Avoid this company unless you enjoy working in an atmosphere driven by fear, ego and emotional volatility.
What was sold to staff as a growing “family-feel” business turned out in reality to be one of the coldest, most dysfunctional working environments I’ve experienced in my career. Morale across large parts of the business appeared catastrophically low, particularly among administrative staff who were underpaid, undervalued and constantly reminded that the “34-hour week” was supposedly compensation for salaries lagging well below market rate.
The company talks endlessly about culture, productivity and “high standards” while failing at basic professionalism and people management. The leadership style is built almost entirely around intimidation, emotional reactions and control. Shouting across offices, aggressive confrontations, desk-thumping and public undermining were normalised to a genuinely bizarre degree. Employees regularly walked on eggshells depending on the mood of certain directors that day.
You quickly learn that raising concerns, disagreeing professionally or asking for support is treated less as normal workplace communication and more as a personal challenge to leadership authority. Suggestions from qualified technical staff are frequently ignored or taken as insults, despite senior leadership having remarkably limited understanding of the industry they are attempting to run a business within.
One of the most surreal aspects of the place is the complete disconnect between how management views itself and how it is actually experienced by staff. There seems to be a genuine belief within leadership that they are visionary entrepreneurs running a cutting-edge business, when the reality feels much closer to a small insecure business constantly overcompensating with buzzwords, surveillance and pressure tactics.
The obsession with “efficiency” becomes almost comedic after a while. Staff time making hot drinks was monitored. Basic office necessities such as roller blinds and barely functional air conditioning were presented as though they were revolutionary employee perks. The office itself felt clinical, isolating and completely devoid of warmth - which honestly suited the wider company culture perfectly.
HR appears effectively non-existent and driven by AI. Decisions felt reactive, personal and emotionally driven rather than professional or process-led. One of the clearest indicators of dysfunction was the fact one director would regularly apologise for the behaviour of the other. That is not healthy leadership culture, more like ongoing damage limitation.
Conflict resolution inside the company is particularly alarming. Professional disagreements can escalate with shocking speed into hostility, revisionist narratives and exaggerated accusations once management decides someone is a “problem”. Employees would be wise to keep written records of important conversations because facts and consistency often seem secondary to protecting egos and justifying decisions after the fact.
There is also a very obvious hierarchy in how people are treated. Some staff receive relaxed, friendly treatment while others - particularly those willing to challenge things professionally - are spoken to with a level of aggression and condescension that would be unacceptable in most competent organisations.
The saddest part is there are some genuinely capable people working there trying to do good work despite the environment. The business survives because of those employees, not because of leadership or the Tesla-obsessed charlatan.
