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AFH-Wealth-Management

2015-04-05

Current Employee

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Young colleagues, poor micro management

Very friendly and welcoming to new staff. Easy going ethic.

Poor salaries, poor training and communication.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2015-12-11

Office Administrator

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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Excellent staff, poor salary

Friendly, helpful and hard-working colleagues

Poor salary which doesn't improve much with progression, no incentive to work harder, high turnover of staff, poor systems

AFH-Wealth-Management

2016-01-28

Office Administrator

Current Employee, less than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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Low salary, bad micromanagement

Easy to get the job even without experience in finance

Very low salary, poor working conditions, very little training provided but high expectations. Micro management are young, inexperienced and superficial girls who are not able to provide guidance and support for their teams.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2016-04-16

Current Employee

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Over promised under delivered

Nice staff to work with

No career progression and salary is poor

AFH-Wealth-Management

2016-04-23

Office Administrator

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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client reporting admin

Easy to get the job, Nice colleagues.

Abysmal pay, around minimum wage. No actual training for your job role. No incentive to improve. training. Leaves a bad taste in the mouth when the CEO drives a roll royce and the majority of the workers are payed so lowly

AFH-Wealth-Management

2016-05-26

Office Administrator

Current Employee, less than 1 year

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Office administrator

Some good people to work with. Flexible working. Out of hours language classes and aerobics. Financial support for exams.

Morale. Lack of managerial structure. Doesn't seem to support career progression. No formal training.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2016-09-23

IFA

Former Employee

Bromsgrove, England, England

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It horrible management

Good investment management strategy. Overall there are individual admin staff that are very nice and helpful

The management and seniors are ruthless. No training for staff. Staff are poorly paid and virtually no retention. The consultants have no communication and despite being a "national" firm they can't seem to understand anything beyond Bromsgrove.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2016-09-25

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee, more than 5 years

Century City, CA

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Good place to work

The people are great and the culture is very forward thinking. Lots of development opportunities and really invest in educating their employees.

Wouldn't necessarily say there are any cons to working here, though this website does contain negative reviews. I would say if you are committed and show your loyalty to the company, they will look after you.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2016-11-03

Anonymous Employee

Former Employee, more than 1 year

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I liked working for AFH

Nice Staff, good HR Team. Feels vibrant and forward thinking. Flexible hours (worked for me). Good place to start your career.

Can't really think of any obvious cons

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-02-21

Technician

Former Employee, more than 3 years

Santa Ana, CA

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Honest Review

Made some life time friends.

Was let go from the company just before Christmas. Advised the role was not cost effective after having to deal with the worst management in my 20 year career.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-03-06

Administrative Support

Current Employee, less than 1 year

San Juan Capistrano, CA

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Avoid at all cost

I can't think of any obvious ones, although I'm not unemployed. Overrated at 1 star.

Disgustingly low wages. Staff are not valued. HR are unhelpful. No positive feel to the place whatsoever.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-03-10

Administrative Support

Former Employee, more than 1 year

Orange, CA

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Worst place I have ever worked

Can do compressed hours if you qualify for them, this helps with child care. There is free parking which helps.

Unsupportive HR team, worst I have ever come across. Would not trust them with confidential matters at all. Management are useless, only look after people in their "clicks". Everyone is treated differently which courses friction amongst teams. Pay is not very good for the amount of work the firm expect you to complete. High turnover of staff - never known anything like it!

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-05-15

Quality Control Administrator

Current Employee, less than 1 year

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Good Place To Work

Everyone is friendly and there is always a brilliant atmosphere in the office. There are progression opportunities which is always a bonus and the company really look after you.

No cons as such.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-05-21

Administrative Support

Former Employee, more than 5 years

Birmingham, England, England

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Administration team

Free parking . Meet some nice people in the teams . Flexible hours . Benefits sickness death in service bonus if you employed for over 1 year .

Not treated at all well after 6 yrs of being a loyal hard working member of staff . This company just pushes you out and replaces you with someone who they think is right or someone who just agrees ! It's called constructive dismissal , note to self should of took this to court ! Not sure who owns the company as the CEO seems to let the operations manager run the place ! Which nobody has respects for ! HR do not trust at all they there to help employees but all they do is protect the company ! To much work , stressful , salary low , lack of experienced staff in admin ! I would not recommend AFH to anyone Employee of choice they call it funny it's definitely not !

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-05-31

Administrative

Current Employee, more than 3 years

Bromsgrove, England, England

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A caring and adaptable employer

I find AFH to be a caring employer, that is both adaptable to employees' needs and prepared to listen to opinions. Since I've worked at AFH there have been many progressive changes for the workforce in the way of employee benefits (for example, these include a savings scheme, discounted gym membership, annual company events and after-hours classes such as French and Pilates). The office itself is a great working environment, with a friendly and open staff who make newcomers welcome. There is ample free & secure staff parking available and the train/bus route is convenient. Staff inductions are always carried out and training needs are regularly monitored. Progression through the company is encouraged and it's possible to change career paths internally if opportunities arise.

I am unable to find any Cons for AFH Wealth Management. This is a great company to work for.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-06-02

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee

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Best place to work!

