Joke of a company - Anonymous employee IMS FX Employee Review

1.0
Jan 17, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Managers are very rarely around and not engaged at all so you can leave early.

Cons

Management team. The company has grand ambitions on paper but general running is laughable. They continually make racist jokes about the Japanese investors you're expected to laugh at, and have little to no client facing experience amongst them. The day to day message is mixed at best, you will generally be asked to hammer the phones promoting tight rates while the mgt sit around googling pictures of supercars asking you to work harder. Anyone in a position of authority is conveniently one of their old friends with very little ability. No CRM, no gdpr adherence, no treat customers fairly and no regulated members of staff, beware!

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Jun 16, 2020
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Pros

Free coffee and beer in the office during the heyday of WeWork

Cons

Writing candidly, the business was a shambles. Supposedly going to launch as a digital bank on the back of large institutional backing from a Japanese group. On the face it seemed like a once in a life time opportunity - get in early, do the job and grow with the company. However, it transpired that the company was actually being run out of a warehouse in Stevenage. Given the current climate where issues of race are being discussed openly across society I feel compelled to highlight, like others have before me, that this business is inherently racist. They make jokes about the supposed Japanese owners and frequently make uncouth comments about other members of staff. Looking online, to this day, they haven't launched this digital bank.

1.0
Jan 16, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free beer in the wework offices

Cons

Where to start, they're liars, they're overtly and covertly racist, incompetent, unable to communicate to members of staff and bullies. They spout a lot of nonsense about digital banking and Japanese investors. It's all a lie, they're a boiler room. They're main aim is to create a currency card, the likes of which have been around for decades. Don't go there even to start your career as you won't learn anything. Middle and upper management lack any kind of leadership skills or personal skills. I can't think of a group of people less well equipped to lead. I feel sorry for the people still there, who I know are all trying to leave.

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