Connect Group Reviews

We do we begin? Several senior members of staff are completely unsuitable to their positions. Everyone knows who these people are. Some have certain other qualities that may appeal to the directors... Very senior staff - dim, blustering, complacent, and autocratic, and unused to being challenged - run the business as if it were a personal hobby. The company relies on a single contract with a large car manufacturer that is itself having severe difficulties and moving production abroad. Some years ago, one technology-led product formed the basis of the initial involvement with this manufacturer and it's this, and this alone, that's kept the show on the road. Everything else the company does are irrelevant vanity projects that give directors a reason to swan off down to London for the usual incestuous industry awards, with previously-mentioned unsuitable staff in tow for the eye-candy. Don't believe the short film, if it's still being used, that shows happy staff merrily going about their terribly interesting work. It really isn't like that and if your face doesn't fit, you're out with no explanation.

Where do I start? - The company is run by ego maniacs who are always there to accept praise but hide away from reality and criticism. Then they wonder why staff berate them to their faces at social events like the Xmas Party. - Since the ITG takeover said directors now spend even less time in the office despite claiming to be "employees" rather than owners. Imagine if we all operated on the same timetables. - Said directors can also never agree on anything; one thinks we are Saatchi and Saatchi and acts like he's some sort of celebrity, the other thinks we're some Silicon Valley tech firm because we've built a couple of half-decent Web apps. - Directors promote their favourites or bring people back in senior roles after they've left the company at the expense of others. A recent promotion has seen someone who is known by the client services as the biggest nightmare to work with take a role that is above 90% of the people in the office and is enjoying lording it over other more deserving staff. - Intense office politics, particularly from members of the senior team. - Popular members of staff are leaving in droves because they are fed up of playing games. - One director thinks it's appropriate to brag about how they spent £495000 on a holiday home when his employees are struggling to pay their own bills. All he cares about is his own ego.