Horrendous - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Node4

1,0
6 mei 2022
Anonieme werknemer
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Free tea and coffee. The odd free banana. Good location in Nottingham centre-easy to run away from to the pub at the end of the day!

Minpunten

The culture at Node4 has become toxic and unworkable. People are promoted based on quantities and qualifications unknown, leading to over promoted people trying to strategise when they can barely tie their shoes! Hard work is not rewarded, neither is loyalty and promises are made that are not kept. Without naming the position and therefore the person, there is a particular manager who has become a C*O and rules with a 'fear and sneer' approach, treating his subordinates with complete contempt and making veiled threats about their future with the company if his own priorities are not yours. It's awful to see, particularly how he can treat younger, female staff members. This has been raised but ignored.

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5,0
17 jul 2023
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Node4 is very fast and learn more easily.

Minpunten

But I didn't earn more money.

1,0
20 feb 2026
Anonieme werknemer
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Some of the people are nice, but most have left or been removed

Minpunten

Node4 presents itself as a modern IT services provider, but internally it still operates with a legacy data centre mindset. While the market moves rapidly towards AI, automation and outcome-based services, the company’s commercial thinking feels stuck in the past. Acquisitions were meant to modernise the business. In practice, integration is weak. Newly acquired capabilities are absorbed into an unchanged operating model instead of reshaping it. Rather than building a coherent, future-focused portfolio, the same legacy approach is applied across everything. Specialist and consultative services are treated like commoditised infrastructure. Differentiation is diluted. When growth expectations are missed, the response is restructuring rather than confronting the underlying strategy. Roles are cut, teams reduced, and knowledge leaves — but little fundamentally changes. Culturally, influence is uneven. Long-standing relationships with the founder carry weight, informal networks matter, and accountability is inconsistent. For those outside established circles, driving change or challenging entrenched thinking can feel futile. Externally, the language is transformation and growth. Internally, resistance to change is strong. The result is slow decisions, fragmented accountability and limited agility. There are capable people in the business, but without real structural change, the company risks remaining a legacy provider wearing a modern badge. Prospective employees and customers should approach with clear eyes.

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