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      Avoid working for this company - Anonymous employee Lanware Employee Review

      2.0
      Jul 7, 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Happy to chuck money at a problem, customers have nice offices, very little travel outside of London

      Cons

      Expect to be micromanaged into oblivion. Criticism reigns supreme here, no-one is ever praised for a job well done. Office politics are unbearable, there are clear favourites and if you're not one of them you're in for a sad time. Management and the long term favourites always know best and are not amenable to fresh ideas or approaches. Expect to get overruled at every turn. Too much work for the size of the team, failing to complete it is your problem not theirs. There's no bonus, and the bare minimum pension required by law. Salaries are low and stagnate, you will fight to get what you deserve to be paid here. Staff turnover is high.

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      Lanware Response
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      Thank for you providing feedback. Lanware is going through a significant period of growth and whilst it is inevitable that this will cause some growing pains and additional workload for the various teams, it is an exciting time for us and one in which we all have an important part to play. As a result of this growth, we are looking very closely at resourcing levels and in response to this, are currently undergoing our largest ever recruitment drive with a number of new roles being introduced which will enable us to meet the growing client demand. Appointing the right staff at Lanware has always been, and always will be, of critical importance to us. Our policy is always first and foremost to offer the new roles to internal staff first before going out to market. Bonuses are paid on an annual basis to those that have performed over and above the call of duty and at the time of writing, our pension scheme pays a company contribution of four times the statutory minimum at the very basic level. This has been the case since it was introduced two years ago. Whilst we are fortunate to have some strong subject matter experts within our team at Lanware, we encourage and welcome input and ideas from individuals at all levels and there is plenty of opportunity for constructive feedback to be provided for those that wish to share it. To enable us to receive feedback from staff in a more structured way, we introduced our first employee satisfaction survey at the end of 2016 and as an output of this, followed up last year with our first employee engagement forum allowing staff members to feed back on various topics. This coupled with more regular business updates and the opportunity for face to face Q&A, is enabling us to come together as a team to address any challenges and to find more effective ways of working. We do recognise however that there is always room for further improvement!

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      2.0
      Feb 4, 2019
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The pros are pretty much limited to its location and *some* of the people that work there.

      Cons

      Aside from the odd friend you might make, unless you're friends with the "big cheese", you're going to go nowhere. Expect to be treated like yet another number and an expendable asset while they continuously reassure you that "we will do better". They won't. The events that the project managers try to organize are a nice touch, but there's little motivation from anyone to go, it's not really worth it. The pay is atrocious too, regardless of what position you're in. Oh, and also FORGET IT if you have a life outside of work. God forbid you need a flexible employer. Whilst working for this company you have 2 choices, suck up to the senior management or pray that nobody notices you. You'll have a horrible time otherwise.

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      4.0
      May 3, 2019
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Knowledge sharing was part of the culture so the place is great to learn from others. While it gets harder as the company grows most of the systems are designed well and in line with best practices / company standards. The level of access granted is the almost whatever you can prove you have the knowledge/skills to work with. Great social and friendly teams although the very top brass rarely joined for more than one drink. Office in Bank has great transport links and local food vendors. Allow for sideways training into other departments e.g Engineers to Project Managers, Service Desk Managers. Good Bonus based off performance. High standards for change request/ticket notes make them perfect resources for learning. Usually use the best technologies for the task instead of the cheapest.

      Cons

      High amount of dedication required. Salaries are generally below the market average for London. Harder for people to fit in if they cannot attend socials / dislike visits to the pub after work. Internal promotions are common but has a lot of competition and there is a small amount of politics in some of them. Lack of knowledge database. Lots of management changes recently Lacks benefits.

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