Awful company, incompetent CEO - Anonymous employee Key Travel Employee Review

1.0
31 Jan 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some genuinely nice people who work in reservations

Cons

Where do I start! The business has changed so much in the last six months. The CEO makes decisions that make no sense and fires anyone in senior management who doesn’t agree with him. It’s like he’s determined to run the business into the ground. Moral is low in every department. The company are losing good staff left right and centre but there is a ban on recruitment so nobody is replaced, leaving operations struggling. Culture of fear. You never know who will be sacked or made redundant next. All UK offices apart from Manchester have been closed. Don’t feel like this company will survive the year given the current circumstances

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Key Travel Response
6y
Thank you for your comments we appreciate all feedback. Our Transformation Journey here at Key Travel which we are naming KT 2.0 is a rethink on how we operate to ensure that we’re continuing to deliver great service to our customers. We’ve invested heavily in technology to provide more personalisation to our customers and are training our people to use this technology. Our KT 2.0 initiative is helping us to navigate through an ever changing environment. We do understand that, as with all change, it can be unsettling for our people. We currently have two offices in the UK, our new modern Manchester location and our London office. We have indeed closed some of our smaller satellite offices but have offered our employees flexible working through home working which continues to be an option for our teams. We have recently introduced a global whistle blowing policy which is designed to ensure that anyone can come forward without fear to let us know if something is wrong which we discuss within the business and encourage our team members to use should they need to.

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Pros

Key Travel has a very cohesive executive team that is committed to ensuring all aspects of the company strive toward category leadership . And, employees are among the most dedicated and passionate I have seen in my work experience. Communication is honest, frequent, and has a single goal in mind of enhancing the customer experience. There is also considerable energy to enhancing and optimizing the employee experience as well, to ensure retention, job satisfaction, and recruiting success. Considerable investments have been made in 24/7 teams, technology, and multi-channel contact methods.

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A very competitive space, so balancing growth and investment with often changing market and people conditions can be a challenge. This is apparent with all travel businesses, at this time of increasing complexity in the industry and around the world.

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Key Travel Response
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Hi there, thanks for your feedback. We agree our colleagues are excellent and at the heart of making Key a success. Our proprietary technology is built for this sector and award winning.
1.0
8 Apr 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Wish I could come up with some but it’s frankly impossible.

Cons

Having been in this industry for a very long time, I’ve never come across an executive team that is more dishonest, untrustworthy and so blatantly obvious that they are all about their personal gains. It’s very disappointing because it could have been a great company that did great things. When I say ‘executive team’ I want to be clear that I’m speaking to the NA President and the Global CEO. They also brought their friends into the circle, but because of lack of space - and lack of giving a crap - I won’t mention them here. (You know who you are KB). This was seriously the most toxic and sexist environment I’ve ever worked in. That this type of behavior and overall working conditions can still exist in today’s environment - boggles my mind. A lot of very, very good and qualified people worked here who were run off because of the horrible working conditions. The two ‘new’ senior leaders completely changed the company - in a very negative way- very quickly and it’s a downright shame. Employees deserve much better. The customers deserve much better. It’s a sad outcome.

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