Negatively affected my mental health - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Web Summit

2,0
24 sep 2018
Anonieme werknemer
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Free gym membership nearby the office Health insurance Breakfast and lunch subsidy Beer and pizza on fridays after town hall Opportunity to learn from a group of hardworkin dedicated young people even if the conditions your learning in are so stressful Offsite organised for staff after Web Summit There are some attempts from staff to improve the culture and make things better but it always seems futile because something stops it honestly most of these are fairly superficial though when looking for pros in a company you work for and trying to think of them

Minpunten

Recruitment totally overselling positions causes such a huge staff turnover amongst other things. big reason I left Recruitment asking people to write positive reviews on this website to counter the truthful experiences Not being paid a living wage The cost of travelling to events being completely over the daily allowance provided by the company making going to the events something you pay a huge amount for yourself. When you are on such a low wage to start thats something that caused me so much stress. Getting to travel was great, but there were too many bad things about it and the cost was a big one. Witnessing how paddy treated some staff and how everyone tiptoed around his moods if something had gone wrong or not the way he wanted. crazy way to run a company or treat employees, just totally not acceptable. shouting at people is completely unprofessional and dysfunctional and no wonder so many people don't like working for him if he treats people with such little respect Great staff and managers just disappearing because their jobs had been made redundant, whole company operates so weird and one day someones just gone without notice A huge amount of work done by entry level staff goes completely unappreciated, its like a graduate sweatshop pay you pitence have you work insane hours leading up to events so youre totally burnt out mentally and physically then when your salary review happens its like you haven't been working at all and are not given a bonus or reward for your hard work. lots of people work so hard and care lots but you are just worn down further and further by being treated so badly that you eventually leave the company

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