Common Purpose Reviews

3.8

81% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)
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Adirupa Sengupta

85% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Common Purpose has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Common Purpose employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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33 reviews
1.0
16 Sept 2022

They sell you a dream and none of it is real

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people keep you going - I’m not talking senior management or HR, I mean the brilliant people who work so hard and get very little (if any) thanks for it

Cons

Where do I start? HR are only there to serve the company / senior management, they don’t care about people who aren’t high up or influential. Senior members of staff get away with treating others badly time and time again with no repercussions So many people are unhappy in the business, they are tired, overworked and disrespected. One rule for one, another for someone else. Workload isn’t evenly split across team members, but lumped on one or two people and others get an easy ride. Nepotism is rife. The salary doesn’t reflect the workload or stresses. Lack of progression and direction for many roles. A ‘sweep it under the rug’ culture in regards to problems A facade of caring about staffs mental health but when it comes to actually addressing causes of stress they are ignored. Male directors who get others to do their work for them and don’t say please or thank you or show any respect. A leadership development company that don’t care about leadership development for all of their staff, just a select few. In a nutshell, avoid. It won’t change and there are plenty of other companies who will make you feel like a valued member of their team.

1.0
20 Jun 2022
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Pros

Worked with some fantastic colleagues and on rewarding external projects at times.

Cons

Rotten organisational infrastructure. Low pay to workload. Have seen many colleagues go off on stress leave, requests for support and reduced workload ignored. Quantity over quality, not for profit which has become commercially driven - forget the 'not'. Workers hold four or five programmes independently which are sold at 15-20k to organisations and yet the company offers no time in lieu, no ability to roll over leave when impossible to take and statutory maternity leave forcing employees to return early.

1.0
31 Dec 2021
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Pros

The product can be impactful and rewarding. Some really great colleagues globally.

Cons

There is no accountability for verbal and emotional abuse from the SMT. The pay is not equitable to the amount of overtime expected and general under appreciation. Job descriptions are often ignored for middle managers who are tasked with excessive pressure with little to no support and subject to stringent assessment metrics from both above and below. They do not practice what they preach and at the SMT level and that can trickle down.

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