Nottingham Building Society reviews about "management"

As the Society has a smaller headcount, there are fewer opportunities to progress than in other, larger financial services organisations. The benefits package could be improved, e.g. increased PMI coverage, more flexibility on holiday benefits. You can't sign up to the "buy 5" holiday benefit until the December after you've joined, so can't access this during your first holiday year, which is a shame. The Society is also making conscious improvements to its feedback culture and performance management cycles, which I think will help improve the employee experience.

no car parking on site but you can pay to park 5 mins away

A few processes on the consumer side are a little outdated but these are recognised and being worked on

The work culture is toxic, with an unrealistic workload that forces many employees to work late nights and weekends just to keep up. Overworked team members receive little to no recognition, while senior management appears to favor promoting and rewarding higher-ranking colleagues without valuing the contributions of the actual doers. The office environment has grown increasingly bleak, with employees departing regularly. It feels as though each visit to the office reveals yet another empty desk. Raising concerns with leadership has proven to be futile. They consistently ignore feedback from the team and refuse to take accountability for their shortcomings, both to the employees and the business itself. This lack of responsiveness and acknowledgment leaves little hope for meaningful change.

No culture with no excitement or enjoyment in the job role to work for the company. Staff overworked, going off with stress and depression. Very political at Senior Management/ Executive level with individuals only caring about themselves and not how things impact on others in the business. Toxic place to work.

As NBS goes through another wave of change, with many new faces onboard, how management leads will be critically important to NBS' success. Colleagues generally work very hard and it's a particularly busy period for the society - so how management seeks to bring colleagues along with them on the journey will determine how well NBS performs.

There appears to have been a huge shift in the last 12 months where colleagues are no longer valued on what they can bring to the business and how well they are performing. Instead everything seems to be about bringing in new very expensive hires whilst the existing colleagues ‘doing the do’ are over worked, burned out and often back doored or removed from the business as part of unthought through and rash restructures. This then leaves the business unsupported and feeling very unsettled. There’s very much a feeling of ‘is it my turn next’ . The company suggests it values feedback however feedback such as engagement surveys is often ignored meaning it feels like colleagues are not listened to or valued and you are seen as a ‘troublemaker’ for giving feedback. There’s a culture of everything needing to be done now which adds to the burn out, senior management and exec also regularly pivot on requests needed for exco packs and reporting leading to those ‘doing the do’ not sure what they are doing from one minute to the next. It’s become very toxic and a ‘if your face fits’ culture. Unrealistic workloads are the norm and the once really valued work life balance is getting harder and harder to sustain.

Yet to find one - but i'll be sure to let you know.