Here is a quick summary of the lowlights
* Senior management believe the people working for the company with 10+ years experience are "the problem" and need to be terminated - ideally at zero cost.
* All HR policies are driven by the first point above.
* Backstabbing from all around so be paranoid
* Company believes young new recruits with MBAs are the answer. Zero business experience.
* Project managers (despite being fully accredited with PRINCE2, MSP etc) have had to be evaluated again using BTs own cooked up "assessment centre" system. Basically if you fail twice you will be sacked.
* The assessment centre consists of incredibly high pressured scenario. Work at lightening speed doing complex analysis (NPV, Discounted cashflows, ROI) with few breaks. People have been in tears and bordering on having nervous breakdowns.
* GS is out of control - so no bonus this last year. It was so out of control that they didn't even work out the failure and communicate it until just beforehand. This meant no holidays for many people.
* BT, despite positive press coverage, is a company with constant year on year revenue decline. This means there is a whole "cost transformation" agenda - cut cut cut cut. Enjoy your stay in a Travelodge!
* The job standards written for people set the level at superman or superwoman. Totally perfect at everything. Hence - you will fall short....
