Old boy's club at Reston HQ - Analyst Serco Group Employee Review

1.0
Aug 13, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing that makes up for the cons

Cons

Managers and lower employees are packed like sardines in cubicles away from windows, while VPs - mostly older white men, have window offices. It felt like being in a bad episode of Madmen. At the "water cooler" (breakroom) - the VP of one department related a grand experience he had at the British Open when he was privileged to watch 2 tipsy women pole dancing on the 18th hole late at night. All this was related in a hushed tone while he looked furtively around to make sure only the guys could hear him. It was gross, because he is really old. Too bad he is so stupid he didn't see me standing right behind him. Then, his direct report - I complimented him on one of his employees, a woman I'd had a meeting with - and he said, "What did you talk about, clothes?" So, it is a sick, pervasive culture of privilege for the window office boys. They tended to be rude and to act like bulldogs. Outsized egos. Very glad to have gotten out of there and to be working at a successful company with diversity, appreciation, and a lot better ideas about how to do business.

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