Web Summit Reviews

Recruitment totally overselling positions causes such a huge staff turnover amongst other things. big reason I left Recruitment asking people to write positive reviews on this website to counter the truthful experiences Not being paid a living wage The cost of travelling to events being completely over the daily allowance provided by the company making going to the events something you pay a huge amount for yourself. When you are on such a low wage to start thats something that caused me so much stress. Getting to travel was great, but there were too many bad things about it and the cost was a big one. Witnessing how paddy treated some staff and how everyone tiptoed around his moods if something had gone wrong or not the way he wanted. crazy way to run a company or treat employees, just totally not acceptable. shouting at people is completely unprofessional and dysfunctional and no wonder so many people don't like working for him if he treats people with such little respect Great staff and managers just disappearing because their jobs had been made redundant, whole company operates so weird and one day someones just gone without notice A huge amount of work done by entry level staff goes completely unappreciated, its like a graduate sweatshop pay you pitence have you work insane hours leading up to events so youre totally burnt out mentally and physically then when your salary review happens its like you haven't been working at all and are not given a bonus or reward for your hard work. lots of people work so hard and care lots but you are just worn down further and further by being treated so badly that you eventually leave the company

Where to start. Sold a dream and it is a nightmare. Junior staff clean the office while favored, sorry I mean "senior" staff, go off in droves on courses abroad. Bullies for "management" who fire people on a whim and undermine everyone else they do not like: sad to see such insecurity. They say the company is growing but it is just yoyo dieting - binging on new hires and then losing/sacking good staff only to binge on new hires again. No clarity or structure or work progression as far as I can see. Tech bro culture that is alienating and immature, and smells of sexism. The got in some experienced exciting middle management only to fire them within weeks. Expected to hit ridiculous meaningless sales targets and the shady COO is not held to account for when these targets are not met. HR is a joke and pushes people to write positive reviews on here, and actively mis-sell roles. Also totally spineless, rather like the CEO. No sense behind people's job titles - seniority in this place only comes from sycophancy. To sum up: it is a jumped up sales company that survives on fear, bullying, grayness, cowboys, throwing more people at a problem rather than sorting the problem (management). CEO and other founders were just lucky the company did well - right time/place etc. They're not a start up anymore but act like one. I really wish I had listened to the advice of others before coming here - I thought it would be good, but it is anything but and I am looking already. What's also weird about here is how trapped others feel - they self esteem has been so dented they think they cannot work anywhere else. Mind you, it is probably seen as an exciting place to work in Dublin as the city is a small place.