Undervalued staff and no opportunities or career prospects - Anonymous employee Crystal Group Employee Review

1.0
Oct 3, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Reasonable social aspects. CEO seems like a reasonable guy and genuinely seems to have good intentions for the company.

Cons

Upon joining the company, it was clear that lack of communication between departments and staff was a issue. Most staff felt unappreciated and unsure of the future of the company, actions taken by management didn't make the uncertainties about redundancies and lack of opportunity any easier. Redundancy was never discussed and always made to think that the business was doing well but at the same time clearly looking for any excuse to show staff the door and not replace them when staff left or got sacked... Management is very cliquey and unprofessional, positions created for personal favourites within the company and internal interview process was fixed to ensure the personal favourites got the positions. Poorly managed business and are facing real problems internally... I can't see how the business is going to go on into the future once PPI has had its time.

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Crystal Group Response
9y
Hi, I appreciate you taking time to feedback. I read all of these comments personally to see where we can improve. Please allow me to respond. We are a business that has ambitions and aspirations. We have high standards and expectations. Those that don't meet what we require are offered the chance to develop their careers elsewhere. Those that do become part of our family and we support and develop them. Crystal has a brilliant future and we are committed to filling new roles with those who show passion, commitment and a will to develop and give great service. Interestingly, a recent analysis of roles has shown that nearly 33% of our colleagues now do different roles to those they originally started in. And, I am proud to say that 100% of my leadership team have been promoted from within the business based on their attitude, enthusiasm, capability and commitment. There is still a lot of work for us to do and I definitely recognise that. We're a very young business with some processes not quite there but our culture is really exciting. What's really important is that we achieve our 3 objectives of Maximum Impact, Destination Employer and New Horizons but we need the help of all of our colleagues to get there. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you but would hope you keep in touch in the future as we grow. Thanks Tony CEO

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Thanks for leaving this review. We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. It's great to read positive feedback and we'll take on board your constructive comments too. Many thanks Tony CEO
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