MDU Reviews

Pros

Some great and passionate people working here. The office is nice and modern, and you don't have to go in regularly. Work/life balance isn't too bad

Cons

I don't think I have ever met so many incompetent people in leadership positions in any company I have worked for. Many have been here for over a decade, are incapable of embracing change and simply have no idea how a modern organisation should run. The most ridiculous decisions are made then people are overworked trying to fit to these deadlines. In short, nobody has a clue what they are doing. Most importantly, the leadership team do not know how to lead. Diversity is an issue a mjor issue - majority of people working here are white middle class, and it is something that is being completely ignored by all. They tend to promote from within which means that some people not ready for higher positions are given them, and no fresh ideas and opportunities are brought to the table - the same ideas are recycled year on year. The company and the leadership are stale and it makes a frustrating organisation to work for.

Pros

- Competitive salary - Home working - Some brilliant colleagues - Interesting work on offer

Cons

- Bullying behaviour by some seniors (a known contingent of “mean girls” is ignored by Head of Dept/ tacitly accepted, leading to an awful culture, particularly for juniors. -The said bullies are this emboldened in the insidious grinding down of their supervisees knowing they are “untouchable”. Many (particularly juniors) have previously left due to the atrocious behaviour of these individuals. Truly disgusting and an indictment of senior level apathy. - People are not valued and respected by a detached senior leadership who are utterly out of touch. A definite sense of expecting people of “stay in their lane”. -No real team culture and camaraderie (though that wasn’t always so under previous leadership) - Lack of consideration and respect for diversity and casual racism flourishes in many quarters. - Policies only exist for lip service and little else. - Only thrive on monopoly in sector or would otherwise have gone belly up long ago.

Pros

- some very nice people - modern offices and equipment - people are passionate about the work they do

Cons

- do not seem to care much about employees - old boys club of middle class men - lack of diversity especially at senior levels - gender imbalance at senior levels possibly linked to poor maternity related benefits -casual racialised comments which do not have a place in modern working environments

Pros

Highly intelligent and intuitive work force - an abundance of learnings gained

Cons

Not a generic marketing internship

Pros

People were nice Once you left the office, you didn't have to take the work with you Good hours Very difficult to progress

Cons

Booking holiday was impossible A lot of awkward phone calls to deal with from customers

Pros

Your colleagues are the only positive

Cons

No payrise in nearly 3 years, poor management and trainers who don't know what they're doing and openly slack off. Feedback is never taken on board. Old school senior management who don't know how to interact with most of workforce. Impossible to book holidays. Looked down on by most other departments.

Pros

Very good work life balance.

Cons

Work silos can affect communication between departments

Pros

A generally good bunch of people

Cons

Senior management could be better

Pros

There are a lot of good pros

Cons

There are no cons great company

Pros

The pay is ok for the role

Cons

Management do not look for solutions to problems faced by staff System is a chore to use with work arounds for everything Products offered can be hard to explain and/justify to members/customers