Lack of direction - Online Solutions Adviser Melbourne IT Employee Review

2.0
13 Mar 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Complete freedom in the style you would like to work, with little to no direction from management - Free tea and coffee in the kitchen

Cons

- High amounts of staff turnover (Firings; Quitting, etc) - Little amount of actual product knowledge from management - Scarse interpersonal relationships between various departments of the company - Very little marketing - Bad publicity & advocacy online which is negatively impacting on the day-to-day business - Small amount of quality product training on an on-going basis - Staff stealing sales from one and another - Extremely difficult to help customers due to inter-departmental inefficiencies (Communication, etc) - General 'lack of caring' towards customers from staff, who are very profit focused as a result of ridiculously set targets. - Hiring seemed very whimsical towards who was hired. For an IT company there seemed to be very few people who either (a) Had IT qualifications, or (b) Had any IT experience - Management claimed "They were no longer an IT company", deciding to be a "Digital solutions company"; however, there was zero expertise or experience in-house who were able to fulfill these dreams to their customers.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
25 Dec 2013
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Pros

You get to work with the latest Microsoft technology, and all facets thereof. You can work from home occasionally. They mandate that you obtain Microsoft certification in your speciality. They provide MSDN membership for technical staff. You are paid for scheduled on-call rotation, but given time-off-in-lieu instead of overtime pay. There is no waiting in line in the womens bathroom. Ever.

Cons

This is the worst place I have ever seen for women in technology. They have a very complex environment yet provide no training in how to use it (sink or swim mentality). You are not allowed to ask many questions. The culture is do "what is right for the company" not "what is right for the customer". You should never expect your manager to have your back, unless you are one of the boys. They mandate that you obtain Microsoft certification so they can achieve a corporate discount. Training is to be done on your own time. Your expected availability is 24x7x365 (mobile phone and laptop provided). Their inner team culture is one of competition rather than cooperation. If an improvement suggestion comes from the wrong person, it is ignored.

4
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