Pros
As a graduate, I did learn a lot about the world of work. My line manager was always friendly, interested in my life and understanding. Work from home is convenient.
Cons
There are so many issues with this company and other reviews detail these but to highlight a few: Volume of work: I feel like I can deal with a high work volume but this place is another story. Every night I would finish work having no where near finished the never ending to do list. They feel they can help support this by micromanaging your weeks, however this often confused me with what my priorities were and made me less productive. Naming and shaming culture: When you get behind on work (often due to above comments) instead of trying to support you, you are bombarded with rude emails by senior staff. Along side this multiple staff members are copied in to each and every email you send and receive, meaning everyone is aware when you are getting in ‘trouble’ or are behind on work. Feedback from senior staff: You will often get feedback on your work, Any feedback on your work was always very rude, harsh and frankly unproductive. It didn’t make sense. Comments short, sharp and used unnecessarily pedantic words. I used to get anxious at the thought of sending my work to be checked over. To quote some examples: after spending hours on a project of work and genuinely struggling with how to do it being told “I would expect things to be worked up properly before being chucked over to me” “this feels like a first draft” “this seems like a research-free process” “Slopping repeated wording” You can see, these comments are not productive or constructive and are made with a complete disregard of your feelings, time and effort that you have put into your work. By the end of my time there, after receiving harsh and long feedback on a first draft, I would change literally 5 words & the second draft would get approval. This proved to me that the incredibly harsh comments were being made purely for the sake of it and not actually a productive task. It is just so directors can get their anger out. Pay: Pay is unnecessarily low. The company made more my yearly salary in one event. Although I understand there are overheads, I can do the maths when I put on at least 2-3 events a month? The directors lavish holidays and second home in central London was the real slap in the face when I can barely afford my rent. Office days: You would think that office days would be fun, however these meetings uncomfortable as they appear to be more of a session for senior management to check up on you & scorn you for where you aren’t performing. To top it all off no directors said goodbye to me when I left, despite working very closely with me. Credit to other senior management and HR there, thanks for saying goodbye!