Xigen (UK) reviews

I had high hopes when I first started working here, but my experience quickly turned sour due to their archaic and highly controlling design team manager micromanaging every aspect of the work, down to the tiniest, most insignificant detail. Creativity and innovation were stifled and any attempt to introduce modern design trends or fresh ideas was immediately shut down. It felt like working in the past, with rigid processes that were more about control than collaboration. Instead of empowering the team, management would hover over every task, constantly changing things for the sake of asserting dominance, rather than trusting the team’s expertise. This resulted in unnecessary revisions and a work environment that was more about pleasing one person’s outdated vision than delivering high-quality results for clients. In addition, there are no opportunities for career growth, with employees being significantly underpaid and receiving little to no recognition or appreciation for their contributions. Overall, if you're looking for a forward-thinking, collaborative agency, I would recommend steering clear of this one. The toxic micromanagement culture makes it nearly impossible to get anything done efficiently or creatively.

1) Pay reviews don't occur often, if at all. 2) Work can be very frantic sometimes. This is the nature of agency work, but it does feel like there's very little structure in place to deal with work that's just "Thrown" at you. This can be especially frustrating when you have two project managers fighting over your time for two different projects. 3) If you're remote you wont enjoy some of the benefits afforded to office staff. (Cakes/Fruit/etc) This is something that can be solved like other companies who have remote staff do with the occasional pizza day etc. 4) One particular member of management can come across quite rude and dismissive of opinions and suggestions offered. I don't think they intend to be like this, they're not a nasty person, but they need to work on it. 5) No benefits for long-serving members of staff. I wouldn't have benefited from this even if it was a thing, but I think rewarding loyalty is such an easy thing to do that a lot of companies miss. 6) Minimum pension contribution.