Squashing disagreements isn't healthy and made a bad atmosphere - Anonymous employee Abide Financial Employee Review

Thank you for your feedback. Whilst it’s always appreciated receiving honest feedback from the workforce, it’s also disappointing to learn this is the perception from anyone across our business. Losing members of the team whether it is of their own accord or not is always difficult and the effects it has on a team is always underestimated especially when we’re still quite a tight knit, small organisation. However, people do move on to new challenges and sometimes people do find that as an organisation grows and matures it’s not always the same place it started out as, effectively one can outgrow the other. It’s quite natural at this stage of maturity for a company to go through a period of attrition and for those that have been here a while to move on to pastures new. Whilst we never want to lose good people, we don’t want to prevent people fulfilling their career aspirations either so sometimes it’s unavoidable losing people at similar times during organisation growth and change. We do encourage an environment for people to speak up and communicate but there is an expectation it would be done in a professional manner and in a constructive way which sometimes can be difficult when working in high pressured environments. As a result, work environments can turn toxic and quickly become a place people don’t want to work in if left ignored. I’d encourage you to talk to your direct line manager or come and talk to us in HR where we’d be happy to sit and talk or support you through any changes you are currently finding confusing or unsettling and even if you have questions surrounding anything you feel you don’t quite understand. We’re more than happy to listen and take on board any feedback. Thank you, Alice.