It’s gone downhill in the backstage area… - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Sytner Group

Management especially in the prep areas has took a massive downhill turn recently, mainly due to one manager in particular who will be all friendly and act like your best friend to your face, but the second you turn your back he is calling you names and belittling you to your colleagues. No less than 8 technicians alone have left in the last few months, either because they cannot stand working with him, or because he forced them out because he didn’t like them. And it’s no secret he is the sole reason so many people have already left, and the majority of the ones who remain under his control are seeking employment elsewhere. A big thing for me is that you should be able to trust and respect your managers, but this one in particular has no trust and no respect from any of my colleagues. He has on multiple occasions had things said to him privately in confidence, only for it to somehow get out and for everyone to know what was said. People have tried to complain about him, which seems to go nowhere, but as soon as he finds out who made the complaint that’s it, he is focused on getting you out any way he can, either by using the official channels and giving out written warnings for seemingly no reason, or by bullying to make the person quit if he can’t find even a tiny reason to write them up. A lot of the time he will hand out written warning off his own back without even letting upper management know until after he has already done it. This one person is the only real bad thing about working at carshop right now. Sure, the days are long and can be hard, but these are just nitpicking. If upper management actually read this maybe they will actually start looking properly at why so many people have left already and why so many who remain are unhappy and thinking of leaving - one manager in particular is the root cause.