AFH feels like family. I left AFH last year for what i thought was a better career opportunity, but since realised that the grass isn't always greener on the other side. The culture of AFH is the reason I returned and I can definitely say it feels good to be back!

Unable to list any cons.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-06-09

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee, more than 3 years

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Great place to work with a nice team of people. If you want to progress the opportunities are there for you.

AFH is a progressive company who invest in their people and supports career development. Job security is a big selling point along with the continuous growth. The staff benefits are beginning to improve from offering compressed working hours to pilates classes, share options to Christmas bonus.

As the company has grown so quickly there are some issues yet things are happening to solve these. It can be frustrating that it takes so long to address them the right people need to be asked for input.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-06-12

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee, more than 1 year

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Positive Experience

Lots of support and training given Very friendly and positive atmosphere

Hard to keep track of everyone due to the size of the company.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-06-27

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee

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Great place to work

- I was made to feel very welcome when I first started and I was never made to feel like I was a 'burden' or an 'inconvenience' to train. I work in admin and although I have 8 years previous experience working within an admin based role prior to starting work at AFH, I had never worked within the finance industry - so there has been a lot to learn, but I have enjoyed learning something new every day! - Management enable new recruits to learn at their own pace and facilitate their own style of learning when training up new people for their role. AFH provide ongoing product knowledge refresher training, So, if something doesn't 'click' the first time around, you may well understand it much better after having some hands on experience in your new role & sitting in the refresher training session again. - Knowing that through my work I'm able to assist other people, whether that's clients, co-workers, the advisers, supervisors or management; providing information needed and answering questions - to me that is the one of the biggest pros, job satisfaction. - Knowing that management trust me to use my own initiative to create & implement new strategies whilst working on large projects. - There are great possibilities of advancing your career and moving within the business. - Management acknowledging your efforts and going out of their way to thank you when you have worked hard. - Treated with respect and kindness & feel valued as an employee. - Fast-paced environment, never a dull moment and the time at work flies by! - Great benefits package. - Supportive and friendly co-workers. - Lovely office building to work in. - The list of pros could go on & on... but I'd be here all day. I love my job and the company.

- Occasionally (as there is in all jobs) there are challenges or situations that can be a little stressful; however, on saying that, the camaraderie within the teams really is great, we all endeavour to help each other through challenging times and work as a team to get the job done.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-07-02

Administrative

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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Great place to work

AFH is a great company to work for. The training courses available are brilliant, from Excel training to product knowledge, all courses are available to all staff. Everyone is pleasant and welcoming. The CEO always acknowledges you when he sees you, as do all management. We have annual staff events (summer events and christmas parties) which are a great way to mingle with staff from other levels of the office. There are a number of other pros for working for AFH such as: - discount at local gyms - Saving Schemes - family fun day bbqs - great atmosphere working the office - annual bonus - secure parking - payrise based on performance.. ...The list could go on!! Regularly throughout the year, the CEO and head of HR meet with a representative from each team in the Employee forum. They listen to ideas and ways to improve things from staff across the company. We have an intranet which keeps us updated on the goings on from across the business. The CEO also carries out presentations to inform us of how we are performing and again a chance to ask any questions we may have. All in all I really enjoy working for AFH!

I cannot think of any cons for working for AFH.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-07-02

Anonymous Employee

Former Employee

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Administrator

Got the opportunity to work with some good people. Excellent work-life balance. Support with qualifications.

Lack of progression opportunities. Experience of management wasn't the best.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-08-01

Anonymous Employee

Former Employee, more than 1 year

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Former Employee

Great team to work in

Management don't listen to their employees, saw many talented people come and go who were not acknowledged or appreciated. Some practices bordering on unethical.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-09-01

Administrative

Current Employee, less than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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AFH Admin

Big group of young people. There are opportunities to advance and progress in different directions

Abysmal pay. Try to get away with paying staff bare minimum. Really high staff turnover.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-11-10

Anonymous Employee

Former Employee

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Such a GREAT place to work

I worked at AFH for 4 years and cannot fault them. Everyone is so friendly, especially the CEO! AFH is great for career progression with lots of internal opportunities available. During my time, I worked in 3 different departments with an increased salary in each. I would totally recommend this company to work at.

ant think of any cons for working at AFH.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2017-12-12

Manager

Current Employee, more than 8 years

Newmarket, England, England

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If you can work here

A great place to work with a really caring and great employer

Sometimes you have to wash up your own cup !!

AFH-Wealth-Management

2018-01-29

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee

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Administration

Really nice community, lots of benefits for employees.

nothing that i can think of- i love working here

AFH-Wealth-Management

2018-07-05

Anonymous Employee

Former Employee, more than 3 years

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Could be so much better

Lots of talented and friendly people. Real opportunity for this to be a good company.

The talented and friendly people are woefully managed. The management are self-centered and short sighted. Mostly interested in protecting their own jobs. When many of the staff are paid at minimum wage having the MD turn up in a Rolls Royce doesn't help

AFH-Wealth-Management

2018-08-02

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee, more than 3 years

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Employer of choice

Top CEO with a vision and desire to make things happen..

There are none... it's what you make it.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2018-09-07

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee

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Good place to work

Very professional manner and lots of opportunity for ambitious people to excel.

