Wasted potential and unethical practices
Pros
- Actually remote working with no in-office requirement - Starting salary was good for a uni graduate - Many team line managers are great, very caring of their teams and don't micromanage
Cons
- VERY little pay progression, even for top performers with 3+ years at the company. - Major nepotism in promotions. The norm at Frontiers is to promote those with zero relevant skills or experience to manager positions because they are yes-men who blindly parrot whatever upper management tells them to. Those with skills and passion will be blocked from promotions if they challenge the status quo or give constructive criticism, even being told they need to "play the political game" to get promoted. - Nonexistent feedback culture. Your manager may relay your feedback, but it disappears into the ether as it ascends the managerial hierarchy. If your feedback is deemed "negative", or against the CEO's/company's pre-determined views, you will be reprimanded - be that via passive-aggressive emails or systematic bullying and exclusion. - Unethical publishing processes which many staff felt were discriminatory towards our customers - Unrealistic and demoralizing targets/workloads. Management will use trigger words like "challenging" and "ambitious" but it's actually just far too much work to be done by so few people. Instead of acknowledging this, Frontiers instead jeopardizes quality in favour of quantity - Overall a toxic culture where management makes 100% of the decisions whilst ignoring any input or feedback from the staff actually DOING the work. Their projects and initiatives repeatedly fail due to this, yet they continue to disregard their highly talented staff.
