Unsupportive poisonous atmosphere despite first impressions - Anonymous employee Mumsnet Employee Review

1.0
Nov 13, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you're young without too much responsibility for any single department, you'll be given a lot of responsibility quickly, which can develop skills. Mumsnet often takes mums who have just come back to the workplace looking for flexibility, which is hard to find in the workplace.

Cons

Managers are given responsibility to deliver ferocious targets but are not given the resources to achieve them. Terrible atmosphere which seeps down from the top. Bullying is rife and systematic and there is no proper HR structure to deal with it. Mumsnet often takes mums who have just come back to the workplace and are lacking confidence – this place destroys it.

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Mumsnet Response
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Hi - thanks for leaving the review. The feedback is really useful for us as we strive to make Mumsnet a great place to work. You're right to recognise that talented people are promoted quickly and we feel strongly about offering flexible working for mums returning to the workplace. Sorry to hear of your more negative experiences - we'd appreciate hearing more about the issues you raise so we can address them. If you could give us more specific information here on this anonymous form we'd be grateful https://goo.gl/forms/LG3gxmzxh3k4k4XX2

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