Great Colleagues - Test Analyst Planit Employee Review

4.0
28 Oct 2024
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Pros

Comprehensive Training and Certification Opportunities: Planit offers extensive training programs, workshops, and certification opportunities in testing tools and methodologies. It’s a great place to continuously upskill, especially with industry-recognized certifications like ISTQB. Exposure to Diverse Projects and Industries: As a consulting firm, Planit works with clients across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, and retail. This provides a unique opportunity to gain experience with different applications, technologies, and testing challenges. Supportive Team Culture: Planit fosters a collaborative and supportive environment. Teams are typically open and helpful, which creates a strong sense of camaraderie. Mentorship and knowledge-sharing are encouraged, which can be valuable for both personal and professional growth. Work-Life Balance: Planit places importance on work-life balance, offering flexible work options where possible. This approach allows team members to balance personal commitments alongside career growth. Recognition Programs and Career Development: Planit values employee achievements and has formal recognition programs for exceptional work. With clear career progression paths and performance reviews, employees can set and reach professional milestones within the company.

Cons

High Expectations and Workload: Being a consultancy, Planit often has high performance expectations, which can sometimes lead to demanding workloads, especially during peak project phases. Client-Driven Deadlines: Since Planit’s work is client-oriented, projects often involve strict timelines. This can sometimes lead to less control over work schedules and added pressure to meet deadlines. Frequent Changes in Project Assignments: With Planit’s consultancy model, employees might be reassigned frequently to different projects or clients. This can make it challenging to establish long-term working relationships or maintain continuity in one area. Limited Control Over Project Scope: As consultants, employees at Planit often need to adapt to the client’s needs and preferences, which may mean working within fixed methodologies or processes and having limited influence on project decisions. Pressure to Achieve Certification Milestones: Planit emphasizes certifications and continuous learning, which can sometimes feel like an added pressure on top of project responsibilities, especially if employees are balancing demanding client work.

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Planit Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We are glad to hear you are enjoying working at Planit. We are open to all feedback from our employees, if you would like to discuss any of your feedback in more detail, please reach out to the People and Culture team.

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5.0
7 Jun 2022
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Pros

Offers work visa for international workers, great people, great work life balance

Cons

Low salary, difficult to ask for remuneration

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Planit Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We are glad to hear that you are enjoying working at Planit but also sorry to hear that some experiences at Planit are not aligned to your expectations. We are open to all feedback from our employees, if you would like to discuss any of your feedback in more detail, please reach out to the People and Culture team.
1.0
23 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some great colleagues on the ground.

Cons

I honestly don't know where to start. [Do not believe the 4 and 5* reviews, Planit regularly harass employees into giving these positive reviews to raise the average score (I still have the email evidence of this)]. - No training on market requirement. Instead people who haven't really been on the ground for decades decide, and even then rather than use tried and tested established training they chose to go out and build their own based on their lack of understanding. Go forbid you pay for your own relevant training, it's taken as an offence. - The level of misogyny is at levels not seen since the 1970s (union rep shocked at what they saw). - People are told that there are "no finances for promotion", but then watch as promotions are given to friends of the CxO levels. - Salary is paid 2 weeks in advance and 2 in arrears, making leaving a financial nightmare. - Salaries are WAY too high, again making leaving a nightmare. - No modern leadership. - Current board is made up of people who think EXACTLY the same way, meaning it is nothing more than a bunch of people egging each other on. - No checks and balances. - No accountability. - Micromanagement and bullying. - We all believed that when NRI took over the business would go from the Boys Club Start-Up mentality to a professional organisation. It did not. The existing board was allowed to carry on regardless. - The UK office has all but collapsed because the board refused to diversify from Retail clients. - Innovation is stifled. With ideas often shelved for significant periods of time before someone at board or director level "innovating" by using the same idea and even presentations without credit or acknowledgement to the original innovator. - Base mentality is "If we can get away with it we will" - NRI doesn't seem interested in the Northern Hemisphere market at all. - On hiring you'll be told about "great benefits", yet no-one below board & director has been paid a bonus in the whole time I worked there, not even when winning substantial business. - HR are not interested in you as a human. If you are in the UK reading this; - Avoid at all costs. The office has been in managed decline for several years now. If it continues to exist in coming years it will only be as an anchor office for offshore testers.

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