How the mighty have fallen - Anonymous employee QA Employee Review

1.0
2 Jun 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Hard to think of any at the moment.

Cons

Where to start...I thought about leaving this review on the Circus Street Glassdoor, but now that CS has pretty much ceased to exist and become part of QA, I doubt much attention is paid to that page anymore. When a merger happens, you expect a few bumps in the road, teething problems etc as you navigate new processes and different people coming together. What you don't expect is the entire company to be stripped for parts and the culture to be completed gutted. We were told QA wanted Circus Street for the culture, but it's the first thing they sacrificed in these latest budget cuts, as well as hard working staff that have been made redundant. There is nothing pleasant left about working here. Hours are long, completely unrealistic work loads which you are just expected to achieve, no payrise, you need to account for every minute of your working day on a timesheet, and senior staff are either oblivious to the atmosphere in the office, or are straight up choosing to ignore it. No communication across the business at all, sometimes we aren't even told someone has left until a week after the fact!

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1.0
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Cons

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