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Callaghan Innovation Reviews

3.2

16% would recommend to a friend

(44 total reviews)
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Vic Crone

28% approve of CEO

19% positive business outlook

Callaghan Innovation has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 44 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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44 reviews
4.0
11 Aug 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great working and learning environment

Cons

The CEO did not know what to do for the last three years and half. His contribution was conflicting policies, meaningless initiatives, micromanaging little detail, showing up at MBEI with problems and demanding more money. He basically ran the organisation to the ground. That is the result of hiring a CEO with no previous government or cooperate leadership experience.

2.0
9 Jun 2025

It's not a surprise it's being disestablished.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There were many people who were talented and driven to make a change. Some good opportunities for growth.

Cons

A particular leader was rude, unethical and a terrible person to work with. They made comments about people's bodies and probably should have been managed out a long time before they were but a lot of their behaviour was ignored by senior management. This person somehow made it so that the entire company disliked them, and they either didn't care or were completely oblivious to what was going on. This leader was hired by an equally incompetent predecessor and it's alarming to see public taxpayer dollars spent on these salaries and projects that have no merit or strategic alignment with them. There were instances where the processes put in place to prevent bias and unfairness in procurement were blatantly ignored. There were also instances where people were made promises that were not kept or managed well.

1.0
8 May 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working with great companies in New Zealand

Cons

Lack of leadership and direction from management

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