Culture of fear and lack of integrity - Anonymous employee Ipsos Employee Review

1.0
May 24, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

reasonable salary and flexible working at senior level

Cons

There is a real fear amongst senior people in the organisation. In any 'normal' company they would have autonomy and support to make decisions but not here. The CFO is an agressive bullie who always wants to find fault, apportion blame and do anything to save money. People do not feel empowered to to take decisions and if they do, they live with the fear that it might be the wrong one and will be fired as a result. The oppression is stifling creativity and the business is simply not performing as a result yet the 2 most senior people dont understand this. Its a shame - been a great company to work but time to move on - and I know I am not alone in feeling this way.

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