Everyone is friendly but there is a culture of overwork and burnout being the norm. - Anonymous employee SafeLives Employee Review

2.0
13 Jan 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The pay tends to be good for the sector, the people are friendly and everyone is passionate but drained.

Cons

Culture of overwork, lots of hard deadlines and poor communication and support from managers. There are too many meetings, issues with staffing, issues with respecting boundaries and reports of a triggering workplace for survivors as the stress and pressure to meet deadlines is not indicative of a trauma informed environment. Agree with former comment that "Senior staff do not see this [Burnout and overwork] as a fundamental flaw in planning and decision making and instead see it as a superficial wellbeing issue."

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Truly values driven, in a way that feels authentic and genuine. Good people doing good work with a shared purpose.

Cons

Quite chaotic and confused leadership. Sometimes it feels like they want to keep everyone happy and on-side at all times, but in doing so often fail to take meaningful action or give clear direction and make everyone unhappy as a result. Often shy away from taking positions on the basis that they want to avoid being seen as political, but this has definitely led to an over-cautiousness in some areas which can hamper the kind of clarity of vision which is needed to drive this kind of work, and has left certain marginalised groups out of the domestic abuse conversation.

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