Incapable Management Team, bad communication, not at all organised - Anonymous employee UKEC Employee Review

1.0
Apr 20, 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Ability to work on your on initiatives sometimes. Some good teammates.

Cons

The company is Chinese orientated which was determined from the start. However, when they hired me in, the outlook was getting more diverse. But, the management was incapable of overseeing international side of the business because of the lack of experience, communication skills and knowledge. Moreover, they failed to admit it and refused to take on ideas and suggestions from international staff who have had experience in the field. When felt threaten by the staff's opinion about management style, they isolated and treated the staff in an indecent manner. Plus, most managers are incapable of sufficient communication with staff in English. The team structure is not organised. The workload is not organised and most enrolling cycles staff are expected to work overtime up until 8-9 pm at night with a ridiculous overtime policy stating they can only claim it within a month while cycles like these can last for 3 months and they have to work overtime not paid. The management is not representative of the international side of the business so it was neglected and left with incapable, inexperienced team leaders. Most international staff were hired mostly because of the language they speak or their nationality, not because they were suitable for the roles. However, they were expected to just bring students in without any actual training or support. There's no team work.

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UKEC Response
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We are deeply sorry that you have such a negative perception of our organisation. We pride ourselves on our diverse international workforce and as such sometimes English may be the second language of many staff members, and communication might not always as straight forward as it might be between native English speakers. That being said, we actively encourage open communication and suggestions from staff, with this being part of our company culture assessment process; employees are asked to provide suggestions regarding their own and other departmental working practices so that we can continually improve our internal and external procedures, With regards to the company policy on overtime, although you are correct in saying that technically it is unpaid, it is awarded for staff to take as ‘Time off in lieu’ instead. Although we recommend that staff take the time off within one month to ensure an adequate work life balance, during busy periods, this can be extended by staff to take later on. We train all new staff when they join but also allow our sales staff to develop their own business development and marketing campaigns, which is made clear during the interview process. Furthermore, during recruitment, all hires are made using the same screening process, whereby we conduct capability based interviews with all candidates.

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