Never felt so empowered in my workplace before - Product Manager Unrival Employee Review

Once you become acquainted with the system and how everything works, your everyday work quickly becomes very interesting and I genuinely really look forwards to work. Furthermore, the prospect of internal progression is exciting in such a rapidly growing company is hugely exciting to me, and while I've only been here a short time, I'm already itching to take on more responsibility and do more. The independence and trust given to me by my line managers are really great to feel; its very empowering to feel that your managers aren't constantly peering over your shoulders. Flexible remote working is a huge plus as well I also want to mention that the workplace culture is probably the best I've ever been a part of, the small team and open lines of communication from top to bottom make the whole company feel more like a family than anything else, and also everyone here is absolutely lovely and enthusiastic about work!

I think working here requires a certain type of person insofar as that, as with any start up, you will need to be flexible and adaptable, which for me is ideal, but i am aware that's not everyone's cup of tea. I can't really think of many cons per se, and every minor con I can think of I'm aware things are being worked on to improve them, so I'm not sure how much value there is in mentioning things like its been just over 3 months and I've not met my colleagues in person yet when I'm meeting them all next week.

The people in the Bristol office were great (pre-redundancies), there was an attempt to introduce wellbeing initiatives (Bristol office) though short-lived (due to redundancies), the social side of the Bristol office (pre-redundancies) was also very positive.

It felt as though this company made a very swift transition from services to SaaS, which was poorly considered, managed and communicated. This decision came from the senior leadership team, based in London, and was communicated to the bulk of the company’s workforce based in Bristol. As a result the teams in Bristol who were responsible for fulfilling client work were faced with mass redundancies. During the transition, the plan about the future of the company, and how it was going to deliver on the aims seemed to change very rapidly - even after redundancies. I did not feel very well line-managed in my role. I did not receive any training or general on boarding when I started, I did not have regular catch-ups with a manager, nor did I receive any communication about workload or feedback on any work unless I chased for this. Though there was talk of funding for additional learning, and being involved in other projects, this did not happen equally across all staff. These promises were concentrated disproportionately amongst few staff at the London office. The redundancies have left very few staff (~3) at the Bristol office, and ~5 in the London office.