Cable & Wireless Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Cable & Wireless

Pros – - Flexible work hours.
- Work at home 2x days per week.
- Collaborative working environment
- Very "global" way of working
- Competitive pay
- Small size encourages entrepeneurial spirit

Cons – - USA is very small in size, so limited advancement opportunities
- UK based organization makes it hard to feel "connected" to home office
- Limited global product set - makes selling in to US accounts difficult

Advice to Senior Management – For a truely global presence, product management needs to focus on creating products and services that exist across all geographies.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cable & Wireless

Pros – Nice people, overall fun environment. But the opportunity to grow are limited.

Cons – Upper management is very slow in taking decisions and are very very clunky about headcounts

Advice to Senior Management – Should pay attention to boosting employee morale and take decisions faster than how they are taken right now.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Cable & Wireless

Pros – Communication sector is a good sector to work for and the company has a nimble footed management

Cons – The company makes frequent changes to executive management and as a result strategies do not get implemented. The company has very poor HR policies and practices. The company treats employees very poorly and does not present equal opportunities for all. The company does not listen to any third party opinion thereby taking wrong decisions

Advice to Senior Management – The frequent changes affect employee morale significantly.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Cable & Wireless

Pros – great environment to work , keeps employee satisfied

Cons – 1)employees no given enough opportunity to grow and movement in different team is real challange as the interviewer expect too much from an employee , instead the designation applied can me master in a few months .

2)Salary related issue : Internal movement salaries a too less compared to when an new employee is hired and manager get a lot

Advice to Senior Management – mangement is good and stable but needs improvement as employee issue are not taken seriously

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cable & Wireless full-time

Pros – Average salary working standard hours

Cons – No concept of workload given

Advice to Senior Management – Attempt to spend time working with staff.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cable & Wireless full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good compensation and benefits; family oriented

Cons – management team are racist and bias. No respect to employees from senior management

Advice to Senior Management – You cant succeed without lower management team

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Cable & Wireless full-time

Pros – Currently, communications from Sr. management always informed and realistic.

Cons – The company makes frequent changes to executive management and as a result strategies do not get implemented.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop giving profit warning to city, as it screws the whole company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cable & Wireless full-time for more than a year

Pros – Quick approach to solving problems, take care of employees, good opportunity with in business

Cons – At time bit unsettling with company policies

Advice to Senior Management – Senior Management need to think more about business out side their usual domain

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cable & Wireless full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good salaries compared to others.

Cons – Poor job security; Senior management changes too often

Advice to Senior Management – Retire already

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cable & Wireless full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good money but thats about it

Cons – Environment of fear and bullying

Advice to Senior Management – Dig under the surface of management practises a little more

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company