Dismal company adrift under new investors - Anonymous employee Photobox Employee Review

Ah the cons, the many many cons. If a company needs to post fake reviews on here to up their score then you know there is a problem. Just take a look at the laughable featured review for a good example of how not to do it. Chosen few There are a few people that managed to be in the right place at the right time to get solid promotions and many of them were well deserved. That is only really true for 5 or so out of the hundreds that work there. Terrible opportunities There are basically no opportunities to progress. "Consultants" are brought in all over the place and external people are hired in above proven hands. Strip and sell Since the new investment company came in and the old CEO, Stan left there has been an obvious strip and sell mentality. It appears as though they are maximising profits in the short term to sell on the company. None of this is even remotely sustainable and they are riding on the work of people that left 6 months ago (that they never replaced) Depressing It's such a depressing and sapping place to spend your time. Nobody is happy for any period of time and nobody wants to be there. Ancient tech They are running on a terrible legacy platform that was built in 2008 and is just a monstrosity. This is the worst place to work if you're interested in tech because you'll spend your entire day propping up and plugging holes. Rudderless The few at the top have absolutely no idea what they're doing. It has been a long time since there was a successful month of sales and tiny little outfits are popping up all over that do a far better job for a lot less money and with better tech. Poor pay for too much work There are simply not enough people working there, when people leave they just don't replace them and expect others to pick up the workload. One I remember well was two people doing the same job for different markets, one left and the other was offered an additional £1,500 a year to do both roles at the same time. Absolutely laughable. There are plenty more but I refuse to waste any more of my time on this company.