One of the original positive traits that Planday had going for itself was a friendly and growth-nurturing work culture with a good work/life balance. That all went out the window following its recent developments within its management team. This has now transitioned the culture from originally motivating its employees to win from their successes and learn from their failures to constant threats of job security irrespective of your performance. Of recent, there’s been a tendency to use unnecessary micromanaging tactics, not to analyse the quality of work to help with improvements but only to keep an eye on us as if we are back in school. Targets were also constantly changed with very minimal rationale and with no transitional aid for the team to learn how to do things differently. Particularly during Covid, we were essentially left in the dark as to how to actually go about the job which created a very demotivating environment.
When both joining and leaving the company, I didn’t even have an introductory session or an exit interview with the HR team, really made an impression on how messy the internal organisation is and how stubborn the company is in actually listening to it’s employees.
To anyone looking to start a career with a decent training programme/career progression , clear communication as to what is expected and stable job security, I don’t recommend joining Planday. It a company only cares about results and not about its employees, in terms of their satisfaction, in terms of retaining them and in terms of nurturing them.
