BT Group reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(10,813 total reviews)
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Allison Kirkby

73% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

BT Group has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 10,813 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BT Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecomunicaciones industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Nov 27, 2015

Poor and rigid HR policies

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Pros

Some excellent and very experienced people. Quality and customer service ingrained in many but often defeated by inflexible management policies.

Cons

Creativity and flexibility impacted by poor HR policies. Too focussed on objective setting and measurement of everything. Performance management widely viewed as a method of getting rid of people rather than developing and giving them opportunities. Too many managers in technical areas with no technical experience who focus on cost cutting and savings without understanding the technical complexity of the work or the impact of the cuts. Managers won't push back against the negative performance management as they fear for their own jobs so it perpetuates. Metric driven performance management stifles risk taking and creativity. Too many managers who take a very short term view and don't have any people management skills, they simply look to their next move. Bullying via the Performance management system is now institutionalised but well hidden from the public view of the company.

1.0
Aug 17, 2015
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Pros

Initially, a great company to work for. Customers' business came first. Innovative solutions that genuinely were built to assist customers and great career prospects to advance. People would support your endeavours. If you were a profitable revenue generator you were supported.

Cons

BTGS has lost sight of what is important both internally and externally. The analogy I use to describe BTGS is, "It used to be a Michelin Star Restaurant, you would prepare a bespoke meal for the customer because they paid a high price for the service and the brand, now they still want to charge the high price but provide Macdonalds service and offering. The Brand value has been diluted with poor service". The service delivery capability is debilitating to customer's business, imagine waiting more than a year for a service to be delivered. Products and services are smoke and mirrors, they do not exist except on a powerpoint presentation. They have lost a key differentiator to the competition which was experienced people and collaborative culture. The bureaucracy absolutely conflicts with generating profitable business, hindering service delivery and in-turn impacting customer sentiment. I know of global accounts that have lost 35-40% of their revenue as customers move their business to better service providers. They have replaced high experienced resources with in-experienced resources and it shows. The culture used to support the brightest minds, encouraged innovation and supported diversity, now it has become a culture of intimidation and harassment where you could get a poor performance rating for not sitting with your manager...in a hot desk environment.

3.0
Jun 5, 2015

Great experience, low pay, ongoing layoffs

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Pros

Great people to work with Flexible work / life balance. Lots of telecommute opportunities Lots of opportunity to get on different projects and exposure to different customers Huge logos to work with You can learn a great deal about telecom, managed service, if you wish so

Cons

Execs always shuffle. Lots of re-org Constant layoffs and offshoring Extremely low pay compared to market

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