of the above enable me to have a good family, work-life balance.

The business is growing very fast and therefore plans can change quickly this means you have to be flexible and adaptable. As a consultant you will sometimes be dropped in the deep end which is never easy, however I’d say this situation isn’t unique to Edenhouse.