MHR Reviews

Before I begin, pay close attention to the previous reviews left on here. If you follow the trail far enough back you'll see that for every negative review that is left, two or three positive '5' rating reviews are left in quick succession. If you read all of the reviews in depth, you will notice (among the generic positives) that this point has been raised before. This is due to the fact that this site is monitored by certain individuals within the company to try and maintain the overall point score above a certain value (3.6 at the time of writing). It may also be worth looking out for the subsequent reviews following this one as they will follow one of two approaches: a glowing '5' rating generic review, or (if a change of pace is deemed necessary) a '3' / '4' 'balancing' review that attempts to appear critically positive. The review history on this site should give you some indication of what to expect here. If you're lucky enough that your face fits, and you can play the extreme political game to it's advantage, you will do well here. Otherwise, you better keep your head down if you wish to make it beyond your first year. The staff turnover is the highest I've ever seen during my professional career; both in terms of employees leaving for better opportunities and those suddenly 'disappearing' (this happened uncomfortably frequently during my time there). From the outside, the company appears buoyant and thriving. They do a pretty good job at PR and creating and maintaining a positive image. However, on the inside this is not reflected within the working environment. Another point that has been touched on before, the culture is built upon fear and blame which is used to 'motivate' staff. Fear of being made redundant is a primary concern.

-Disgusting treatment of employees from the ivory towers of HR and/or upper management; ----Promised for specific flexible working requirements were made and agreed at both the interview and start of employment as inducement to join MHR over other competitive job offers. After 6 weeks, HR turned around and said any of this flexibility I had used was a breach of my contract and used it to sack me from the company. There was no warning, no conversations, no PIP. A disgusting example of employee abuse. -Outdated dress code and rules; ----Dress code is wildly outdated. Compulsory full suit and tie for software engineers? Outdated and sexist specifications within the dress code such as "any ear piercings are for women only. -Top-down poor business wide decision making with no understanding of how it impacts the largest part of the company ----Management at the top is prone to making decisions that impact the entire workforce negatively without any warning or accommodations. For example, when the government scrapped WFH the company announced after lunch that every single employee is mandatorily required to attend the office 5 days a week as of the next day, regardless of issues with child-care issues or local agreements. Staff were forced to place flexible working forms that took weeks to be addressed and a lot of staff weren't even eligible for them to be considered. Avoid this job at all costs as a software engineer. The company has been subject to more than one large walkout of engineering staff and they will no doubt me subject to more.