Left for dead - Career Consultant Learning People Employee Review

Beer fridge on a Friday

I don’t usually leave reviews, but working here honestly drained me. At first it seemed like a decent opportunity, but after a few months it became clear the company was completely disorganised. Priorities changed constantly, nobody seemed to know what was going on, and employees were expected to just “figure it out” with very little support. The workload kept increasing while morale kept getting worse. People were stressed all the time, and management’s answer was usually another meeting instead of actually fixing the problem. A lot of good employees left while I was there, and after a while you start to understand why. The hardest part was how unappreciated everyone felt. You could work late, hit targets, help the team, and it still felt like it was never enough. Communication from leadership was poor speciality from the sales managers and sales director and there was a big disconnect between management and the people actually doing the work. There are some genuinely good people there, and honestly my coworkers were the only reason the job was bearable some days. I learned a lot, mainly about the kind of environment I never want to work in again.

Work colleagues are good people but constantly terrified of losing their jobs.

Very poor team leadership and senior leadership in the organisation. What was a thriving, positive sales environment a few years ago has turned into a negative, toxic workplace that noone respects. Management try to run a sales team with inexperience and outdated methods that to be honest are embarrassing. Staff turnover is very high and there was no exit interview when I left which shows that upper management have their head in the sand. What was a winning atmosphere for the sales teams has now gone. The company hires lots of sales people at one time and expects 80% of them to fail. Training is poor, as is the product we tried to sell. The customer service for students is poor, and we had to listen to constant complaints from students feeling ripped off. It was so hard to make targets, poor leads and not enough of them, really poor training and a toxic work environment made it an easy choice to go.