BT Group reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(10,850 total reviews)
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Allison Kirkby

72% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

BT Group has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 10,850 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BT Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Feb 13, 2014

Loss of direction.

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Pros

The company has some good technology, but there is very little chance of using it as they struggle to sell it. When you do get to use it, BT is so standardized you only learn their method of implementation.

Cons

Salries, bonuses, and compensation are horrendous. This was a positive factor 5 years ago but now the company, as it loses revenue, is cutting labor costs and is even outsourcing their own labor as they outsource other companies IT services. BT advertises Work / Life Balance and offer a lot of time off but it is extremely difficult to use that time and they will not roll it over to following years. Senior management has been replaced several times for bad vision / direction and a new set of executive managers have just taken over with yet another failed vision. The culture went from a fun place to work (6 years ago) to a very stressful place to work as they pressure employees to work more hours, do more training which will not be put to use, and let you know that cheaper labor is across the border. Salaried employees have to keep strict accounting of time spent on training, meetings, account work, days off, etc and report it in a time booking website. If you book your time a little late you fall in the ranking system of the managers and become the next target for termination which happens often. Many good people have been terminated for missing timesheet entries. They rank everyone based on time entry, the amount of training you do, reports of your work, etc. The ranking has nothing to do with customer satisfaction or your abilities at your job. The management will tell you that all of the extra stuff is now part of your job and will be used in the constant evaluation process that never seems to end.

1.0
Jul 31, 2013
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Pros

- Among the delivery consultants who have not already left, there are many talented and dedicated professionals who take good care of customers. - Many layers of ineffective management have been weeded out. There are some promising managers emerging. - The company still enjoys a good reputation in some markets, but most of that is based on expectations that are no longer realistic.

Cons

- Too many timid, ineffective and unprofessional middle managers remain. - The top down delivery of management platitudes have little bearing on the real work that gets done. - IT systems are cumbersome and often inaccessible. Recent upgrades to the new and improved systems are no better. - Compensation is flat and gets no attention after initial hire. - Performance reviews are arbitrary and have little to do with anything related to actual accomplishment. - Very modest bonuses are always way below target and based on some vague corporate performance metrics that were never adequately defined.

2.0
Jul 27, 2013
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Pros

Competitive Salaries, Telecommuting (in some jobs), International Organization

Cons

No clear strategic vision, Poorly managed reductions in force, promotions are very rare, raises are even more rare, *expensive* benefits, terrible vacation policy

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