There are none to point out

AFH-Wealth-Management

2018-12-04

Anonymous Employee

Former Employee

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In the process of trying to provide the best service for clients they have forgotten about their staff

The compressed hours structure works well where you get a day off in the week. The staff within each department are lovely and you can make some great friends for life here.

I genuinely believe AFH have a good offering for clients and try to put their best interests at the heart of the business decisions however in doing so they have completely forgotten about the staff who are the people that provide that back office service to clients. If your staff are happy, feel well cared for, listened to and fairly remunerated for what they do then they will respect the company and want to deliver a service to the best of their ability. If you don’t do these things, which unfortunately is the case at AFH, the reverse is true. They focus too much on ‘cheap labour’ and harbour an atmosphere of ‘us and them’ between senior management and staff. I genuinely believe the CEO wants to do right by the staff but he is surrounded by yes people who shelter him from what’s really happening on the office floor. They don’t look after their own, people who have been loyal to the company for many years, other than those who have made it to a seat at the board table. When it comes to promotions, they prefer to recruit externally rather than those with experience who have worked their way through the ranks which is often a cause of frustration for staff who keep being promised their next promotion is just around the corner. HR is a shambles and you wouldn’t want to tell them anything remotely confidential otherwise it’s round the office as gossip in no time at all. They certainly don’t want people who will challenge the order of things or suggest a new way of thinking. It is a shame as I think the company has a lot of potential but unfortunately, despite beating you over the head about being ‘the employer of choice’, right now they are anything but. The company is growing rapidly but unless they do something soon about the multitude of unhappy staff (I interacted with all the departments in the business and almost every single person felt the same way), the entire back office support system will collapse and they won’t have any long term, knowledgeable or experienced staff to hold the business up.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2018-12-11

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee

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Supremacy

Great place to have a career. I joined fresh out of university nearly 7 years ago. The company has been on an amazing growth journey, certainly since then which it has been a privilidge to be a part of. The below is a list of the benefits to me personally, and is not exhaustive. -Scope for career progression to those that demonstrate the hunger and the skills required. It must be noted that you need to be realistic with your ambitions and a career is a career and not an overnight process. AFH reward loyalty, and if you demonstate the right abilities and attributes for more senior positions, combined with becoming an experienced team member and obtaining any examinations (if required), you will find yourself climbing up the career progression scale and experience the benefits that come with that increased responsibility. -Full financial support for relevant examinations which are approved by your line manager. I have had many exams and material paid for over the years which has supported me a lot and has always been fully appreciated. -The staff. Amazing, friendly people throughout the business and many friends for life who I have met through working there both past and present workers. This makes a working day so much better when you have good people around you. -Package aside from salary includes pension, a reasonable amount of healthcare (primarily dental and optical) and an annual bonus. There have been sweeteners in the past e.g. share options which for a growing company can be extremely lucrative. There is also a really attractive tiered loyalty bonus scheme which if in it for the long haul can be very welcoming. -Social aspect is really good. Christmas party, summer ball, summer BBQ, and annual charity football match to name a few. -AFH sponsor a charity each year and there are many interesting events throughout the year which staff are invited to join in on from conquering Snowdon, running in Birmingham 10k, skydives, pub quiz or just good old bake offs. -Compressed working pattern offered to certain workers (not all). A benefit I consume and it’s something that is not easy to put a price on. A working week compressed into 4 days allowing for the same rate of pay, but 3 days off in a working week instead of 2. Something I put a high value on personally.

I genuinely have no cons to working here. You get out what you put in. Over time, if you demonstate the right attributes, skills, attitude and work ethic this will be rewarded.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-03-06

Anonymous Employee

Former Employee

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Great Company, Shocking Salary

The company is very large so there is room for career progression. There is also great benefits and flexi hours.

The salary is terrible, even when progressing into another role with more responsibility the salary still is not good.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-03-30

Investment Analyst

Current Employee

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Nasty place to work

Some senior management very knowledgeable

Many staff very vindictive and eager to ruin other people's careers for the sake of their own. It's either their way or no way

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-04-11

Anonymous Employee

Former Employee, more than 3 years

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I Strongly Advise Against Joining AFH Wealth Management

The pros to employment at AFH Wealth Management are only apparent if you are a favourite employee or you are straight form school/university or college and no no other working environments. The benefits on top of your salary could be a desired addition to your employment, however, most people do not use said benefits so they are effectively nul and void.

The environment is extrememely biased in that if you are one of the chosen ones then your time there can be rewarding and enjoyable, however, if you are professional, accomplished and have experience from working in other estsblishments then you are seen as 'not the AFH way'. The senior managment leave a lot to be desired. Most people there will hinder your career as opposed to progress it as it is a vindictive and malicious environment. The salary accross the board is undesirable in that 2 people could be doing the same role and the favoured party will be paid considerably more as they are a 'yes person' and most likely affraid to challenge for positive and productive outcomes. Contempt breeds with endless gossip. The investment ethos also leaves a lot to be desired and many other investment companies in the midlands have better returns in comparison and therefore are better businesses in practice. The position that I carried out allowed me to gain knowledge of the business and its employees from a higher level of access and I am qualified to say that my comments are knowledgable and accurate. Avoid AFH if you want to progress fairly and be rewarded for your hard work.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-05-02

Anonymous Employee

Former Employee, less than 1 year

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Horrible

Training is rush not a nice environment too many cliques

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-07-28

Financial Advisor Trainee

Former Employee, less than 1 year

Birmingham, England, England

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Truly horrific!

