Rolls-Royce reviews

Management culture is toxic. When a project or failure happens, the senior/middle Managers protect themselves as a group, close ranks and look for a lower level scapegoat to blame. One method used to bully and intimidate is to invent 'performance issues' with the scapegoat and then put them on an 'improvement program'. HR don't police or act impartially in this corrupt process and the scapegoat can then be subject to loss of benefits/grade or first out the door when redundancy comes. The environment thus created is extremely 'fascist' with authoritarian rule by senior managers and no dissent in the ranks tolerated, even when there could be major business benefits possible. Long serving, good Employees are going on sick due to Stress ; there is no one to turn to for help or justice in this organisation now.

Lots of cons. Salary tails off very quickly after joining as a graduate. Promotions are few and far between - long and arduous to prepare. Salary rises between promotions is small, 7 percent max. Performance related pay rise is only 0.25 percent (which is typically 100 pounds). Poor IT infrastructure with many systems (and passwords) to remember. Top heavy management structure and the number of reorganisations and functional splits leads to several interfaces and middle men/women, lending itself to poor efficiency and cost - and very frustrating to manage interfaces when accountabilities are not fully defined. There is a distinct focus on cutting corners to save cost at project level making engineering feeling somewhat short changed in be able to carry out a proper and thorough job which can only improve robust design and confidence in engineering decisions. Project management have little technical knowledge or appreciation for the problems at hand meaning budgeting for vital tasks are often underestimated. Pension offered is not as good as it used to be.