Pros
The organisation I work for within ION originally has a good core but all the positives are slowly chipped away by ION.
Cons
ION has a backwards company culture, where absolutely no one else but the CEO has any real power to make decisions, which is incredible for such a large organisation. Every single decision needs to be approved by a raft of people, lastly by the CEO. This includes recruitment decisions. Decision making is extremely slow and there is no transparency. It takes months to replace key staff members that have left, if it happens at all. ION does not encourage flexible working and has not been interested in hearing employee's thoughts on returning to the office following the easing of restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company is representing a vision of how it will unify the whole business etc. but it is not clear how this will practically work. Pay rises and bonuses are hard to come by. Targets are extremely ambitious. The company does not work to retain key employees. There are arbitrary rules such as no pay increase or promotion can occur mid-year, even if you are asked to take on more responsibility and coach or even manage someone. Existing staff salaries are at such a low level that new joiners are offered more to attract them to the company, meaning more experienced employees are on a lower salaries than some junior staff.
