Poor colleague experience in recent years - Anonymous employee Bromford Employee Review

2.0
17 Dec 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Bromford was an incredibly visionary and forward thinking housing organisation when I joined in 2016, never afraid to be bold and innovative. Focusing on behaviours and values, the result was that colleagues were engaged and felt valued. I had never worked anywhere where every single colleague worked and pulled together to get the right outcome. A true one team approach

Cons

Recent years have seen a total restructure in leadership at the highest level and a loss of focus on behaviours and values, introducing a blame culture and a disregard for the brand that had been so successfully built and nurtured over decades. So many Bromford colleagues have now left, either being restructured out of the organisation or voting with their feet, taking their customer focused skills sets with them. Head office has been relocated, further compounding the views that then aim of the current leadership team is to rid the organisation of everything good about what Bromford was and replace it with an inferior version.

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1.0
29 Apr 2022
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In general the people who work here are great and help each other and want to make a difference. The aims of the organisation sound great and draw you in to feel like you can be yourself and have your say, the reality is very different.

Cons

In customer experience the senior leadership is top down, restrictive and bullying. When issues and concerns are raised even from within leadership roles these are swept under the carpet. If you question decisions or aren't a yes person you are described as negative even if you do this in a constructive way. There is also a sense of you get roles if your face fits

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Bromford Response
4y
Firstly thank you for being honest, which is part of our DNA here at Bromford. We are committed to creating a safe, healthy and inclusive culture and do not accept or tolerate bullying in the workplace and take any allegations of this nature very seriously. In line with our DNA and core competencies, we encourage colleagues to Be Honest, Be Bold and work with courage and will ensure we address any concerns that are raised and listen to the voice of our colleagues.
3.0
16 Jan 2018
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Pros

Team members, the overall philosophy as a social enterprise, genuinely wants to help unlock customers potential

Cons

Turn over of colleagues within the team, lack of stability, not allowed autonomy, too much oversight, lack of trust to do your job

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Bromford Response
8y
Thank you for posting your review, we're sorry to hear that things didn't work out for you. Lots of what you raise point towards the fact there has been so much change at Bromford - which can feel uncomfortable and unsettling for colleagues. We have, and are continuing to, put lots of support in place for teams, individuals and leaders, and our transformation programme is now well underway; helping us align our services and improve how we do things. Wishing you all the best for the future.
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