Anglian Water Northampton Reviews

Pros

Knowing that the 2 top paid employees share the best part of £10 million in salary and pensions when the front line are straightening out nails to save money

Cons

After just over 10 years in 2 departments I had 6 managers, only one actually seemed to care for employee wellbeing and they only lasted 6 months. Despite this companies fanfare about looking after employees, the reality is that many are let down badly, with no support. In my experience, management's tagline has been 'this is the way it is and will be, if you don't like it, you know where the door is' when you witness those type of people go up the chain of command, you know that attitude is endemic. Same goes for mental health, I've witnessed a previous manager deny it exists. There is something about the blame culture in this company which makes management very self centred and ignorant of employees problems HR and the business partners are difficult to contact and in the 3 weeks prior to my departure, due to moving to another job, just shut the door and ignored me leaving pay issues unresolved. Underpaid on several occasions, once a company wide issue, often denied, causing hardship and stress and when the mistakes were finally realised and owed money paid, there was never an apology. Yes, I got paid for 10 years, but this company didn't positively affect me as a human, quite the reverse I'm afraid

Pros

Recognises hard work and ability with career opportunities Vast knowledge and skills across business Multiple and varied work streams for various career paths and opportunities Upbeat, friendly and supportive work environment Flexible working opportunities Up skilling opportunities (internal and external) Challenging, but with required level of support to prevent stress Open to Innovation

Cons

Communication pathways sometimes poor/ messages from Board level not passed down correctly via management tiers Lots of procedures can sometimes elongate tasks Conflicting goals between business units