I Canny Believe I worked Here. - Anonymous employee Pathway Group Employee Review

1.0
8 Oct 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

They are a fantastic organisation at self promotion, utilisation of networking contacts to promote the business and preservation of staff who fit in and cannot say no when asked to complete work not within their remit. This unfortunately will be the only time the word "Fantastic" is used and a Pro is I no longer work for them. They use their large events or sister organisations to gain trust and build up followers, using such events to overshadow the parts of the business which are failing. You can get promoted if you are willing to do the things others will not. The organisation does not have any incentives in its contract of employment and is a plus because its easier for them to remove any staff members quickly.

Cons

Awful management leadership that fails to listen to the workforce, ironic considering they have "Workforce Solutions" within their business title. The management are only interested in those that follow and immediately remove anyone from the organisation who does not fit into the requirements of the business needs. If you fail to execute relevant commands even where you have provided sufficient data and evidence to reflect why they should not move forward with a decision, the CEO finds it easier to remove you as a threat or rather should I say implement a fall guy to execute commands relying on a culture of blame. The CEO and one of the directors are distance from what actually happens on the front line and only intervene for removal of staff. The HR Department do not understand the concept of Human Resource Management and again if challenged will happily admit failed responsibility of their own actions by looking at alternative ways to remove you from the organisation. Pathways recently went through a restructure and failed to answer certain questions put forward from staff collectively but instead failed to consult and answer certain questions, selecting IT issues as their reason for muddled or poor communications and actively choosing not to answer questions outright with guidance from their HR. This the COO felt was fair and reasonable to tell staff that the restructure was announced the day they found out even though this was discussed before the COO was appointed. I worked for the organisation for a long period of time and was very worried about their blatant lack of due diligence and ownership of issues, lack to recognise talent within teams, listen to the voice of the business and failure to drive performance opportunities. Once again Ironic considering the CEO loves to promote his motivational books and use Social Websites to promote himself as a celebrity. Once again ironic considering he doesn't like to engage or talk with anyone when there are issues or problems. Don't write anymore books if your going to ignore your own words and work. If you cant motivate yourself to become a better manager then you won't be able to motivate the reader.

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Pathway Group Response
7y
It is true that everybody can learn from feedback. The time and effort you have taken to put together this review is worthy of us sitting up and taking notice. I am truly disappointed to hear this has been your experience of working at Pathway Group. The perception you have of how we operate is certainly not one that is condoned or recognised within our business. We work hard every day to ensure fairness, consistency and transparency. Changing a culture is a long-term journey, one which we are committed to. It is true that networking, social media and motivational leadership books are very important to our CEO and actually bring about many benefits to our business. We have recently conducted an Employee Engagement Survey which was anonymous and therefore all employees were free to provide feedback on all workplace issues, including management style and communication. The results do not portray your perception of how we manage our staff, in fact quite the opposite. You obviously feel very strongly about your experience of working with Pathway Group and the CEO would welcome an opportunity of learning from your experience to improve things where possible. Please feel free to write to him directly and share any feedback you may have.

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