Pluspunten
- Remote working - Office location (accessing the office is a different story) - Some benefits such as training/development fund - Some pockets of genuinely nice, honest, sane people to work with
Minpunten
For a company that has gone through the acquisition cycle over 20 times - it’s truly shocking how much of a shambles the whole experience remains to be. We were told from the outset that ISW was still 'learning' from each round of acquisitions and that things wouldn’t always be perfect and BOY, was that an understatement. Leadership teams are completely out of touch and tone deaf. It’s clear that middle management are just puppets to the ELT & the investors (despite reassuring us that they are, in fact, human) - they will listen to your feedback but it just lands in a black hole with zero intention to adjust or improve. The takeover experience was completely unceremonious with layoffs handled in the most insensitive manner, no transparency about integration developments and absolutely no respect for reporting lines. Acquired management teams were cut out from any decision making or people related matters overnight and field teams were thrown all matter of distractions to make achieving the earn out target that much harder. Managers have no boundaries with the things they say or how they treat you, constantly back track on commitments and the professional value exchange is very one-sided. You need only look at any one of their professional histories on LinkedIn to see they don't have the necessary experience and are in over their heads. This company has made it clear that they don’t care about the people and the only thing that matters is the health of the bottom line. HR have no people skills and don’t even try to look after their staff - you’re just palmed off onto the Employee Assistance program at the first sign of trouble. DEI and CSR are just tick boxes for tax benefits - led by entitled members of staff who couldn’t possibly relate to any of the issues that they are building programs for. Company policies hold no value and when serious breaches are highlighted, it’s just swept under the rug by HR & Legal. Don’t be fooled by delusions of the company being ‘fun’ to work for - you’re on a never ending hamster wheel chasing targets and if you don’t drink alcohol, the only social activities you can truly engage in will be 1 charity volunteering day per year and a dull virtual fitness challenge. This company is soulless and boring, with little in their Frankenstein product strategy to actually inspire you. If you like very defined and process driven roles then this could be a good fit - but this is not the place where you can expect to build something innovative and fulfilling.