Selecta reviews

Worst onboarding process I’ve ever experienced. No support or training available. High staff turnover, followed by not replacing roles thus increased workloads. 4 financial directors in 6 months! Lack of job security with people disappearing weekly. Lack of communication from senior leadership particularly relating to disappearing staff/organisational structure so you have no idea who to contact or understand roles/responsibilities. Poor collaboration between departments. Lack of sufficient processes exacerbated by the lost knowledge/skills due to turnover, redundancies, communication, collaboration issues as above. Jumping from “urgent” project to project each week, not giving enough time for completion or providing clarity on project targets/outcomes. Jumping to next project despite no progress or even metrics monitored for the last “urgent” project. Expectation of early starts and late finishes as standard. Meeting invites at 7am and on same day at 8pm! No understanding of staff well-being. Poor working culture.

1. At the most senior level, this company DOES NOT care about their employees. You are nothing more than a number. At important career and life milestones, where teams and companies would normally celebrate with you, they do nothing to acknowledge you. I've never seen anything like it, it's horrible. 2. The turnover in the leadership team, both in the UK and at their Swiss head office, is sky-high. In the past few years the UK has had 3 MDs, 4 or 5 Operations/Service Directors, 4 or 5 Finance Directors, 2 People Directors and 3 big rounds of redundancies so far. This is not a company that is doing well (any profit is because of all the employees that have been sacked which has reduced the payroll bill) and if you're a leader your head is on the chopping block as an excuse for poor performance outside of your control. 3. Diversity is non-existent. Have a look at the CEO's photos on LinkedIn whenever leadership gather. 99% white men. 4. The company tried to go for an IPO a few years ago and failed. There is still an agenda to sell the company and so the next few years will be fully focussed on that, on further cutting costs, on exploiting employees to maximise profit so those at the top can line their pockets. Honestly, there are much better places to work. Unless you're desperate and Selecta is your only option take your time to look elsewhere.