Heavily underpaid, micro managed and poor management - Anonymous employee ALTEN Employee Review

1.0
Jul 14, 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Office location, travelling to customer sites, young team

Cons

Very outdated style of micromanaging, constantly putting unnecessary pressure on the juniors to deliver much more than the seniors. Significantly underpaid compared to the industry. very little diversity. Naming and shaming low performers on daily reporting to the whole company. No visibility on career progression. non-realistic targets set against you which your progression is assessed against

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ALTEN Response
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Thank you for your review. We value all feedback we receive in order to continuously improve our employee experience and our processes. Let's address a couple of your specific concerns here. As in most organisations, at Alten we believe in progression based on merit. We expect our employees to strive towards excellence and deliver to high standards first, to be eligible to rewards such as bonuses or promotions. The targets are ambitious, but achievable, and communicated in the most transparent manner from the very first step of the recruitment process. We actually have very good examples in our teams of people who experienced fast-track progression as they achieved or even exceeded their targets. To address your specific point regarding “naming and shaming low performers” on a daily basis, this is a not a practice we believe in. If this is something you experienced, I invite you to contact me directly to: laetitia.galy@alten.com Talking to hundreds of candidates and customers every month enables us to have an accurate vision and understanding of the market. Alten is continuously ensuring a relevant alignment between our salary policy and the UK market. This alignment is performed through the continuous collaboration of our Recruitment and HR teams. Finally, we pride ourselves in being a very multicultural and inclusive organisation, having more than 30 different nationalities present in the company. Thank you again for taking the time to leave a review, this is of great value for us to continuously improve.

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3.0
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• Talented employees who genuinely care about customers, consultants, and each other. • Strong technical expertise and exposure to large, complex client programs. • Opportunity to learn resilience, problem-solving, and how to operate in challenging environments. • Significant growth potential if organizational barriers can be addressed. • Many good people working hard to achieve success despite limited resources.

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• Decision-making is often highly centralized and slow, limiting agility and responsiveness to market realities. • Leaders are frequently held accountable for ambitious growth objectives without corresponding authority, resources, or support. • Heavy emphasis on activity tracking, reporting, and process can outweigh focus on outcomes and execution. • Limited willingness to challenge long-standing practices, even when market conditions or employee feedback suggest change is needed. • Leadership diversity and diversity of thought remain opportunities for improvement. • Employee concerns are not always translated into meaningful action, which can contribute to disengagement and turnover.

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