I Could Have Named The Company Just From The Reviews
Pros
The salary and benefits package is excellent, probably the best I'll ever have in my working life. The good members of staff were outstanding, the enviromnent (around my department) was a pleasant one with an open office. If you need to speak to the person in charge, you can.
Cons
There's a fair chance you'll become addicted to the money and see your career prospects wither and die. I've read the other reviews and can only echo their sentiments, they capture my own experiences extremely accurately. All office life is there, from the very good to the very bad. Re the bullying, I know far too many chilling tales about one office tyrant in particular and always found it amazing that their behaviour isn't only tolerated but seemingly rewarded. I was reminded more than once that it was none of my business and told not to make too loud a noise. Even when the phrase 'not a career move' had ceased to carry any weight. There's an unspoken mantra, one that stems from the company's Japanese DNA, and I'll quote another manager on this one, "Know your place." Reminders are occasionally subtle, sometimes not. You have a P60 every year, do you really need an internal memo to remind you how well you're treated financially? It's entirely possible to land in a seat and basically keep it warm until you retire, and if you're an overtime hog you can make a killing in the process. Maybe that's a Pro for that sort of person, but it's a Con when you're the guy not browsing the internet all day long. If you land in the wrong post and you fancy one of those career things, hard luck, buddy. Here's another management quote on the lack of prospects, "It's dead man's shoes mate." It took less than his probabtion period for one person to work out and announce that Telehouse doesn't invest in its staff. No-one in the office at the time made an effort to argue, so you can draw your own conclusions from that little slice of Telehouse life. I'm pretty sure anyone there who's reading this now will have a pretty shrewd idea of who I am, but that's fine. At least they'll also know I'm neither of the other two (at time of writing) reviewers. And that really should send a message, but the biggest con of all is they absolutely won't listen.
