So much potential, so little in reality - Anonymous employee Hearst Employee Review

1.0
Jun 4, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great location - Carnaby Street - Great titles to work on - Some decent people - Quite a lot of free gifts ie. cosmetics

Cons

- Lie about bonus schemes - Restructuring constantly as senior management have no clue - Outdated systems and technology - Stupid amount of work given the hours - not enough staff - Poor management - no training, no help, no appraisals, no inspiration - Top-down blame culture

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