not what it was made out to be - Anonymous employee Skillcapital Employee Review

1.0
25 Aug 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- fair pay - a few nice colleagues, those that were intelligent, talented and driven stood out - pleasant exit interview

Cons

- 5+ interviews, all of which oversold the job / promised development / support / progression, none of which came to fruition - huge exodus of staff upon joining (again, not mentioned at all during interview process). Felt like they were hiring and firing week on week - extremely gossipy culture, with clear favourites - bad handling of remote working / pandemic - no sense of wanting to help new joiners, just throwing them in and seeing if they sink or swim - long hours - managers who didn't care about their reports - clear animosity between colleagues with lots of talking behind each others backs - no clear boundary between founder & rest of the business - no desire to support when concerns were raised

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Skillcapital Response
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts about your time at Skill Capital. We are working hard to build a healthy and positive culture and are glad to hear you have noted the value of our committed and dedicated colleagues, as well as our salary positioning. That is helpful feedback for us. We are sorry that, upon reflection, you feel that your time with us was not as good as you might have wished. In your review, you mention you had a nice exit interview. We are always happy to have follow-up conversations with our alumni, so should you wish to elaborate, please feel free to reach out to HR. Thank you again for taking the time to write a review and we wish you well in your next role.

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