Nothing! The whole package was completely mis-sold. All sounded too good to be true and it was.

Lack of support to develop. The HR team is a shambles.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-07-30

Protection Consultant

Former Employee, less than 1 year

Nottingham, England, England

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COWBOYS AVOID

hours ok colleagues and line managers are really nice

i worked at their AFH Insure division, give you leads that are impossible to work. Training pretty much none existent. Desk managers cant help as they are expected to generate their own sales and struggle to help their team to improve the overall desk revenue. Cold calling the same people over and over again even when told not to ring back. I spent last week ring people over 70 if they want life insurance, or reviewing old policies. Cancel your current policy and then take out one with less cover for more money.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-08-08

Administrative

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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Good place

Friendly people, almost like a family!

Progression is hard, almost feels like the supervisors/managers don’t want progression sometimes. Pay is too low

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-08-15

T&C Supervisor

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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Forward thinking company with very supportive senior management

I joined AFH in December 2017 and have found them to be a truly great company to work for. On week one meetings were arranged for me with all the Senior Managers from the various departments so I could understand the different parts of the business. There is a good positive atmosphere at AFH and you are actively encouraged to talk openly about any issues including with the CEO. The benefits package is good but just as important, you are made to feel valued and recognised for a job well done. I work with many teams across AFH and find them to be helpful and generous with their time. Good work / life balance is also very much in evidence.

No cons to speak of

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-09-12

Financial Advisor

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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Fabulous company with fabulous people and great values

I jumped from a bankassurance world into the world of IFA and was very careful about selecting AFH as I interviewed with plenty of companies before choosing this one. Everything they told me about themselves was true, as I found out later, and they put their money where their mouth is when they say they put clients first, which is incredibly refreshing after working for banks who say one thing and do another. Everyone is happy to help and support you where they can, and I am left to do my own thing successfully and build my own business without micromanagement, which for me is crucial! AFH look after their staff well, and it's a pleasure to work for a company who you feel are working in the right way for their staff, themselves and their clients.

Nothing worth mentioning at all.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-11-08

Compliance

Former Employee, more than 3 years

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Great place to work

Friendly staff, knowledgable individuals, good training and support

Progression can be slow in some departments

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-11-10

IFA Administrator

Former Employee

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Former employee review

Friendly team Good benefits and pension

No progression None sorry

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-12-03

Manager

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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Excellent employer

AFH really does pride itself on looking after it's clients and this is evident in the way it supports staff to progress with qualifications. Individuals who work for AFH get the opportunity to develop and progress if they put the work in. Lovely office and very friendly staff.

None I can think of.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2019-12-10

Change

Former Employee, more than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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If you have any morals avoid this terrible employer

The multiple Xmas & Summer events which the CEO's PAs spend their whole time organising.

Too many to list unfortunately. IMO and based on my experiences there: Unless this is your first job where you get some workplace experience, don't apply. Extremely unethical practices Senior Leadership Team are mostly internally promoted therefore leave very little to be desired in terms of how to actually run a business. Toxic culture SLT like to talk about innovation or change but have no idea how to implement or probably even want to HR team are also incompetent and I personally was privy to numerous unethical practices when recruiting.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2020-01-07

Administrative

Former Employee

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The most demoralising job I have ever had.

Staff events throughout the year.

One particular department lets the whole company down. HR are absolutely useless. Grievances and exit interview complaints are completely ignored. If you value your self esteem then I would look elsewhere.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2020-01-20

Administrator

Current Employee, more than 3 years

Bromsgrove, England, England

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Great Place to Work!

Approachable staff Client focused Staff Benefits are increasing Great way to get your foot in the door Progression and movement is encouraged

Salary for administration staff needs to be looked into. (Extra £2-4k a year to match other companies will improve statistics)

AFH-Wealth-Management

2020-02-20

Administrative

Current Employee

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Great to work at

Friendly people, genuine attempts to engage and upskill staff, excellent progression opportunities if you're prepared to work for it

Tiny bit old fashioned in certain ways I.e. dress code, old style sales techniques etc

AFH-Wealth-Management

2020-02-29

Member Of Technical Staff

Current Employee, more than 1 year

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Self centred business with poor focus on genuinely developing staff morale or giving proper service to customers.

Some genuinely nice people do work here with some passion for their job.

Too many 'vanity projects' and self promoting agendas run by various individuals and departments, none of which build pride in employees to work here nor genuinely improve relationships with customers.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2020-06-05

Back Office Support

Current Employee, more than 3 years

Bromsgrove, England, England

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A mixed bag, but on balance more negative than positive

A growing and profitable company. Flexible hours, compressed hours and part time working are all potentially available. Ability to buy and sell holidays. Reasonably diverse mix of employees at lower levels. Reasonable office facilities and friendly staff.

