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IRIS Software Group

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IRIS Software Group reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(866 total reviews)
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Jason Dies

76% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

IRIS Software Group has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 866 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The IRIS Software Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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866 reviews
2.0
May 6, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Varied work. Opportunity to learn new things. Some innovative software solutions. Ambitious growth plans. Hardworking employees who help each other. Flexibility to work remotely (it saves office costs for IRIS too)!

Cons

Lack of streamlined processes- Legacy processes of a small-size company that are no longer fit for purpose for this mid-size corporate, continuous stream of new acquisitions with no time to assimilate them and ever-evolving rules cause daily work stress. Shambolic systems- This software company has no comprehensive ERP/ financial system or a common database. We work with Excel sheets and spend half the time searching for data on individual laptops or copying and pasting data into Excel files! Add to this mix, different financial systems of the acquired companies and you can imagine the wonderful chaos! To solve this, we have an army of finance people. But everyone in Finance is overworked due to system and process challenges and ever-changing landscape. Excessive workload and unrealistic demands of management. Attrition is very high. There is no time to train new comers and they are put into the fire from day one. No appreciation of these issues by senior management, who are keen to just save costs, maximise profit and increase the valuation of the company for a possible sale (?) You get a feeling of being used, especially in the Finance department at IRIS, like a slave in a galley ship!

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IRIS Software Group Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, although we are surprised and disappointed by your comments. We are very proud to have heavily invested in our world-class Quantum project to streamline our systems and processes. Quantum replaces isolated processes across our business with a fully integrated set of systems that can provide a better customer experience, maximise cross-sell opportunities, and a dedicated Finance system to support financial reporting and activities across the business. To help ease our staff’s workload we’ve welcomed new employees, brought in additional resources, and hired senior management to direct and lead change in this area. Our strategies are continually shaped by our employees’ views and expertise. We encourage all our employees to share their feedback in our monthly employee surveys (Peakon), various dedicated inboxes, and our annual Great Place to Work survey. We also are proud to have 35 Employee Voice Ambassadors (EVAs) across several departments, including 5 representatives in Finance and Legal. These ambassadors are a great way for your team’s collective voices to be channelled to senior leaders and our Executive Team who can collate feedback and implement positive change and further improve engagement. Our EVAs are given dedicated training on how to interpret and action Peakon feedback, facilitate meetings and lead with empathy. We are also delighted to reward and support our employees, from our weekly Thank You Thursdays to encourage teams to recognise each other, our CEO shout outs to our #IRISHeros each week, our IMPACT Awards, Top Talent Awards and generous benefits package, we aim to show everyone how much they mean to us. We care deeply about our employees' wellbeing and mental health and are extremely proud to have been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing. We have a range of wellbeing resources and support networks, such as our incredible Mental Health First Aiders, our Belonging Champions, daily wellbeing nudges, our weekly workplace support group, company-funded access to talking therapies, wellbeing apps, an Employee Assistance Program, and Mindfulness training. We also have a dedicated Wellbeing intranet page where employees can access all of these resources and find specific and tailored support. We’re always looking for ways we can be the best we can be, and we would welcome any further suggestions. Please speak to your HR representative or leave a comment in our next Peakon survey. Kind regards, the HR team.
1.0
Nov 18, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Occasionally get the weekends off

Cons

Understaffed. Management don't know anything about the services offered nor are they willing to learn. Any bonuses or commission you received before Iris took over your company will be taken away. Employees being signed off with stress related issues in every department. Closed all offices to save costs, but pretend this was done to protect the environment.

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IRIS Software Group Response
4y
Thank so much for taking the time to leave a review, although we are surprised and disappointed by your comments. Our managers and senior leaders have extensive managed payroll experience to support our teams as we grow, and we are delighted to have continually hired people into our managed payroll team throughout the year. We also provide an annual bonus to all our global payroll employees to recognise and reward them for all their hard work throughout the year. We are also committed to offering a great range of mental health and wellbeing support - with trained mental health first aiders, a weekly workplace support group, company-funded access to talking therapies, wellbeing apps, an Employee Assistance Program, and Mindfulness training. Like many companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, we closed many of our offices to ensure that everyone could work from home safely, in accordance with government guidelines. Since then, we have conducted numerous employee surveys to understand if/when they would like to return to their sites. The overwhelming feedback has been that most employees do not wish to return to the office for the majority of their time, so we are looking at the best approach that considers the needs of all of our teams. We’re always looking for ways we can be the best we can be, and we would welcome any further suggestions. Please reach out to the HR team or email EmployeeFeedback@iris.co.uk. Kind regards, the HR team
2.0
Aug 2, 2021

They couldn’t care less!!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A few decent benefits..yes that’s all I can think of.

Cons

I’m just going to bulletpoint it all, rather than write a big rant. Poor Salary, which never goes up, ever!! Ridiculous workloads Massive pressure on you as a person, and They love to play the blame game, you have to be an expert in covering your own butt. Poor management, you speak about your concerns and end up with another 5 issues on top of what you had in the first place. Bonus scheme - Every year you have to beg for someone to sort your contracted bonus, and because I left in June, they decide that they won’t pay the bonus that covered the last financial year. So all of the hours of hard work, the mental health issues the job caused, the pressure you are put under..all count for nothing, because I chose to leave before they decide they are going to pay the bonus at the end of July. I was left with no choice but to leave this job, for my own sanity. Doesn’t say a lot does it..I’ll await the standard HR ‘response’ to what I have written.

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IRIS Software Group Response
4y
Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review. We’re really sorry to hear you left the company before you could receive your FY21 bonus payout. The T&Cs of the plan are clear that you must be a current employee at the time of payout to receive a bonus under the plan – this was communicated on the plan’s launch in July last year, and was readily available for you to view via your Documents folder in Cascade. It’s normal practice for companies to only pay bonuses to current employees and we follow the standard approach taken by many organisations in this regard. We’re sorry to hear you struggled with your mental health during your time here, and hope you were able to access the many company-funded support options available to you. We’d welcome the opportunity to discuss your feedback in more detail so that we can help. Please reach out to Stephanie.Kelly@iris.co.uk in complete confidence. Kind regards, the HR team
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