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Bright Future Software Reviews

2.3

35% would recommend to a friend

(29 total reviews)

Eudora Thompson

35% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Bright Future Software has an employee rating of 2.3 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Bright Future Software employee rating is 40% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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29 reviews
1.0
5 Feb 2016

Poorly Managed

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice place to work, offices just above the TV studios at MediaCityUK, some fantastic people to work with

Cons

The organisation was neither customer service or sales driven, the rot started when the CTO left the company after a disagreement with the CEO. This led to the growth of a blame culture which hampered sales with overblown estimates from development managers. The business plan was to use the young newly qualified software engineers to deliver cost effective solutions under the supervision of seasoned developers, after the departure of the CTO this plan seemed to be discarded with the projects being undertaken more and more by seniors. Despite the comments of the CEO we were all paid late for October and this triggered an exodus of senior staff as it was obvious the company was in trouble. Management communication was dreadful, vague and weasel worded communications contributed to and fueled the departures unabated. It’s a real shame Bright future failed leaving all staff without their January salary, I find it hard to believe the CEO’s statement that she only found out the company was insolvent on the 27th Jan perhaps if the CEO had curtailed her Caribbean new years holiday earlier she may have noticed there was no money to pay her staff.

3.0
8 Dec 2015

One of a kind workplace.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- range of talented staff, both apprentices and non-apprentices. - fun place to work. - Young and refreshing. - exciting location - nice vibrant office. - free coffee facilities and fruit. - 4 microwaves.

Cons

- Whoevers in charge doesn't listen to the employees or even the experienced managers. Employees don't feel valued. - lack of communication. - commercial department is not big enough for the amount of apprentices. - a lot of people let down and unfair decisions made - more attention is given to the commercial company than the training company.

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Bright Future Software Response
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Hi, Thank you for your review. We appreciate your time and effort and writing a balanced opinion. It’s good to see you notice the effort made to make Bright Future an interesting and exciting place to work and the time that has gone in to making the environment as engaging as possible. In terms of communication additional effort has been made in recent months to step-up improvements, with regular apprentice forums, follow up sessions with apprentice groups, more staff and management one to one’s, and staff and management involvement in developing our values, mission statement and branding. We also have a new management team in the training company, who have made significant improvements to all processes, which will continue to be built upon going forward. It’s good to know to see the potential in the business. Please be assured this sentiment is echoed internally and there is much optimism about realising this potential. Best regards, The Management Team
2.0
29 Apr 2016

Software Trainer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They took care of their employees, creating a more pleasant environment to work in than most companies.

Cons

The whole thing seemed like a plan to cheat apprentices. Prioritizing keeping them in to secure funding but not actually caring about the quality they were taught. Eventually dismantled not long ago.

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