Worst company I have ever had the displeasure of working for. It is antiquated in its operations, lacking true governance and basic common sense practices. The global operation is being overrun by an executive team lacking the capability to construct and communicate a plan. There is no listening to employees, inclusion or compassion and all decisions are made centrally, then forced upon all regions/countries regardless. Employees are made to feel like they are worthless, even at senior/country manager level. Everything is antiquated in terms of practices, ways of working, engagement with employees, tools etc. and feels like a company that is still in the year 2000. There is no money to spend on important activities that would help grow the business. The exec team communicated the financial objectives of the business for the 2015 financial year to the country managers in November - exactly 2 months before the end of FY15. Nobody knew what they were as they had never been told before so it was no surprise that many regions were far short of the annual objectives, as set out by central command. Everyone in central command had been in situ at the beginning of the financial year so there is no excuse why important objectives had never been shared across the global leadership team. Shows a complete lack of regard and respect for those expected to deliver results. Communication across the company is little to non-existent with no discernible plan or method of keeping people informed. A total lack of employee engagement was blamed on poor communication channels by the exec team, who in desperation hoped that fixing the latter problem would somehow miraculously solve the former - employee engagement is a far broader church than just communicating weekly news better with a globally disenchanted workforce. Firstly the exec team should change their attitude, which is antiquated and built on fear. Since when did 1980's management style and practices become de rigueur? Nannying and interfering at a detail level is rife but without giving true guidance, direction and alignment. There is no real empowerment to allow people to deliver objectives, which are either opaque, never communicated or simply impossible to achieve. Despite all this, country and middle managers are all doing their best to do a great job and inspite of their executive superiors.
