Seven Investment Management Reviews

Thank you for your feedback! We have been doing a lot of work with our Managers and Exec team recently as part of our culture programme to empower their staff to make decisions and get on with initiatives / projects and work. I'm sorry you experienced micromanagement during your time at 7IM, it is certainly not the management style across the business. We hold our hands up and admit that more needs to be done to ensure we have not only a diverse workforce, but also an inclusive one. This is the case with most Financial / Investment Management companies, but we are serious about doing something about this. We have a D&I strategy in place which we hope tackles this but are realistic and know that this does not happen overnight.

Thank you for your positive feedback. I am glad you found 7IM to be a fun place to work at. It's important people enjoy their time at work and with their colleagues as we spend most of our week at work! We have always had a relatively flat structure within the business to reduce bureaucracy and red tape with getting things done. Whilst there may not be physical levels you can move up within the business, we believe staff do have the ability to get involved in a variety of work to develop their knowledge / experiences and have the ability to get involved in more complicated / technical work which you may not get the chance to in other organisations.

Thank you for your feedback! Glad to hear that you enjoy your role!

Thank you for your feedback, I am pleased to hear that you enjoy the atmosphere and the friendly environment at 7IM. In terms of change within the business, with the arrival of our new CEO in Q2, we are making a number of changes to improve the flexibility we offer our staff. Just to name a few: "Smarter Working" where staff have the ability to change their working hours as well as work from home is a huge shift in our working practices and culture. We have introduced dress down Friday's, as well as weekly blogs from the Executive team in order to improve communication across the business. There are still many more changes and initiatives which we are working on and are yet to be launched.

Thank you for your feedback. I am sorry to hear that your experience at 7IM was not positive. We do pride our self on our culture but recognise that there is always room for improvement. We are currently going through a transition period with the arrival of our new CEO, we are in the process of assessing our existing culture in order to see what improvements can be made. Whilst our HR team make it a priority to care about the well-being of its staff, be approachable, supportive and listen to its staff members and deal with issues in a professional and confidential manner, practicing HR is a balancing act. The reality is that first and foremost, HR are “business” people, who are focussed on what’s best for the business. We always follow the principle that if we can achieve a positive outcome for a staff member, then we will do so, but not if it puts the business at risk or is a great loss for the Firm. In terms of our family friendly policies, we reviewed our maternity and paternity pay in June 2019, we are now paying staff enhanced maternity pay for a significantly longer period of time. The response to this change has been extremely positive.