Autocratic, very much a “my way or the highway” organisation. Quality control an issue, with an emphasis on volume rather than quality. Largely ineffective middle management. Training and upskilling are low priorities. Some job insecurity, the company can be quite ruthless when managing out people.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2020-06-08

Anonymous Employee

Former Employee, less than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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Avoid

Working hours Some of the people you work with My actual boss (not supervisor) was supportive and did try to make me feel more comfortable.

Supervisor made me very uneasy from the start never introduced me to the rest of the team, not a people person and wasn’t approachable. was not supportive and expects you to know exactly what you’re doing even if you have never been in that sector before.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2020-10-01

Office Administrator

Former Employee, more than 3 years

Bromsgrove, England, England

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The people both make and destroy this place

Great people in some places, excellent Christmas/Summer parties

Poor pay, huge gap for pay between senior management vs those who support them, managers who bully yet you are the one driven away, lack of flexibility

AFH-Wealth-Management

2021-02-05

Quality Control

Former Employee

Birmingham, England, England

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Very low salaries

Majority of the people there are lovely, and that’s about the only pro

Salaries are much lower than market competitors and there is no standard salary ladder, they just pay each individual person whatever they can get away with. Most of management is shocking and know nothing about how the company/processes work - or how to manage a team, young girls just go for the promotion for the higher pay but are not capable of doing any management role There is no progression at all

AFH-Wealth-Management

2021-02-07

IFA Administrator

Former Employee, less than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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Good

Nice environment, love people, not too stressful

Management can be clicky at times

AFH-Wealth-Management

2021-02-07

Investment Operations

Former Employee, more than 1 year

Birmingham, England, England

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AFH Review

-Great People -Heading in a good direction generally

-Low Salary -Middle Management likes to micro Manage -Staff Retention in Investment Admin team very low

AFH-Wealth-Management

2021-02-24

Manager

Former Employee, more than 1 year

Birmingham, England, England

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Close knit

Friendly, engaged, all staff members can be close to CEO with a 'family' environment

Views itself as a boutique, not able to break out of a mould

AFH-Wealth-Management

2021-03-23

Administrative

Former Employee

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Great for people, not for work

You meet lovely people and make long life friends

It's not a good work environment and you're not looked after!

AFH-Wealth-Management

2021-04-06

IFA Administrator

Current Employee, less than 1 year

Bromsgrove, England, England

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Excellent Working Place

Friendly coworkers. Ready to help at any moment. Feels like a family.

IT accessories are old and cheap - monitors, mouse, etc.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2021-04-14

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee, more than 3 years

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Good company

Transition from office working to home working was seamless. Provided with all equipment with no disruption to workflow. Lots of social events throughout the year to raise money for charity in the local community, recently these have been online and are always a success. Lots of experienced staff in the company to refer to for advice/help

Not a very competitive salary, however this will generally be increased based on personal performance.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2021-04-17

IFA

Current Employee, more than 3 years

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Great company

* Great support if you need it * Flexible working approach * No micro managing (Huge one for me!) * Friendly and helpful team * Fantastic earnings potential

* Honestly at present I don't think there are any and unless the culture changed completely, I will remain working there long term.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2021-05-08

Customer Engagement Executive

Former Employee, less than 1 year

Birmingham, England, England

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Awful company to work for.

Horrible experience working here. Would not recommend.

Awful management Micro management Only care about numbers and money not the happiness of their staff Happy to go against government guidelines and risk the health and safety of staff members to prematurely make staff go into the office even though people were t pleased with it- when I told them I was unhappy with the 6 days notice they terminated my contract with immediate effect for this reason They don’t care about their staff at all and if you raise an concerns or voice your own opinion they will get rid of you with no valid reason and will not follow any procedure.

AFH-Wealth-Management

2021-05-12

Client Engagement Executive

Former Employee, less than 1 year

Birmingham, England, England

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Terrible- avoid like the plague

None, they lie about working hours, bonuses, projects and pay

-Unachievable bonus unfairly set by manager -bullying -MICROMANAGEMENT -long hours -no sympathy to people who travel or have children -Manager is extremely rude and condescending -High staff turnover -Mistreatment of staff -False promises -Lied to about job role-it was cold calling -If you challenge management you are fired without warning or proper procedures -Do not follow covid guidelines -Poor response from hr and manager as a whole -Insufficient workload but then have the cheek to ask you what you're doing

AFH-Wealth-Management

2021-05-13

Administrative Assistant

Former Employee, more than 1 year

Worcester, England, England

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Steer clear

There are none to speak of

Borderline bullying, nepotism, overworked - steer clear

AFH-Wealth-Management

2021-05-13

Mortgage and Protection Advisor

Former Employee, more than 1 year

Taunton, England, England

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Mortgage Advisor

Good company to work for

Communication between departments is lacking

AJ-Bell

2014-06-27

SIPP Administrator

Current Employee, more than 3 years

Manchester, England, England

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Job stability

Feel my job is safe and the company is doing well

A little dated at times. Not very forth coming with flexibility u less you have kids. No recognition when passing industry exams.

AJ-Bell

2015-02-16

SIPP Administrator

Current Employee

Manchester, England, England

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Shambolic at times!

The operations staff are generally good people and hard workers. Next door to a pub... Trust me, you'll consider it to be a pro after a couple of weeks working here. Not much else.

