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Avoid. - werkgeversreview Mechanical Design Engineer bij Actuation Lab

1,0

1 nov 2022

Mechanical design engineer

Aanbevelen

Goedkeuring directeur

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Pluspunten

Not any I can think of.

Minpunten

Questionable employment tactics. Don't expect this company to follow normal procedure, or to see how they conduct reviews of employees. Very opaque practices. Lots of travel is expected of employees. But expect to have to be guided by what management do, which is often to travel in your own time (weekends/bank holidays) with no time off in lieu given for these days. Management also tell employees 'to manage them' - communication is supposedly key. Although they will then take their own direction or direction of external advisors, which in turn isn't in the best interest of their employees. Communication is poor - apart from the 'scrum' everyday - without fail - which gets in the way of any meaningful work and the refreshments are poor.

Reactie van Actuation Lab

8mo

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are sorry that your employment with us didn’t work out as we had hoped. At the time of your employment the issues you have cited were not raised with us, however, thank you for citing some examples where you thought improvements could be made. Communication is key for our employees and whilst while you were with us, we felt a daily 10-minute scrum was important to maintain pace and direction. The Engineering team have now adopted a Monday-Wednesday-Friday approach, which we have found keeps everyone on the same page and moving forward quickly, whilst avoiding too many meetings. We have worked extremely hard on implementing processes and procedures appropriate for our company and are pleased to say we now have ISO9001 Quality Management System accreditation, which ensures our processes and systems are of the high standard expected from our employees (including a Time off in Lieu policy), customers and partners. We are firm in our conviction that Actuation Lab can make a significant difference to the flow control industry and reduce unnecessary emissions, and we will continue to work to fulfil that mission. Warm regards, Simon Bates CEO, Actuation Lab

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2,0

17 jul 2025

R&d engineer

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Goedkeuring directeur

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Pluspunten

Interesting engineering /mechanical product design

Minpunten

This is possibly the worst run company I have ever worked for. The management are terrible, CEO is a bully, they give power to the most inexperienced people who have no idea on what they are doing, they accept bullying in the office, and do nothing, and if someone speaks out of turn coincidently they are “made redundant” - they have accepted lots of money and made nothing, laying 8 of us off recently

Reactie van Actuation Lab

8mo

Thank you for sharing your perspective. I take any concerns about behaviour and culture very seriously, especially when they involve me directly however, I do not recognise the situation you’ve described, and we do not have any internal record relating to these incidents. I do want to be clear that bullying has no place in our organisation and goes against the values we work hard to uphold. We are committed to fostering a respectful and supportive environment for all colleagues. If you ever felt otherwise, I regret that, and I would always encourage you to raise them directly at the time, confidentially with a member of our Leadership Team so they can be properly addressed. If you would like to discuss this further, then please do reach out to a member of the Leadership Team directly. I remain committed to listening and learning, and I wish you the best in your future endeavours. Yours sincerely, Simon Bates CEO, Actuation Lab

4,0

9 sep 2025

Anonieme stagiair(e)

Aanbevelen

Goedkeuring directeur

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Pluspunten

Employees given independence, freedom to innovate

Minpunten

Management structure somewhat disorganised, chaotic feeling typical of a startup finding its feet

Reactie van Actuation Lab

8mo

Thank you very much for taking the time to leave a review. We are pleased to understand that you feel you are given the freedom to tackle problems without restriction. Our first core value at Actuation Lab is “Learn and Adapt” and we believe one of the key ways we can achieve this is by giving employees decision making abilities without micro-management. We absolutely acknowledge however that too much freedom can risk leading to a chaotic feeling environment, so thank you for your feedback. We are now taking greater care to communicate top company goals regularly, so employees are clear on how their work contributes to the company direction and have now developed an ISO9001 accredited quality management system, which is helping to add stability. Warm regards, Simon Bates CEO, Actuation Lab

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