Pros
Free food. Have made some great friends.
Cons
I got offered the job last March for an August start date. After I signed my contract, they increased my hours by 20% and doubled my job responsibilities for no extra pay, telling me I either had to accept this revised contract or they’d find someone else. Having handed in my notice five months previously, I didn’t really have a choice but to accept. What a mistake. Though I enjoyed my first few weeks, the feeling didn’t last long after it became apparent that the direction this company is under from the MD and founder and the vision it is setting out to achieve is totally unsustainable. All Clean wants is to open as many sites as possible (latest venture looking like Dubai.. lol) as quickly as possible in the cheapest possible way, when they haven’t even bothered to invest in getting the basics nailed at their existing sites first or looking after their staff. The turnover rate is astonishingly high due to the poor conditions and low pay, yet I was still told to reduce the payroll even further i.e. not replace leavers, and thereby increase everyone else’s workload and stress; something I felt pretty awful about having to do. As a parting gift, I echoed the many complaints and grievances from Clean’s miserable employees to the MD, however following the most recent spate of resignations in the ever-shrinking Head Office (citing work-related mental health declines) it appears that was brushed aside and Clean is continuing on the same tunnel vision trajectory. I really do not understand how a company that has recently added People to their list of values can treat their employees the way they do, but all I can say now is I feel so much better to be out. Thank you, Clean, for teaching me what I’m worth and what I should not have to put up with in any job.
