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Smart Apprentices

Is this your company?

Fantastic product, dreadful management. - Anonymous employee Smart Apprentices Employee Review

1.0
27 Feb 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Software is sector leader and award winner. Some of the staff are really friendly and great. New sales and support teams are very good. Can work remotely. Pay quite well with car allowance. Ahead of the game in terms of development. Some really lovely clients.

Cons

Extremely long, unsociable working hours despite the promise of being able to manage your own working diary. Plenty of travelling expected as the norm, especially at weekends even though the working hours are stated as Monday to Friday. Complete micromanagement. Unachievable targets mean unachievable bonus. No HR - outsourced. No praise for a job well done. Staff handbook is there because it needs to be. Hardly any of it carries meaning. Treat staff unfairly depending on if you're liked or not. Only interested in money, not too bothered about what the client base think of them as a company. Head office is a shed at the CEOs home with pets everywhere. Incestuous leadership. Everyone knows each other outside of work, friends, family etc. One rule for one, one rule for another. Time off for matters outside of annual leave is extremely hard to get approval for unless you are liked. Management change their decisions quite often, causing uncertainty. Clients refuse to deal with certain senior leaders due to past experiences.

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5.0
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Cons

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4.0
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Cons

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