They killed it - Anonymous employee AND Digital Employee Review

1.0
Aug 19, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Back before we entered The Bad Times, there was a hell of a lot of talent in this company. Lots of really skilled and friendly people to learn from.

Cons

The culture's died a death. Management did not seem to understand what they were doing when they carried out layoffs in such bad faith, needlessly skirting round collective consultation by pretending every office is totally independent. People saw this for the lie it was and felt burned by it. The exodus of skilled engineers has been astonishingly fast. They've played fast and loose with their people, at a company that used to sing its "people first" creds from the rooftops, and there's no easy route back from that. It's a huge fall from grace, and it feels like the only way is down. The way they respond to recent Glassdoor reviews epitomises what it's like these days, not even trying to respond to the writers or the substance of their points, instead just turning direct to the reader, in a sad attempt to convince outsiders it's not so bad. Inane (and somewhat insulting) "fact checks" that miss the point, branding and PR over substance. RIP, AND, you were good while it lasted.

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AND Digital Response
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I'm sorry to read this and it certainly has been a tough time, culminating in the redundancy process earlier in the year. Responding to reviews like this is not the best part of my role but I do believe it's important to correct inaccuracies for the readers, as they can reflect badly on AND. If an ANDi's experience has sadly been far below what we'd hope and aim for, that doesn't reflect everyone's experience. (btw, I'm not in PR or marketing.) Going through a redundancy process is always horrible. Treating distinct parts of a business as 'independent establishments', like we did with the clubs, is quite common and had the advantage of better-performing clubs not having ANDis at risk of redundancies. It was difficult time but one that was necessary to go through and effective in getting us to a more stable and sustainable footing. We're seeing a more positive environment now. I'm sorry to hear your views and best wishes for the future.

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