- Inconsistent approach to investment. Unwilling to spend in some critical areas but will blow millions in purchasing poor 'off the shelf' products or spend years binding resources developing in-house solutions.
- At times very political. If you're not 'in the club', it can be very difficult to shape and influence business critical goals. Similarly with internal career progression where popularity rather than skill seems to govern internal staff movements.
- I became increasingly dissatisfied with the 'do more, with less' mentality. Positions in my team were never backfilled once vacated.
- Annual pay reviews and increases are out of step with market competition, barely keep pace with inflation.
- HR and Payroll teams are terrible. Unresponsive to requests for assistance, poor communicators. Didn't follow through with promises made during redundancy process.
- Employee Engagement ('Rate Your Stay') is a tick-the-box exercise each year.
- Recruitment process is arduous due to the Talent team being perenially understaffed. As a candidate, you will pretty have have to get a referral from an existing staff member to even get a look-in. As a Hiring Manager, the process of backfilling a role or securing a new role takes months when it shouldn't.
