Horrible place to work - Marketing PDSA Employee Review

Senior leadership lacks direction, consistency, and basic management capability. Decisions feel reactive rather than strategic. A toxic blame culture is deeply embedded. Staff are frequently made to feel anxious, scrutinised, and undervalued instead of supported. Employee surveys are treated as a tick‑box exercise. Feedback is ignored, and nothing changes despite repeated concerns raised by staff. Constant restructures create instability and confusion. Teams are reshuffled without clear rationale, leaving people unsure of their roles or future. Supporter donations are poorly managed, with inefficiencies and questionable prioritisation that undermine trust in how charitable funds are used. No real accountability at SLT level. Mistakes are pushed downward, while leadership avoids responsibility for systemic issues. Increasingly run like a corporate machine rather than a charity. The focus feels more on optics, hierarchy, and internal politics than on the mission or the wellbeing of staff.