Avoid this Toxic work environment! - Anonymous employee Proco Group Employee Review

1.0
Feb 27, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The stress helped me loose weight Learnt how to deal with bad managers

Cons

The management team lacked management experience and this really showed through. Expecting working hours of 40 a week as a bare minimum with non paid overtime ontop of this expected frequently and frowned upon if finishing and starting on time. Bullying from management on a daily basis. Contradicting and conflicting orders from management (mainly due to under trained staff wanting to assert their position) Work stations monitored via remote access to webcams to check up on employee Ilnness looked upon as inconvenience even if long term condition - disregard and disgust instead of support. Often sexist and inappropriate comments in office Drunken and drug fuelled nights out encouraged Employees badmouthed by CEO If discussing former employees they were refereed to as "dead to us" Childlike attitude in offices Toxic work environment Run by "lads" Disrespect for staff Also you may notice that other reviews are either damning or incredibly positive, the reason for this is that HR encouraged everyone to post a review on here as soon as they discovered some previous bad reviews. There was a checklist of those who hadn't completed their review and they were chased up on.

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Proco Group Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. We were sorry to hear your negative comments about your experience at Proco. We would like to discuss these concerns with you so please do get in touch with me and we can arrange a time to have a conversation.

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Proco Group Response
1mo
Hi Tim, thanks for your review, Interesting - but not entirely factual. Firstly, whilst it hasn't been our greatest year, as with the vast majority of companies in our industry, There have been an awful lot of headwinds over the past 12 months that go a long way to explaining that. Secondly, we have lots of great people in this business who have understood that, knuckled down and produced incredible results. You weren't one of them, having billed less than your day rate over the previous 18 months (which I'm sure you haven't told your new employer). Interestingly, our best two months of the year have been since you left which I'm sure is a coincidence, but it feels quite symbolic. Finally, thank you for your "strategic" advice, I'll be sure to take it all on board. I wish you well Tim.
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