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Ashfield

Now known as Inizio

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One of the worst companies I have ever come across - Senior Project Manager Ashfield Employee Review

1.0
26 Jun 2018
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Pros

The opportunity to travel to some great places, although don't expect to see much of them. Some of the people are friendly, however the majority are not. They offer some good training courses.

Cons

There is a bullying culture (certainly on the part of the business I found myself on) and you will not get anywhere unless you are actively sycophantic when it comes to senior management , there is such disparity in salaries for exactly the same positions and individual skill set(s) and experience doesn't seem to be taken into account, unreasonable working hours (especially when working away - you can be expected to function on as little as 3 hours sleep), promises made at interview stage, such as bonuses and a working from home policy, presumably to entice people into the company that are then not followed through, leaving you feeling like you have taken a job under false pretences, micro-management to a ridiculous degree, work/life balance is awful and you are expected to go over and above for clients that treat and speak to you like you have fallen off their shoe, high staff turnover is a direct reflection of how employees are treated and how the company do not practice any of the values they allegedly deem so important to them, there is no on-site parking (which is not told to you at interview or before you accept the job) and the staff car park is ten minute walk away, which may not sound much, but when you have to carry a laptop bag with you in the rain, it seems a lot more, hugely unprofessional and 'catty' culture, even when it comes to senior management. I would approach this company with a huge amount of caution.

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5.0
5 Jun 2023
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Pros

Good work life balance Great product Amazing people Culture seems to really care about people

Cons

Extremely Low salary Poor training Lack of direction upper management always changing everything last minute

4.0
22 Oct 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The following review is primarily for their centralized services/non call center rep positions...Ashfield manages to hire excellent candidates at base salaries much lower than the competition; they then overload their employees to the breaking point. Depending on your viewpoint, it can either be hellish, or a great way to train for your next career move. Because they run so lean, you wear myriad hats and get tons of exposure to areas of the business that you wouldn't at a larger employer with its structure/resource budget together. When you do leave, you WILL miss the people, because you will get close to your coworkers (great people, plus you all share the frustrations of being overworked) But you'll realize later that you worked yourself to the bone for pittance. Hopefully you'll just be thankful for the experience, and not bitter like many forever employees. Their benefits are also decent for a mid-sized employer--benefits and opportunity for growth of a large employer.

Cons

Pay scale. Lack of trust: exempt employees must enter their hours worked in a timesheet! Sheer scale of workload: Ashfield hires one person to do the job(s) of 2.5 people, at the pay rate of 0.7 person. Variation in management styles and leaving so much to the mgr's discretion leads to very different experiences of their direct reports.

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