Octopus Energy reviews

Some hypocrasy around being 'people first' with recent business changes. Management feels at the moment to be shifting from 'how can we support people' to 'how can we wring more out of our people'. Can feel the shift away from the flexibility, i.e. - office attendance becoming more enforced - unlimited holiday under scrutiny - more focus on targets, deadlines rather than understanding challenges I overheard a conversation a few weeks ago with senior staff members where 'staff churn' (i.e. the amount of people that leave or are fired) was being treated as a 'lever the business can pull' to improve cost efficiency - where 'not enough people are fired or leave'. This was said in jest, but I do feel that this attitude is permeating the business at the moment. People, benefits, support, trust and agency - essentially everything that makes OEV culture what it is - is all under threat from a cost saving focus with people as the expendable measure.

-Senior Management do not listen to feedback metrics (office vibe) -Constant additions to an already overwhelmed department -Little to no training -We have been in a “peak period” for well over 6 months now, with no infrastructure to support us and we have gone from managing pipelines of 40-80 to nearing 200 people. - Poor engagement team, great for events but poor in taking onboard constructive feedback and actioning improvements - Way too many irrelevant meetings - Poor Salary for project management role