I didn't stay at this company for long (worked in the Dublin office).
On my first day, I immediately got a bad vibe from a lot of the colleagues there. They seemed to make a lot of sly comments about each other and there seemed to be a lot of negative tension between some people. Not all of them were like this, but it was a weird atmosphere that I picked up on straight away. Also a racist comment was made during my second week, but was played off as if it was okay to say because they were "joking".
I was trained in for 3 weeks and was immediately overwhelmed. They bombarded us with information and kept telling us how stressed out we were going to be. After the 3 weeks, I still had absolutely no clue what to do on a daily basis. I've never experienced this in any other company.
Also the office in general was dark and was very unwelcoming. The kitchen area was quite small with no windows and I was sat in the back of the office with no natural light at all. That might sound dramatic, but I certainly wouldn't like to spend my days working in an environment like that.
Work hours seemed long, a lot of people didn't log off at their scheduled time because they were so busy.
The main reason why I felt I had to leave was because of the rules of the office. You weren't allowed to have your phone on your desk or on display at all. Obviously you shouldn't be on your phone while you are working, but you would be reprimanded if it was even visible. Micromanagement isn't even the word, they didn't seem to trust their employees to get work done. You had to close doors a certain way and god forbid if you left so much as a pen in the conference room. It seemed a bit much, and I've worked in larger offices before and after my experience here, and never once have I experienced office rules like this. I felt like I was back in a school classroom and wasn't trusted to act professional or clean up after myself.
The VP would visit the office every week I believe, and we were warned about how we should act in front of her. If you weren't dressed perfectly in a suit or skirt or had wrinkles in your shirt, she would call you out on it. One colleague mentioned how she was made to cry because the VP did not approve of her work suit. The office was tiny, maybe 10 people worked there, and there was no face to face with customers etc. so I thought this was a bit extreme.
Lastly, the salary was extremely low for the amount of work that the role required. I moved companies and was offered a much higher salary for less work and a much better work environment.
