Pros
Aareon UK used to be good company to work for. It was clear the Head of People really strived to make it so, as you can see by the responses to other reviews, and the old leadership enabled this. Sadly, new leadership has come along who don't share the same view of employee satisfaction, and the HoP has now left as as a result, so I'm not feeling hopeful for the future. There are some great people here, but not for long, I fear.
Cons
The ultimate problem with the company is the heavy handed control that the parent German company imposes on it. The main issue being it's not been given the investment needed and as a result, the customer experience has suffered. This has got worse since the German company company is now owned by private investors, but has always been a problem. The effect of this fund starvation is when salaries have not kept pace with the market, people have left for better pay, they've not been replaced and so product quality has gone down along with the reputation amongst customers, and hence profits have suffered. Recently, they got rid of the old leadership as they wouldn't toe the line and have brought in a new CEO whose only priority seems to be short term profitability. The inevitable downsizing is now occurring. It's the classic problem of a company being run by bean counters.