Regular issues with the various computer systems, sometimes creates a perfect storm in which next to no work can be achieved. Almost non-existant progression ladder. Experience and hard work generally remains unacknowledged by management. Equally, industry qualifications seem to count for nothing. Low pay compared to similar positions in other companies. Lack of communication between management and the staff.

AJ-Bell

2015-06-21

Team Leader

Former Employee, more than 3 years

Manchester, England, England

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Growing provider

The core staff, managers and above, have been there for 10 years or more. It means there is a stable environment to work in. Some recent investment has led to more opportunities in IT and operations.

As managers have been there for 10 years or more, the opportunities to move up are few and far between. Like a lot of companies, directors have their favourites who will move up regardless of experience or talent.

AJ-Bell

2015-07-01

Former Employee, more than 3 years

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Average company

Good team work Life / work balance

No development Lack of leadership Poor low and medium level management Career progression opportunities only for favorite employees

AJ-Bell

2015-09-25

Pensions Administrator

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Manchester, England, England

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Pension admin

Friendly colleagues. It was a good sociable friendly environment to work in. Everyone genuinely wants to help each other.

Salary was very basic. I felt that for the pressure and amount of work, the salary elsewhere is much higher and a lot more competitive.

AJ-Bell

2015-12-04

Please Select

Former Employee, more than 3 years

Manchester, England, England

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Biased managers, stepping on others to work their way up the ladder

"Foot in the door" as a junior staff member, to gain some experience before moving on elsewhere. SOME genuinely nice people who work hard (without appreciation) and a close social circle.

Will only progress if you know the right people. HR department are not worthy of being the "go to" for staff members as they are not trusted and underhand/biased promotions. No flexibility with hours. Hire too many "kids" so they can pay cheap wages - and therefore no-one gets treated like an adult or trusted. If you're not liked by the right people you're bullied out.

AJ-Bell

2016-02-09

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee

Manchester, England, England

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Employees have only little to say to get things done and there's not enough of resources to be able to do good job

company that pays sick days, friendly colleagues, good training programme and and the availability for professional study support to those who interested

Not very strong work ethics especially on the team I worked, People should take a more positive approach to work and not just "do the job". Hard performers are neither recognised nor rewarded, not very good basic pay and enormous amount of workload within an understaffed team that's main focus should be clients.

AJ-Bell

2016-04-26

Property Administrator

Current Employee, more than 5 years

Manchester, England, England

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Good company

some good perks e.g buy holidays, holiday allowance increases per year, small biannual bonus. There is a great socialising with team colleagues too.

Underpaid therefore experienced staff leave making the role harder to do. The company should increase wages and give people incentives to stay.

AJ-Bell

2016-05-23

Former Employee

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Tunbridge Wells office - ONLY good for first-jobbers; otherwise avoid

Great Experience for 18months - 2 years if straight out of school/university and looking for a career in Financial Services. If you're lucky enough to get a parking spot in town (waiting list) - this is the most valuable benefit on offer (no really - financially the parking space is worth more than the pension). Easy life if you live locally.

Pay in the Tunbridge Wells office matches the pay in the Manchester office so is CONSIDERABLY below market. I TRIPLED my salary within a year of leaving. Progression is limited and there is rampant favouritism and cronyism. No Salary bands are provided either so there is severe opaqueness in pay structure, which inevitably leads to huge turnover (over 30% in 2014, I believe) when people do learn of colleague's salaries. The benefits, particularly the pension (3% matched - which by the way will be mandatory for all firms in 2018), are so terrible such that tea-making facilities are listed as a benefit on the employment contract. Ironic how bad the pension is, given that pensions form a large part of business. Other benefits: Death in Service (but only 3x). Town centre car parking, but there is waiting list of around a year. That's it. They do offer to pay for training for the most basic qualification (the IOC), but very inflexible for additional training. They refused to allow me take time off for to do the study course for highly recognised CISI Diploma even though, because they refused to pay for it, I had forked out £1500 for it. They insisted time off for study come out of holiday! Massive dislocation between the Tunbridge Wells (TW) and Manchester (HQ) offices. TW office ignored by the head honchos in Manchester as a satellite office, but still didn't have any autonomy (there was no single individual in charge of the 120+ staff at the TW office). Very disjointed management structures. HR were very disinterested and Senior Management are worse. When there were three consecutive years of poor results on the annual Times Best Companies survey - management told the junior staff and team leaders to identify the specific issues causing the disgruntlement, work out some solutions and report their findings to management (to implement, if they felt like it). Senior Management didn't get involved until all the work had aleady been done! There were also a lot of recurring problems,e.g. Data Protection Breaches that were being reported to the Board on a monthly basis, but the Board rarely, if ever, did anything about them. There was no top-down reinforcement of culture as the Board had no interest in the day-to-day running of what is still quite a small business, nor the staff.

AJ-Bell

2016-05-23

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee

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Worst company ever, do not work for them

There are no pros. Unless you consider a random visit from the CEO as a pro.

This company states that their core principles are personal, human, ethical and have staffs best interests at heart. This is completely untrue. This company treats staff like the dirt on their shoes and do not care about them. It is all about corporate decisions with complete disregard to the staffs' feelings. HR department...a joke. They act like they are approachable but in fact they work for the company, not for the staff. Massive difference between senior management and everyone else...take it as you will. Bunch of hypocrites. They give you incentives which you think are amazing, but in fact are the worst incentives in comparison to other companies in the same industry.

