QA reviews

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..

Real concerns about the new C Suite team. Lots of execs left or let go and then replaced by family and friends of the CEO. The CEO doesn't seem to know what he is doing or what any of his ground staff do. Because people are leaving and the process of recruitment is slow (low wages play a massive part in both aspects - and no annual pay review that was just announced is going to impact this more no doubt!) the workloads for those left have at least doubled. Very low morale at the moment with real and ongoing concern about everyone's futures. The execs seem far too concerned about launching in US rather than what is going on here. How can they justify investing in launching abroad when they can't even offer a cost of living pay increase? This is in effect pay cuts as everything else will increase with minimum wage, except our salaries. The company say they made profits but just not growth, which makes us feel more demotivated that they won't increase pay. We do our job for the love of it, but we do need paying accordingly or we will find places that do. The company really needs to reconsider what is important.