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- "Good benefits and events happening all the time and you can win some prizes and bonuses" (in 432 reviews)
- "The people I work with are great and feel like I started a job now I'm making it a career." (in 263 reviews)
- "Good pay but expected to do the impossible...expected to handle every call no longer than 15 minutes" (in 101 reviews)
- "The campus is great and working hours are not too long ( most people are gone by 6pm)" (in 76 reviews)
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- "I'd say the structure and management of the call centre section was poor and I was highly annoyed with my experience there." (in 157 reviews)
- "The managers have no clue what they are doing and treat you like school children." (in 111 reviews)
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Reviews about "work life balance"
Return to all Reviews- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Great for career progression, There's plenty of opportunities to work on industry leading products, technologies and toolsets. Good Learning & Development plans, benefit packages & infrastructure. Best I've seen.
Cons
Work can be stressful at times, impacting work-life balance. But then that happens in most work places
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Amazing teams, challenging but interesting projects and a great path for career development.
Cons
Work-life balance could be a bit better
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Sky as a company is good, just don't work in any of the Service departments
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great perks and staff benefits Amazing Osterley campus with great restaurants, food and gym On site cinema Always some event or activity happening on-site where you may get a chance to spot a celebrity or two (pre-Covid) Get to work with some amazing forward-thinking people but fully dependent on which department you work in Great graduate scheme
Cons
Extremely backwards and yes-man leadership if you work in Customer Service departments Work-life balance is non-existent; getting e-mails/calls late night or at a weekend is not something you look forward to but it's so common it's become the norm People of colour are very much overlooked and treated as an outcast regardless of what they achieve or deliver Very poor and toxic work environment (specially if you work in the customer service department) where loudest person in the room or call is recognised
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Share scheme is excellent and the community of friendly journalists if you work in live production.
Cons
Disengagement of teams with management, poor work-life balance, lack of managerial empathy, frequent restructuring and changes.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Benefits and Support structure working for a large organisation is exceptional
Cons
It's demanding and a high pressured environment which can if not careful impact your work life balance
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Free Van Use, Free Sky
Cons
Bad managers, Over worked hours, NO home work life balance, poor wage for the hours you work
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great Campus life Understanding Environment Opportunities to learn
Cons
Demanding. Lack of Work life balance
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Great benefits and welfare. Very understanding to folks with young families.
Cons
Career track can be slow and confusing. Work life balance can be difficult at times.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Great perks, be prepared for politics and no career progression
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Free Sky, great perks, car allowance, good maternity leave and parental leave
Cons
Be prepared for no work/life balance but also no career progression. Most promotions are about who you know rather than being good at your job. Poor manager behaviour and many pandering upwards and bullying downwards. Mandatory rotations used as excuse to keep you at the same level, no plan for promotion or routes to promote. No genuine promotion of diverse backgrounds despite a lot of PR talk about it. There is no line manager feedback, just a general people survey that doesn’t allow you to provide 360 feedback on poor managers.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Learning opportunities, benefits , salary and stability
Cons
Work life balance sometimes is negatively skewed, bit beaurocratic processes that cause delays but it is expected with such a large workforce
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