AJ-Bell

2016-06-15

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee, more than 3 years

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Great colleagues, horrible bosses.

The company hires decent, hard working people in a range of ages who do their best. We can make our own hot drinks and we have dress down Fridays.

From the top down. If you're a woman, forget it, unless you're married to someone else at the top. (Nepotism is rife here). Managers have no interest in staff welfare and have allowed bullies to thrive in their positions unchallenged, leading to a poisonous culture of bad mouthing and interteam rivalry which does nothing for customer outcomes. Want transparency in pay, flexible hours, supportive management, bosses who actually follow the company's published principles? Forget it. If you want to turn up, get paid, go home and go nowhere, this is the place to work. It's a pensions company with a terrible pension scheme. This tells you everything you really need to know.

AJ-Bell

2016-08-04

Current Employee

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Pensions Administrator

People make the place, the best Manager I've had in a long time (who since moved on...), Tesco outside...

Management issues, salary is lower than average & high employee turnover.

AJ-Bell

2016-08-18

Anonymous Employee

Former Employee, more than 8 years

Manchester, England, England

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Team Leader

Nothing - Managers think they are some kind of big shot and only look out for mates and give them jobs

Managers just give mates a job, absolutely no prospects and they will regret letting all the experienced staff leave because they are doing

AJ-Bell

2016-08-25

SIPP Administrator

Former Employee, more than 1 year

Manchester, England, England

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A half decent stop-gap - nothing more

Friendly colleagues Free tea bags Tesco + Subway

Management are detached Monotonous Ambition is frowned upon Progression impossible

AJ-Bell

2016-09-14

Operational Finance Assistant

Former Employee, more than 8 years

Manchester, England, England

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Falling short where it really matters

People. Some of the best people I have met let alone worked with. Reasonable holiday allowance and decent social events.

Poor salary. Support to progress is non existent. There is a huge 'Face fits' culture. Poor operating systems. Training is lacking.

AJ-Bell

2017-01-28

Business Analyst

Current Employee

Manchester, England, England

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Fantastic

Excellent place to work, soon to be moving the main office based in Manchester to a new building the whole move having taken consultations of staff into account at every level, the company culture is fantastic and staff are friendly and helpful. Joy to work for and brilliant opportunities to come.

Parking can be an issue and there could be more social engagements available.

AJ-Bell

2017-01-29

Graduate Test Analyst

Former Employee

Manchester, England, England

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Very close-minded and non-supportive management

Good work colleagues and decent pay

Very poor management and lack basic understanding of diversity.

AJ-Bell

2017-02-03

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, England

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Great company to work for!

Caring atmosphere. Friendly co-workers. In house training & progression. Study support. Flexible working.

Communication in certain situations & could have higher pension contribution from the company.

AJ-Bell

2017-02-03

Senior Transfers Administrator

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, England

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Amazing career opportunities and great atmosphere

AJ Bell is an excellent place to work, the culture and atmosphere is fantastic and staff are friendly and helpful. The company is amazing for career progression and management support your aspirations. An absolute pleasure to work for. The location is perfect right in the centre of Tunbridge Wells, close to local amenities and good for team social events.

Parking is an issue around Tunbridge Wells but there is ample non-resident street parking around the town and some on-site parking available to staff and easy access to rail links.

AJ-Bell

2017-02-03

Trainee Accountant

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Trafford Park, England, England

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Working at AJ Bell

- Great opportunities for training and career progression. I am currently studying towards the ACCA qualification and AJ Bell offer full study support with paid study leave. - Rotations within the Finance department have meant that I have gained exposure to many of the key areas such as purchase ledger, sales ledger, cashbook and stat accounts. - Great team atmosphere!

- Current building is slightly dated however we are moving to a brand new location early this year which has great new facilities including a gym and social areas.

AJ-Bell

2017-02-04

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Manchester, England, England

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Great Company

Very friendly office. Good management structure and lots of opportunities for progression.

Current office slightly dated, but with a move to a new office space in a few months, nothing to worry about.

AJ-Bell

2017-02-06

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee

Manchester, England, England

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Reputable forward thinking company

Varied workforce, from graduates to more experienced members of staff, all friendly. Good social aspect, easy to get involved. Study support is very good when utilised. The company are often flexible to individual needs and management are down to earth and easy to get on with.

Parking is an issue, and the building is outdated however the move to EQ4 early this year will go some way to addressing these.

AJ-Bell

2017-04-03

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee, more than 5 years

Manchester, England, England

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Great company

Recruitment in our area is great, they employ the person not the skills, so there's a great team and people get on really well together. Very little politics and negativity, everyone seems to be pulling in the same direction which is not true of many companies I've worked for. Excellent career progression for those willing to work hard and make the effort, good work and "above and beyond" recognised and rewarded

Current building is very shabby, but we're moving soon. Sometimes it feels like your asked for an opinion on something even though the decision is already made. Can take a while to replace people, suspect down to recruitment policies (see 'pros' list). Pension offering not great in current market

AJ-Bell

2017-04-24

PA, Human Resources Support, Training and Development Support

Former Employee, less than 1 year

Manchester, England, England

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Great company

Great company culture with lots of training opportunities. Lots of support from colleagues and management. Lots of events and volunteer opportunities to get involved with.

