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Ignite Insurance Systems reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)

53% positive business outlook

Ignite Insurance Systems has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ignite Insurance Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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20 reviews
2.0
Oct 9, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Free Fruit - Central Location - Most of employees were lovely

Cons

- Very little room for progression to management positions. - Apprentices limited to laborious and repetitive tasks, personal development limited. - Lack of transparency within the organisation, knowledge is limited to select few. - Pay is below market rate. - Far from delivering in an agile methodology, despite their claims. - Pressure from top-tier management to meet unrealistic deadlines, (deadlines given to staff without discussion). - Employing contractors to tackle difficult tasks, despite employees having a better understanding of the business and its processes - they should at least be involved! - Genuine lack of company culture, (very rare that events are organised, dictated by top-tier staff)

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Ignite Insurance Systems Response
7y
Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad that you like our new offices in the Northern Quarter and the other staff at Ignite. I'm sorry you were frustrated by the lack of career progression. Our Client, Test, and Tech leads and directors were all promoted from long-serving staff so hopefully there is the opportunity there for others. We are always trying to improve transparency within Ignite, and that is why we hold weekly office-wide stand-up updates with the opportunity to ask any questions of the senior management. We always try to pay our staff in line with their abilities and contributions. We also try to create a working environment and perks that add a bit extra too. I'm sorry if you felt undervalued. We do occasionally use contractors for complex or quick turnaround tasks. There are challenges to this method and we are always trying to improve through retrospectives. Thanks for your advice to the management. With regards to personal development each person has a personal development plan, we have a healthy training budget and free days throughout the year for training. In conclusion, I'm sorry you felt left out of the Ignite team, and I'm sorry we weren't able to help you fit in. We wish you all the best in your next role.
2.0
Jul 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People and central office location.

Cons

Office politics, staff being kept in the dark Making people redundant while recruiting to fill the same positions Promissing things that never come true Management making people feel guilty and worthless No flexibility Minimum 1% pension No perks The way that software is being built, apprentice people are asked to perform important code changes without peer review. No structure - everyone does everything

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Ignite Insurance Systems Response
7y
Thanks for the feedback. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy your time with Ignite. To address some of the very important points that you raise: We are not recruiting to fill redundant positions We have updated our policy to offer flexible working hours between 7am-7pm The minimum pension unless you opt out is 1% but the maximum (employer contribution) is 4% We have PerkBox for all our staff - check it out it's pretty good - as well as monthly free lunches, weekly fresh fruit delivery, roof garden, breakout areas... We have a very successful apprentice progam that we plan to continue. As management we try to be as open minded and receptive as possible - if anyone past/present/future has feedback/suggestions then the door is always open. We wish you all the best in your next role
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