Ark Workplace Risk Reviews

We appreciate your candid opinion of our business It’s sounds like you had a very poor experience and this is always disappointing to find. We appreciate that not all companies are well matched to employees and this example being no exception. Your Perception has to be respected We have a very large group of highly engaged employees from long term. Our response We often take someone on and if we and they see something that they can contribute more to or take on then you are right about what they applied for. This is seen as a selling point for the staff as happy for the opportunity, progression and rewards. They enjoy expanding their knowledge and skills and experimenting to see what they do and don’t like as well as helping their colleagues and company grow. We seek purpose led employees wanting to make a difference and grow with us. Leaving in first week is a very gross exaggeration we have one of the top records for those past probation with average serving members of staff in our industry of average 5.5 years ! We genuinely appreciate our staff sorry if we were unsuccessful in demonstrating this to you. We appreciate appreciation is a very personal matter. We agree our CEO is focused on profitable growth amongst the balance on employee engagement, customer satisfaction and learning and growth as we are not a NOT for profit organisation. We do care about health you will see from payroll records we have on occasion had long term sickness from longer serving members and have gone well above expectations in the market for high levels of supporting our employees. We have rigorous policy on health matters please see handbook and consultants manual. The CEO has approved the above and this is fact. According to payroll we are generally above market rate apart from grad entry level and second jobbers in which we are as good as the market. If we saw bullying in the workplace we would not accept this. Also see our policy and handbook. Nor have we had one case brought to line management on exit interviews so we have to disagree with this. We encourage opportunity to be open and we are very sorry you kept this to yourself and felt this way as we could have offered you support. You are correct we do not have “OVERTIME” as most consultants in our industry do not also have the concept of overtime but all employees are entitled to give or not to give discretionary performance over the contractual agreements. Recognition is there whatever they contribute and promotion for those capable too. The consultants industry is not a 9-5 mindset that’s input based but about helping clients and making a difference and being recognised and rewarded for outcomes. The business doubled its profits this period and once again retained 94% of long term clients! 5.5 years averaged employee service This is testimony to our improving management and employing and retaining outstanding dedicated employees. We wish you all the best.

Thank you for the review. What comes to mind is gender biased by choosing "overbearing" the opposite word of submissive. It’s a tricky one describing female leaders especially in a social media post as "overbearing" and stating this as a reason to avoid this company is a little disappointing. We believe women here can be strong willed, determined and straightforward. At Ark we discourage gender biases as we believe our female leaders can make successful careers at Ark, because they feel comfortable being authentic, and if that means displaying qualities associated with their male leaders, then that’s very acceptable here at Ark too. Our ethos is not who you are, but what you are about. We suspect a company like ours is a refreshing difference to the industry we specialise in, and is one of our USPs. According to Forbes - in the workforce, it is well established that women must contend with a host of biases that make the climb up an organizational ladder steeper and more arduous. For instance, when women act with equal assertiveness to men, they are perceived as being too bossy. Likewise, ambition and competitiveness are negatively correlated with like-ability for women whereas the opposite is true for men (as was evidenced in the famous Heidi/Howard experiment).  Ark are deeply passionate about tackling gender biases and creating the environment for women to have the same free from biases.