QA reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(952 total reviews)
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Josh Hubbert

57% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

QA has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 952 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The QA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jul 5, 2017
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Pros

No pros whatsoever.. If you want to be mis-sold, lied to and treated like a kid then join QA

Cons

Ok. Where to begin. I joined QA with the ambition to become a qualified IT consultant. What they were offering in a job package was music to my ears. Only to find out very soon that I had been suckered in to a glorified shambles.. The training they offered to train as a IT consultant was depicted as world class.. but very soon I realised it was anything but world class. The trainers didn’t care about the program or us as individuals. The quality of management was horribly secondary and facilities were dire. As the price of the training was at £1k per week – that meant dropping out and changing job direction was a bleak ambition due to the ridiculous fees that mounted up. After 12 weeks of ‘training’ which was absolutely anything but world class.. Which was backed up by all the candidates on the program accordingly. After spending several moths jobless and next to zero contact from QA themselves regarding potential job positions, which were promised to us from their extensive list of FTSE 100 company partners. Of course non of which came to fruition. If you leave or fired during the contract period they will be very quick to send you a bill for £12k to payback the cost of the training. It’s a wonder how these people sleep at night knowing that they are intentionally ripping off graduates at the start of their career. But in the end I find solace in knowing that companies that treat their staff so outrageously poorly and put profits ahead of people, never last. Avoid like the plague..

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QA Response
8y
We are sorry to hear you didn't feel you had the most positive experience with us. We are proud of the training we do offer as part of our Graduate programme, however please be assured that your comments will be fed back to the appropriate management team so that we can explore the issues you have raised further. We wish you the very best in your next career move.
5.0
Jul 3, 2017
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Pros

I was able to meet and work with a lot of different people during my time at the academy. Many of these people were deployed to the same company as me, and I still keep in contact with a number of those who weren't. The trainers at the academy are great, with Shafeeq especially standing out to me as an extremely passionate and knowledgeable trainer. The office team were also fantastic. They were constantly available to help with any issues or answer any queries any of us had. They were also extremely friendly, making us all feel welcome from the moment we arrived. I found Amy in particular was a great help to me and my group, always making sure she was available to answer any questions and just generally always checking that we were happy with how things are going and making an effort to keep us involved in anything that was going on. I also found Jordan did a great job with keeping me updated with the situation regarding my first placement. After being deployed I was given a lot of information about what to do in a number of situations and who to contact if I had any issues.

Cons

During training we occasionally had issues getting the software we needed set up for us to use, sometimes wasting a lot of time waiting for downloads etc.

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QA Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to review your time at the Academy. We hope you enjoy your first deployment!
5.0
Jun 27, 2017
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Pros

Great place to work at, good cooperative colleagues and great flexible environment. Hard work and honesty do earn you trust and more responsibility. People like Saeed Dehnadi, Pete Behague, Ben Sweetman and Lisa Snook are huge assets to the company.

Cons

None I can think of.

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