Sciterion

Oct 14th, 2021

A truly toxic place to work. I worked in the Sciterion part of the company and it was the most toxic place I have ever worked. Training does not take place when you start, apart from a brief induction, but you are not offered help by more senior members of the team with even basic processes. Staff are micromanaged to the point where account executives and senior account executives are not allowed to send a single email outside the building without it being checked by an account manager or higher. Mistakes are dissected in a way designed to break you down and leave you like that without teaching you how to fix them. People in the office are afraid to speak in anything louder than a whisper, despite this being a communications company. Lower staff are not allowed to talk to senior directors or higher. An example of this was when it was just me and one of the senior managers were left in the office (it was around 6 pm), and I had a question regarding the legal terminology of a contract which I had to draft with no help. I asked the senior manager the question and was done in under 30 seconds. This was brought up no less than four times, including in a meeting about how my probation period was going (I had only been there a few weeks) and how I should never disturb this person, no matter what. If you are liked by the higher ups, youll be fine. If you are not, then dont get comfy!
Feb 1st, 2019