No progression, management is not approachable and priority given to negative feedback
Pros
- Stable job - People are generally very friendly and helpful - Ok benefits (pension and healthcare schemes) - Good social events - Good first job for graduates
Cons
- Management is not approachable and doesn't know how to communicate with employees - Lack of progression (this is huge in the checking department and usually the company loses good employees because of that) - Always the same people getting promoted (and generally they are friends with their managers) - Bad/lack of communication (some managers just don’t talk to their team and, as a result, often people feel discouraged, lost, like no one even cares about them… is that how you want to nurture relationships and keep employees for a long time?) - Low salary and, if that wasn't enough, there is also a low salary increase annually, which means the people that have been working there for a longer period of time get paid almost the same as the people just starting in the company - It's almost impossible to get a translator position (the company is looking for specialists in some areas and funds courses to some in-house people, you just have to be English or German as the rest of the languages don't seem to exist and, believe me, they need more in-house translators in some languages as the freelancers they work with are usually unreliable) - Lack of organisation that leads to client complaints and promotes a “blaming culture” - No positive feedback, priority given to negative feedback instead. There is a general lack of appreciation for employees.
