Bad management - Anonymous employee The Directory Group Employee Review

Where do I begin? The MD does not care about your mental health. You are given more and more work and worked like a machine. I didn’t have time to take lunch breaks because of the unrealistic workload. If you work here you should expect to be criticised in front of your peers and compared to previous employees. MD is very unpredictable in what mood she will be in, and if she finds a fault in something, it will then feel like a nonstop attack on that colleague for the whole day. This does not make for a productive and healthy team. A lot of the time small issues will be blown out of proportion and would not need such drama. I’m sure you get more out of your employees if you praise them rather than criticise them. You will also receive a LARGE amount of emails, especially if she is out of the office. Don’t even think about doing your normal work, as you will be spending half the day de-coding hard to understand emails and replying to them. (Poor communication!) During my time I saw a large turnaround in staff but this seemed to be a normal thing and existing staff end up spending most of their time training someone new. How this company has been running for so long I’m not too sure. Lastly, expect to be contacted during your time off and holiday - you can end up being emailed any anytime without warning. You start off with the company feeling very passionate, but by the end the MD has kicked it all out of you through her way of managing staff.