OLIVER Agency reviews about "pay freelancers"

The company is designed to over-utilise their staff all year round. The culture is not fostered by the "People" team at all. They will happily let go of staff with little to no notice. Very rarely pay expenses and are behind, in payment, to some freelancers by six or more months.

Where do I start.. No morals, no ethics, it's a horrible money driven machine. Junior employees get treated like the senior's assistants, they make people redundant left, right and centre, and then hire more people who do exactly the same thing over and over again so the cycle never stops. People are treated horribly, there's gossip, nepotism (I remember countless instances of people getting hired because they were related to someone..) and plenty of back stabbing. It's everyone for themselves at Oliver! The finance team don't do anything, they don't pay anyone, and freelancers and suppliers are left with no money and no respect. There's no long term planning, it's all about who can we screw over today and how much money can we make this second. The sales team over promises and will literally make a deal with any kind of client, whether it's a fridge supplier that needs a new leaflet, or a massive consultancy that needs a complete overhaul. purely to get a bit more money and a nice little bonus for themselves. Hr is treated horribly, and consequently they are incompetent with dealing with such a fast growing (and then fast being made redundant) company. Then Oliver keeps buying all these failing companies, who then have a massive chip on their shoulder and no one gets along. It's just not a nice place to be and I feel sorry for who thinks it's a good employer. You've either been there 10 years and are therefore with the "in" crowd, know the CEO and can expense whatever you want and do whatever you want, or you're a naive employee who's been there for a year and is just starting to realise that maybe the grass is indeed greener somewhere else. Once you can take a step back and remove yourself from this toxic environment, you realise that what they do and they treat you is NOT normal!