Business Development Executive - Anonymous employee Hyperoptic Employee Review

1.0
Dec 7, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Struggling to write many good points here, I would say however the product they offer is excellent.

Cons

I will go out and say this is probably the worst company I have worked for. Big divides in culture between different teams. People feel afraid to give feedback, as to not oppose or question the views of the CEO. Redundancias are not uncommon, creating a great deal of uncertainty for you and your colleagues. If you are looking for training and development, this is not the place for you. I feel it is an environment with an attitude of don’t ask questions and just get on with it. Great product but overall terrible company.

avatar
Hyperoptic Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to give us feedback, we always appreciate it and try to learn from it. I am glad you think the Hyperoptic product is excellent; I couldn’t agree more. I am sorry, however, that your experience of working here has not matched our intent of making Hyperoptic the best company to work for. We are growing incredibly quickly and have re-organised many of our teams and internal structures. Change has been rapid and constant – and this is often what makes Hyperoptic an exciting and dynamic place to be. But this means that we need to adapt how we work together, to make sure that all voices are heard. Our focus has been on growing the company (from 300 to 1000+ people in the last year) and this needs to balance with developing our colleagues. We want to do this with the full input of our people and are carrying out regular listening exercises across the company to ensure we capture different views and ideas, which we will then act upon. Thanks again for the feedback. We wish you all the best with your future career. Dana (CEO and MD)

Explore other reviews about Hyperoptic

5.0
May 6, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Effective, fast and good environment to work in.

Cons

Could have better salary and more bonuses

avatar
Hyperoptic Response
1y
Thank you for your review. We are glad to see the 5 stars and read that you had a good experience working at Hyperoptic. Thank you as well for the feedback on bonuses and salary, it's important to us to know what employee and former employees think should be improved. We do have an annual salary review process, designed to ensure fair remuneration based on job performance and market standards. However, not every review results in an increase, as it depends on various factors that are defined for each review cycle. The same it is for the bonus, which is based on performance. Thanks again for your review, the Culture and Engagement Team
3.0
Oct 12, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Shared workload, good hours, easy to learn network

Cons

Poor career progression, management don't listen to complaints or issues, a "seniority is always right" attitude that doesn't encourage collaboration or ideas

2
avatar
Hyperoptic Response
4y
Thank you for leaving a review - we do really appreciate it. It's great to hear that you enjoyed the working hours and the sharing of workload with colleagues. Your comments around career progression are something we would like to discuss more with you - please do reach out. We have rolled out a lot of work across the engineering workforce focused on bringing clarity on career pathways and what needs to happen to make that progression. Our culture is very much focused on working smarter. together which means sharing feedback, working on problem solving together so its not pleasing to hear your comments around ideas being discouraged. Please do get in touch as we would love to discuss your comments in more detail. Thank you, The Culture and Engagement team
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All