Parking is limited but with the new site move this should hopefully be resolved.

AJ-Bell

2017-05-05

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee, more than 10 years

Manchester, England, England

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Great opportunities for hard workers

Opportunities to progress, support towards professional qualifications, social events, great working environment, great team morale

Nature of business doesn't allow true flexible working

AJ-Bell

2017-07-05

Anonymous Employee

Former Employee, more than 3 years

Manchester, England, England

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AJ Bell

Fast moving, exciting organisation with a great culture and colleagues.

Benefits (e.g. pension) package not as competitive as it could be for sector

AJ-Bell

2017-09-08

Current Employee

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Placement

Great team Lots of support In house training

Can be stressful during busy periods

AJ-Bell

2017-09-26

Current Employee

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Career progression

New Offices Career progression - all jobs open internally, apprenticeship scheme Company performing extremely well Free gym and pay day drinks

Lack of free parking - Have to apply for a space

AJ-Bell

2017-09-26

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee

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My first few weeks at AJ Bell

Fantastic staff Innovative and forward thinking company Organically growing and investing in its people Strong values and guiding principles Focussed on well-being Great facilities and environment Investment in to learning and development Clarity of company direction and goals Accessibility of senior leaders in the business Good social activities Supports local community

The only "con" for me is the distance from my house. Not really much AJ Bell can do about that!

AJ-Bell

2017-10-17

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee, more than 1 year

Manchester, England, England

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Wish I'd known AJ Bell were local to me sooner

Really friendly staff and great team culture Excellent career prospects Lots of emphasis on learning & development Brilliant induction program Facilities- next to tram stop, gym, pay day drinks, cafe, post office, newsagents

Very busy, not making full use of all facilities, but this will change as the team develops

AJ-Bell

2018-01-02

Former Employee

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PCLS placement student

Great team, lots of support and training. Excellent facilities All staff are given level one introductory training about each of the different business areas, from here it is up to you whether to take this further but even as a year long placement student I was encouraged to take this further for my personal development. As a placement student I wasnt offered to complete my professional exams as it was a fixed term contract but they do offer it for long term employees. I had a great team around me and excellent mentors. I found the team leader (Martin) and manager (Lauren) to be full of knowledge and always there to push me to strive for better. The team itself was really approachable and everyone was happy to help where they could. I had quite a lot of interaction with other departments and it was really nice to see that there was a big family vibe across the business. The job itself has definitely helped me with my business awareness and the skills I learnt have meant that I have been able to secure a graduate scheme with one of the bulge bracket investment banks.

Everyone was really knowledgeable in the team but there was a cap in the number of senior admins. Remove the cap and give people promotions (atleast to this level) based on skills and not vacancies Update computer systems (I know this was happening when I was leaving) but I don’t know how it turned out

AJ-Bell

2018-03-01

Administrator

Current Employee, less than 1 year

Manchester, England, England

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Avoid at all costs

just for a pay check

They don't give people a fair chance, the basic HR system of aptitude tests doesn't work when it comes to employing new people or promoting those at junior levels

AJ-Bell

2018-05-21

Team Leader

Current Employee, more than 3 years

Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, England

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Good Company

Great atmosphere and you can speak to people of all levels

systems need a lot of work

AJ-Bell

2018-09-10

Transfers Administrator

Former Employee, more than 1 year

Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, England

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Transfers Administrator

Everything - great team, fair work loads, lots of support and great social / charity culture.

None - only reason I left was they closed the Tunbridge Wells office

AJ-Bell

2018-10-25

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee, more than 5 years

London, England, England

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Good opportunities to progress - an improving company

Plenty of opportunities for the right people to progress. Not afraid to spend money when needed. Not overly bogged down by management over-involvement.

Very different cultures between Manchester & London offices, which are not always to the benefit of the company. The company is so driven to remain at the bleeding edge of the industry, that it ignores what it already has. Embarrassingly poor benefits package. Customer service could be better - you get what you pay for.

AJ-Bell

2019-04-18

Anonymous Employee

Current Employee, less than 1 year

Manchester, England, England

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Great place to work!

Family spirited workplace, when I walk around the floors I see everyone getting on with each other and having a laugh whilst being productive. Fantastic Christmas party, payday drinks each month, paid volunteering opportunities (organised through work). Modern & bright office. Amazing L&D opportunities and paid learning for work. Monthly leadership breakfasts with directors/heads of departments, free breakfast. Staff are kept updated with business progression, amazing atmosphere when we launched our IPO in December 2018.

Lower than average pension contribution. Low holiday allowance (but increases with service and buy holiday scheme).

AJ-Bell

2019-05-09

Customer Service Administrator

Former Employee, more than 1 year

Salford, North West England, England, England

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Great Stepping Stone

Great Company Great colleagues to work with Interesting work if you're lucky

Terrible upper management who dump things on you Promotions are very biased within the company, interviews are more for show when going for a promotion as the decision is likely to have already been made