A Broken Company - Anonymous employee ION Group Employee Review

1.0
Jan 11, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The view from the Gherkin is nice

Cons

This Company is completely broken. Despite the best efforts of the staff to improve morale and processes, everything is overshadowed by the poor leadership of the CEO. He is a control freak, needing to approve the smallest of business decisions. There is no trust in managers to make decisions affecting their teams. The result is that nothing is agreed because he doesn't have time to review it all. Turnover is very high, leavers aren't replaced, staff are expected to take on additional work with no reward. Pay is below average and there are no bonuses. The CEO is a horrible man, interested only in lining his own pockets. He shouts at staff, threatens everyone with the sack if he doesn't get his own way. On New Years Eve a bunch of staff were made redundant without warning. Senior Managers are either afraid to challenge him or mini versions of him. They have set up this new Glassdoor page because the old one had too many bad reviews, they are actively encouraging the graduates to write good reviews. The Graduates are basically running the company, incompetent through lack of experience but given full responsibility and glory at the expence of older workers. In the recent lay offs, anyone over the age of 50 was targeted which reinforces their attitude. Steer clear.

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Thank you for taking the time to post your review. We are very sorry ti read that yo feel this way about our company and management team. Our POPS team would certainly welcome the opportunity to sit down and discuss you comments further in order to better understand why you feel this way. Please reach out to your local POPS team and arrange a meeting. Thank you again.

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