SDS - Careers Adviser Skills Development Scotland Employee Review

A reasonable employer with good flexi time benefits. Pay was good.

Office culture was pretty dull and lifeless. Organisational change happens at a glacial rate which can be quite defeating.

Generally nice people, good location in the centre of Glasgow.

Spend all their time in meetings, talking to each other and agonising over plans and presentations that look great on paper are never delivered. Very hierarchical, staff are told to demonstrate "everyday leadership" yet everything has to be pushed further and further up the chain of command. Their risk aversion means little gets done. Because of their "no compulsory redundancies" policy they are carrying a lot of people on permanent contracts which means most new roles are on fixed-term contracts that last less than 24 months (as at that point your employment status changes to permanent). This means it is hard to have a career longer than 2 years and the organisation loses good people to a revolving door.