SyndicateRoom

4.0

15 Aug 2018

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Really lovely people to work with, all very intelligent and great fun too. Couldn't have asked for better colleagues! It truly is one of those jobs where I actually enjoy coming into work in the morning and look forward to the day ahead. - Amazing office building and location (which does make a massive difference). Nice open plan which encourages collaboration as much as possible and creates an atmosphere of everyone working together as a big team. - Good opportunities to develop skills in areas you are interested in. People are open to new suggestions even if you are not technically part of their team, and senior management frequently encourage employees to take on extra projects of interest to them. There is a lot of flexibility. - A few reviews on here have criticised the CEO. Although I haven't had much experience working with him personally, I do find he has good intentions and is clearly actively trying to improve the way in which he manages his staff. There are real efforts going on which are nice to see. Myself, I have no issues with him at all. - Friendly, informal working environment. Unlike city jobs, which require suits to be worn etc., it is much more casual here which makes sense as, unless you're meeting a client, why not dress comfortably?! - Weekly team meetings keep everyone in the loop and definitely helps everyone get an idea of the vision for the future of the company, which in my opinion is key and something that larger firms perhaps fail at doing.

Cons

- My role as an associate is slightly more admin-y than I was expecting. This means I'm doing a fair amount of repetitive work which feels like it could, ultimately, be automated. Working for a startup, I am not surprised that not everything has been automated yet as processes are still changing but I can see work going on constantly to automate tasks that can be. - A number of staff members have laptops which are simply not suitable for the job. It is quite frustrating spending half an hour doing something manually when you know someone else can do it at the click of a button, yet at the same time it's uncomfortable to constantly ask others to do your work. More consistency across the quality of laptops would be fairer and definitely ease dissatisfaction. - Probably the biggest con for me are working hours. As an associate, I would say I easily get all of my work for the day done by 5pm, if not 4pm. I understand there is potentially some flexibility for people to go home if they don't have anything to do, but it is certainly a case of asking which can feel quite awkward at times. One extra hour doesn't sound like much, but I think it would make a massive difference to people's day having that extra time in the evening. - Processes are constantly changing which is a good thing overall as it means they are being improved, but it also generates extra work for people. This is particularly true when a change has to be made retrospectively as it confuses things endlessly.

SyndicateRoom Response

Hi, Thank you for the review. Hopefully the issue with the laptops has been dealt with. We had plenty of powerful laptops available but never realised yours was slow. There is no need to work with slow and frustrating laptops! Regarding the working hours, typically people work around 8 hours a day but we are very flexible in terms of time in and out of the office as well as variance from one day to the next. The important part for us is that the work gets done. If it's done by 5pm, then people can either use the rest of the time to improve SyndicateRoom, read or can just leave. In terms of the role, it is about to change dramatically for better, including other parts of the business and also a lot more automation. We are all looking forward to it! Thank you, Goncalo

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