My experience with Akkodis was extremely disappointing, particularly the way my employment ended.
After several years with the company, I was made redundant through what I believe was a deeply flawed consultation process. The consultation meetings were extremely brief and, in my experience, did not provide any meaningful opportunity to explore alternatives to redundancy. Questions I raised were repeatedly deferred or left unanswered, both during the consultation period and after my employment ended. I had to take the initiative to collect the risk of redundancy letter from HR and they didn't even provide the password to it. Both the manager who conducted the meeting, and the HR personnel (not present during meetings) were passing questions to each other rather answering them.
Throughout the process, I experienced inconsistencies between what was discussed in meetings and what was later recorded in formal correspondence. Documentation referred to discussions and reviews of redeployment opportunities that, in my recollection, did not take place as described. I repeatedly requested clarification and supporting information but did not receive complete responses.
An active internal opportunity remained unresolved when my redundancy was confirmed, yet the redundancy proceeded before I was informed of the outcome. This left me questioning how redeployment had been genuinely considered.
Even after my employment ended, I experienced unnecessary delays in receiving basic employment documentation, including payslips, my P45 and confirmation of my holiday pay calculation. This created significant uncertainty at a time when I needed to plan my finances following redundancy.
Throughout my employment, I also found management engagement to be minimal. As an engineer working on client projects for several years, meaningful contact with management was rare unless there was an operational issue. Regular communication, career development and employee support were largely absent in my experience.
I have since referred the matter to ACAS because I remain concerned about the fairness and transparency of the redundancy process and the company's handling of my post-employment queries.
Based on my experience, I cannot recommend Akkodis as an employer. I would advise prospective employees to ensure they understand how redundancy, redeployment and employee support are handled before joining the company.