Good teams, petulant and remote leadership - Pension Administrator Buck Employee Review

3.0
10 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company promotes a good atmosphere at team level, and a lot of their standard system resources are effectively run.

Cons

Remote upper management repeatedly pressurising team leaders and taking a negative view of staff, endlessly relying on incomplete performance statistics and ignoring any nuances about situations or challenges of the work being done. Notably this got worse after the Gallagher takeover in 2023 but it also seems to stem from a few people in upper management. One senior individual in particular was very temperamental and confrontational and took any pushback personally, appearing to hold grudges. Also, generally there was a problem with reliance on hand-made document templates, not enough automation and standardisation on things like document production. Employees not always put in a good position to succeed with changes always 'coming soon.'

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4.0
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Pros

Set hours, pay is decent, you sit at your desk all day and answer calls

Cons

Very similar to being a debt collector, not many people want to talk to you and if they do, they’re usually mad or frustrated. You’re the middle person and at the mercy of others having the answers you need. Very demanding job, with little to no recognition or respect for a work/life balance.

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