Working at ZOO was frequently disheartening, and I often felt overworked, undervalued, exploited, and extremely underpaid. In the time I was there, management flagrantly ignored the multiple issues raised by the staffing body, including concerns surrounding redundancies and the lack of mitigations to prevent them. When the redundancies were made, the process was extremely poorly handled by highest management. The communication was minimal and the reasons for rejecting employees’ suggested alternatives to redundancies were farcical. Any exodus that ZOO now experiences is thoroughly deserved - the company never showed that it valued its staff and the morale was shot to zero by the time I left.
As well as this, opportunities for progression were minimal - it seems ZOO would much rather make redundancies and hire cheaper staff abroad than maintain the existing staff who know their jobs inside out.
Finally, the highest management are particularly dangerous - a “boys club” who don’t understand that their actions have impact and that their 'communication style' is cold and their 'care for staff' superficial.