Helping Solutions Reviews

The management team embodies narcissistic leadership at its worst. Intimidation, poor workforce management, underpaying staff, unrealistic loyalty demands, and flaunting his wealth create an extremely toxic environment detrimental to employees and the vulnerable participants they're meant to support. Remaining staff are either trapped or enabling this dysfunction. A major red flag is the outsourcing of payroll functions to another company in the Philippines under the same umbrella corporation. This leads to frequent payroll mistakes as those processing lack understanding of Australian employment laws and awards like the SCHADS Award. There is no focused vision beyond chasing maximum profits. Employee pay is perpetually delayed. Favouritism runs rampant, with management's "favourite" employees receiving preferential treatment and rewards, while others are deprived of opportunities. For "favourite" support workers, being overworked with 80-hour weeks is normalised, while other staff may go months without being rostered for any shifts despite being onboarded. This exploitative staffing approach puts profits over employee wellbeing. Work-from-home flexibility is non-existent, yet off-the-clock work is expected, often uncompensated. Field staff face constant incorrect pay issues violating basic workers' rights. Praise is extremely rare, with gossip and negativity shrouding the work atmosphere. Any "favours" extended by management typically come with strings attached, further fostering impropriety. While some good individuals remain, genuinely caring staff inevitably sacrifice their career growth potential by persisting in an environment fundamentally disrespecting them and the participants they should be empowered to serve properly. Lack of proper training and resources is also a major issue - training is frequently promised but never arranged or abruptly taken away.

Narcissistic leadership Intimidation tactics Poor workforce planning Underpayment of staff Unrealistic expectations of loyalty