Toxic culture driven by discriminatory and abusive management
During my time in the leadership group, I witnessed high-level managers frequently make overt racist and misogynistic remarks.
In a leadership training session, one senior staff member openly expressed preferences for hiring specific demographics over others and made highly inappropriate racial comments that created deep divisions across the site.
Bullying, harassment, and intimidation are a systemic part of how this company is run.
Management frequently targets employees they dislike, leading to extreme workplace bullying and psychological distress.
In one instance, managers subjected a team leader to an aggressive confrontation, locking them in a room & refusing to let them leave the room despite visible distress. she continues to suffer trauma when describing the incident which amounts to kidnapping and false imprisonment.
Personal grudges from upper management also directly impact operational safety and business outcomes.
Competent, specialised staff have been replaced by temporary workers due to personal biases, resulting in massive quality control failures and major financial liabilities for the company.
Furthermore, the company shows a complete lack of support for employee mental health and personal crises cancelling a Mental Health Support programme (which they had boasted about to their auditors & assisted then in becoming ISO qualified) without informing Supervisors, Team Leaders and employees.
When I experienced high stress, insomnia, and anxiety while caring for a gravely ill family member, management responded with hostility, baseless accusations, and verbal aggression rather than support. Following the passing of my parent, the leadership group showed zero empathy or condolences.
The ownership and senior management operate with a lack of accountability, leading to regulatory scrutiny from health and safety bodies such as HSE with the manager of Despatch operating a FLT while texting, emailing and talking on the phone.
This is a highly dysfunctional and abusive environment where staff are targeted based on their background, gender, or personal traits.