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      IT - IT Director Fives Employee Review

      2.0
      28 Sept 2017
      It director
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      Pros

      Some very good people who have been with the company a long time. Sadly these people are leaving the company (possibly a message here ?) Niche product area with high margins that also comes with very high customer expectations.

      Cons

      The company has not invested well enough in the people / technology during the good times. Now they are been found out and it is painful. The recruiting into senior positions has been very poor with no attention to integration or team building. A bullying culture and a "I know best" means good people leave and there is no visible accountability for "what went wrong" and how can we stop. I was in a senior role and was very bored by the role because of how my boss treated the team and failing to get the best from them because of their controlling and egotistical approach to moving the company forward.

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      Fives Response
      7y
      Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Fives places innovation as one of the 4 priorities of the FivesWAY program to strengthen the culture of innovation in the Group and maintain its technological lead. The Fives R&D team provides operational support to the subsidiaries to roll-out of their innovation projects and protect their innovations for which the alocated budget is increased every year.

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      5.0
      2 Feb 2026
      Product engineering intern
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great atmosphere at the office, overall great experience

      Cons

      Not a lot of cons, overall a great experience

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      Fives Response
      4mo
      Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We are pleased to read that you enjoyed your time at Fives and the work atmosphere. Creating a sense of community in the workplace is so important and our human-scale organizations do promote team spirit. We wish you the best on your career path.
      4.0
      2 Dec 2025
      Engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good coworkers and boss Great benefits and retirement plan Good variety

      Cons

      Endless travel assignments Unorganized training

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      Fives Response
      6mo
      Thank you for your feedback. We are pleased to read that you enjoyed your experience with Fives. We also take your feedback very seriously about the concerns you raised. A conversation with your HR partner could have helped find a solution while you were still part of the team. We wish you the best on the next steps of your career path.
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