Company overrun by cronyism. - Operations Collinson Employee Review

1.0
9 Jul 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A few diamonds in the rough. Privately owned company. Owners are genuinely interested in staff.

Cons

I would not recommend working here if you value your mental health. I have witnessed behaviours I would rank as the worst I've ever experienced. This ranges from everyday passive aggression, blame culture, unaccountability through to unrelenting agrogance. Poor decision making stems from C suite and filters down. Any excelling performance you demonstrate will be ignored at best or at worst belittled. Technology. Watching it's painful transition from a service to fintech sector is woeful. Archaic disjointed tech platforms coupled with poor decision making is a disaster. No one takes responsibility in the proper planning and delivery. Internal meetings that bring no strategy or direction and only seem to serve egotists. Continual knee jerk responces to unforced errors due to compromises in tech infrastructure. Start planning to deliver against a calendar schedule. Integrity. Customer complaints procedure results in making unachievable promises. No one manages their clients. The clue is in the name Account Management. And not constantly roll over and agree to unachievable outcomes. Time to deliver upon realistic promises. Profit. Operational costs have always eaten the massive margins of profit that are there. There are aspirations on delivering a customer centric proposition. So instead constant fire fighting and peacock displays when the goal should be to work together in delivering best in class operations.

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Pros

Great culture and pay. Employees are very respected and heard

Cons

Workload and stress. Which is in every job

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Collinson Response
4mo
Thank you for taking the time to leave your personal thoughts on Glassdoor. At Collinson we're committed to ensuring that all employees are supported in an inclusive, fair and enjoyable place to work. Thank you for the positive review and its great to see you have been with us for more than 5 years now. If you would like to chat further, please feel free to reach out to me: kelli.plough@collinsongroup.com
3.0
25 Mar 2026
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Pros

Benefits, decent pay, U.K. holidays if you're in the U.S.

Cons

Hybrid work schedule. You'll be in the office on a Zoom call, sitting next to the people you're on a Zoom call with.

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Collinson Response
1mo
Thank you for leaving us a review. All feedback is important to us here at Collinson. Please feel free to reach out to me with anything, I would love to hear any other feedback you would like to share - kelli.plough@collinsongroup.com.
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