Gate One reviews about "pressure"

Too many to count but put simply: Managing partner too focused on his personal brand than the company No strategy (other than to grow and be earning £xm by a certain year Culture of blame Clicky clubs, if your not part of one, your floating around and ignored No personal development No sales target is a myth, there is huge pressure on sales

The structure is still being built, so there are some gaps that come with a smaller, growing team like a benefits structure. That said, there is openness to feedback and visible steps taken to make this happen

Senior leadership are adjusting slowly to the pressures of international expansion. Company is still maturing in terms of internal processes, which lands on mid-level management.

- Most of the best people left, and in many cases have been replaced with weaker capability. - Expectations have increased significantly across all grades, making progression and promotion far harder to achieve. - There is constant pressure to bring in work, with a heavy emphasis on business development and building the business on top of demanding client delivery - it’s like doing three jobs at once. - There are no longer any company-wide socials or fun incentives. - There have been no pay increases for years, including no proper inflation adjustments. - Employees are being encouraged to post positive Glassdoor reviews to counterbalance the negative ones, which does not feel like an honest reflection of how people are actually feeling. - People do not feel valued, morale is at an all time low, and most people are actively looking to leave. - The overall atmosphere in the office is flat and demoralising, the energy has gone and feels more like a funeral than a workplace.

*Times have changed, the business stopped growing a few years ago, recent downsizing in the UK *It’s slowly but surely morphing into another big 4 model, it feels like any other medium sized corporate *There are very few Partners or CDs the team love working with, the values promoted are often not a lived day to day experience *There is not a feedback culture with less trust in relationships than there was, yet the success of the new performance management framework relies on this *Low growth has impacted the L&D model at leadership level; there is now a desire to slow down/reduce promotions, pay-out less bonus & make excellence harder to achieve *Culture used to be the number 1 reason people decided to join Gate One, it was special & different. The team were highly engaged & went above & beyond. Sadly, that culture is now unrecognisable from what is was with many people saying they feel disillusioned. A lot of experienced seniors have left in the last 18mths seeking better growth opportunities with higher reward and/or inhouse roles with no BD pressures *Leadership over the last 2y+yrs has been more hands off & feels passive, there is aspiration but lack of cohesive, practical application, ultimately resulting in negative year on year growth & the first UK redundancies in mid ‘25 *The supporting functions have far fewer development/promotion opportunities & small bonus potential

You'll be able to see the same feedback from other reviews but career development is not prioritised at all at Gate One, it is unfortunately true that they will only focus on rewarding individuals that bring in money otherwise you are invisible to them. I watched many people get turned down when it came to promotions who scored the highest ratings in client delivery because they didn't bring in new work and this seemed to be the only metric Gate One care about. This led to stagnation in salaries because there are no pay rises within grades which is unfair considering how hard people are expected to work and how much inflation continues to rise. There is so much pressure to sell work regardless of what grade you are in. Most of the best talent has left already and talented people continue to do so because they are not being promoted fairly. There are some very questionable leaders left who are not respected within the firm. Unfortunately I do regret making the move to Gate One and wish I had stayed at the larger firm I came from.