Overall a positive experience (probably because I worked in the IT department) - Senior Software Engineer Areen Design Employee Review

3.0
2 Mar 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Excellent, higly competent, and friendly IT department - Location (Chiswick, near the river, close to Stamford Brook) - Nice (new) building at Eyot Gardens. - Many competent designers and FF&E specialists.

Cons

- VERY HIGH TURNOVER in all other departments, except IT, due to incompetent, traditional managers who tend to micromanage and play blame-games. - A director who every now and then shouts at people and makes them feel miserable. - To Areen employee is just an asset, no matter how loyal he or she is, or how long he or she worked for the company, unless the person is a friend to the managers. - MD who can't pay attention for longer than 2 minutes (at best) to whatever people are saying. - No career opportunities. - Communication between departments is close to zero. - Impossible to get any kind of training. - You have to be super-convincing that it will benefit Areen, otherwise forget it. - The job description they tell you is too broad, and you may end up doing boring stuff you are not even supposed to do for years. - They will tell you to use hideous Helix system developed by equally incompetent company called Union Square. - Finally, every failure done by top-level managers is subtly hidden. They will never openly admit it, or apologise. - Business processes are not clear.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Good people around, some fun activities. Most of the time working atmosphere was good.

Cons

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