DWF Employee Reviews about "flexible working"

Pros

Flexible working. Good views from the 31st floor of The Walkie Talkie.

Cons

Corporate culture. Little opportunity to make an impact or be recognised.

Pros

Main pro is flexible working & there is some innovation

Cons

Cons Outweigh the pros-factory like atmosphere, poor financial rewards, high staff turnover, constant IT problems, high handed treatment of staff reflects their origins in volume work and does not inspire loyalty

Pros

Flexible working pattern Casual clothing

Cons

No progression. You are going to be stuck doing the same job until you quit your job for a better opportunity or get a training contract elsewhere. You will see new faces in the office everyday because the turnover is high and the management can’t keep up with the leavers (why do you think they are leaving?) Too many cases to handle on your own Each team has its own rules and the manager is in charge, HR will just side with them without investigating or following their policy. Low salary for the work the paralegals do. The paralegals do all the work but get paid less. New systems in place every day and they want to stay in control of you, they are close to becoming micro managers.

Pros

Ever so slightly flexible working hours

Cons

Literally everything else Company will do anything to avoid paying their staff a fair wage (or anything at all if possible). They have a 'yes man' culture of only promoting the mindless ones who will blindly follow the leader which has developed a weird, inbred and disfunctional management structure of incompetent people who are not suited to the role due to their inability to think for themselves. They have actively colluded against and tried to frame a member of staff in an attempt to force them out. Male managers find it appropriate to make comments about other manager's breasts. Senior leadership has no quarms about telling managers to "shut up" in front of the staff they are meant to supervise. The company is paralysed by red tape, inefficient communication and a deeply ingrained fear of highlighting issues to those above them. The CEO, who recently abandoned ship, had the right idea.

Pros

Agile and flexible working options

Cons

Poor and aggressive leadership throughout all areas of the organisation. ‘Manchester-centric’ thinking with an unarticulated global strategy. The global expansion has been far too aggressive as the CEO appears to like new and shiny things, which leaves the rest of the company unattended and poorly run.

Pros

The intention to do better, as a firm, for its individuals and for its clients is always there. Its part of the core values. Some of that translates well. Agile/Flexible working allows a greater work/life balance. There is always willingness to try to do thing differently

Cons

Some of the benefits are not always translated through to everyone. A lot boils down to individual managers and their resistance or reluctance to change. Ideas that get presented to board level get accepted, but sometimes fails to transcend to the working levels - meaning that new benefits do not go anywhere.