Good - Accountant Castleton Technology Employee Review

In the beginning there were lots of supportive, knowledgeable and friendly people around, but alas most of these have left and so did I. I am sad to say it is the worst company I have ever wasted my engery on and am so glad to see the back of it, even with a £8,000+ pay reduction to do so!

Salaries (if you were young, pretty and of the desired gender) were competitive. Otherwise "you should suck it up because (insert sexist, ageist or racist comment here) and you'll be pretty close to the mark. Working and keeping on top of everything whilst you are on annual leave or off sick is expected. Management have no respect or care for the staff. You are expected to put everything in for the company, but if you expect anything back, forget it! Even down to being paid for travel time, which sometimes could be long hours, you were expected to just work it. Management will happily throw staff under the bus to make themselves look good to those above them and customers. Your efforts are futile and after constant basing to work hard, they just pile more on you. Management have stale ideas, empty promises and a bag full of lies waiting for you! It's a terrible place to work, I'm disappointed in myself that I wasted so much energy here, and I beg you if you are reading this and thinking of going for an interview/ applying... Do your self a favour and don't.

Some great staff that want to do the right thing but don't get the right support or direction. Good exposure to technologies

Castleton is formed of several IT and software companies and trying to enforce a new culture without any real direction or plan. Understand and appreciate the history of where you have come from. If you dont understand the past, how can you succeed in the future. What is the Mission Statement, what are the core values? Why do what you do? Stop being obsessed by just new customers and new business. Value and appreciate the commitment and spend that long serving customers continue to make- they are likely to be your most profitable relationships!! Staff turn over is incredible, new and existing staff leave every week. Customers have had 5 account managers in the space of 6 months, service desk staff are never around long enough to form relationships with the customer. You need to ask yourself why this is happening. Get rid of the blame culture and stop throwing people under the bus. Very few staff remain from the original companies, Knowledge and expertise just continues to walk out the door and no one seems to be really bothered.