Just awful. - Brand Manager/Digital Designer Fuel Learning Employee Review

1.0
Feb 1, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

errrrm, there's a nice coffee van that comes now and again

Cons

This was the worst Job I've had in my 12 years of employment - Having worked at some pretty bad corporate companies in the past, with poor management and direction, those seemed like absolute cakewalks compared to this. I was hired to 'Re-brand' fuel learning - My portfolio, linkedin etc, all clearly state what it is I have been doing the past decade and my experience, working with some of the biggest multinationals in the world creating campaigns as a Senior Designer - My guess is the boss saw a bunch of big names and pretty pictures on my portfolio, and wanted to hire me with no actual idea what it is I even do. purely for some weird ego boost or something, as he fell out with the guy who previously hired me (he constantly badmouthed previous employees) I started with no induction, not introduced to anyone, not given any kind of info about what needed to be done, so I just left to my own devices. a girl who had been there for a couple of weeks before me, had literally not been given anything to do, and just sat there for a week doing nothing. So i took it on myself to just start re-branding and making a proposal. This went brilliantly at first, boss was happy, until apparently someone told him the guy before me had created some brand guidelines (that we were never shown) and those needed to be adhered to (sadly my telepathic abilities were not working on that day) This made big boss ego get hurt! he looks like he'd just hired a bunch of people for no apparent reason, his attitude totally changed, and blame game started. 'You guys are 100k worth of investment!' was a line that was brought up constantly. we were expected to mind read, and know where a previous employer had saved a bunch of important documents (You guys are designers!) I can't put into words how surreal the office environment was, Imagine David Brent, and grant Mitchell had some kind of weird clone in a lab, just cringe central, complete with a goofy sidekick who not once spoke to any of us. This is a company that teaches MANAGEMENT. It blew my mind how awful this place managed its employees. Thank god i can look back and laugh at my experience now, but honestly. If you are not part of fuels CORE BUSINESS... DO NOT... I repeat, NOT go anywhere near this place

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

The culture is perfect for hard working, ambitious, client and participant focused team members, capable of delivering great ROI for clients and Fuel. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards, with three very simple commitments: to be the highest paid, highest quality and best trained team in the industry. The company benefits are significantly beyond what you would expect from a business of this size. Fuel don’t offer gimmick benefits such as unlimited holiday (loaded with so many conditions, employees fail to take normal holiday). Great holiday, performance related pay, full suite of salary sacrifice, holiday swap, buy and sell. The roles are specialist and team members only focus on one role, removing ambiguity and confusion - you start your day clear on what you are going to do and achieve. Support from many of the long serving team members is always available and encouraged.

Cons

Due to unparalleled success, the business is in rapid growth and requires team members to be culturally aligned. It’s not for everyone. It’s f a leisurely pace with lack of focus and purpose is what you seek, Fuel is not for you.

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