If you're looking at an IT position don't - Anonymous employee Hastings Direct Employee Review

1.0
26 Feb 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Colleagues in the Bexhill tech bar are fantastic despite constant mismanagement Cheap cooked breakfast in the cafe

Cons

Tech services leadership is full of narcissistic sociopaths with no technical experience or qualifications. Full HR investigation into a toxic work environment made absolutely no difference. Completely inflexible work hours and they will even tell you where in the building you should be sitting even if it's away from the rest of your team. Frequently see colleagues bullied by management and in one case for protected characteristics. Won't even fund a work meal out during quarterly departmental social event. You will be managed by someone 170 miles away. Only team expected to be in office 4 days a week. Senior management reprimanded the teams for using (built in) teams backgrounds. Petty and vindictive people managing good people who are just trying to do their jobs.

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Hastings Direct Response
3mo
We’re sorry to read of your experience – your feedback is very thorough, so we’ll share this with our HR team for review. If you’d like to share anything else, please feel free to email professionalhires@hastingsdirect.com and quote ref GD289.

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