RWS Group reviews

The work is very repetitive and as such it gets boring quickly and graduates soon leave. The "friendship" groups among colleagues are cliquey. As there is a high turnover rate, there are always new faces so if you're lucky to arrive at the same time as others, then you're in with a chance to fit into a group. The area the company is based is also dead from a social point of view and very expensive. Gerrards Cross is among the top ten most expensive places in the UK! So unless you have a car or already have somewhere to live, then there might be issues finding somewhere both affordable and adequate. They also look down on you being late - even by 5 minutes - and you're strongly encouraged to stay longer afterwards to make up for any lateness. But leaving early even if you arrive early isn't allowed.

Extremely repetitive job. It can be quite challenging but this does not led to satisfaction as there is no end achievement. The company offers absolutely no development with no progress reviews at all after passing probation. There is a very strong blame culture where feedback is only ever negative. One manager in fact said that management should not give positive feedback to employees because if they're doing it right, they're only doing their job. Graduates generally get bored quickly and feel undervalued and unfulfilled so there is an extremely high turnover - in the EuroFile and WorldFile departments around 15 people left in the space of a year (of a department of around 45). Management seem to have accepted this rather than trying to retain and develop their employees. Senior management try to have as little to do with employees as possible.