29 May 2025
Chartwell Controls Reviews
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28 May 2026
Worst company I’ve ever worked for.
Former employee, more than 1 year
Westerham, England
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros
• Great exposure to complex data centre infrastructure and SCADA systems, but mainly because you are thrown into the deep end and left to figure things out with very little real support. • The engineering team is solid and tends to pull together well, largely because everyone has to cope with the chaos created by poor management and weak administration. • It is a good place to become extremely self-reliant, and also a very quick lesson in what bad leadership and disorganisation look like in practice. • You will leave with strong technical experience and a much better appreciation for what a properly run company should look like.
Cons
Poor management communication and lack of trust, with concerns about information being forgotten, misrepresented, or not handled properly after issues were raised. • Weak administrative and HR support, especially when important requests were not dealt with properly or in a timely way. • Irregular working patterns, including days, nights, Saturdays, and on-call duties, which made work-life balance difficult. • On-call expectations were a major issue, particularly because they were not properly reflected in the employment contract. • The working environment created significant stress and made it difficult to feel properly supported by management. • Overall, the company had strong technical work but was let down by poor organisation, weak communication, and lack of consistency in how staff concerns were handled.
