Company culture & Human resources management:
- Inappropriate sexist and racist comments coming from the HR department, especially from the manager (woman) and the director(man). The only way your complaint is going through is through legal actions.
- The HR was threatening pregnant women
- Less than 5% of employees with a managerial position are women
Work-life balance & every day at work:
Working at AMD telecom means that each employee is obliged to offer their services 24/7 to two other platforms (routee, waymore), a beach bar, some hotels, a yacht, a horse stable, a pre-election campaign, and so on and so forth, without extra compensation and of course with the same strict KPIs. Last but not least, the CEO will send you tasks at 2 am (working hours were 9 to 5.30 pm)
Salaries, promotions & Professional development:
-There is no such thing as professional development, but you may get promotions without a raise. Salary payments were never on time (expect to get paid for the month between the 15th and 20th day of next month)
COVID:
-Management has no regard for human lives. During COVID the management wasn't respecting the employees' health and well-being. This means no ventilation, no masks, no distances and no disinfection of the working space.
Employee turnover:
-I've stayed with this company for almost 2 years, I've seen people resign on the first day, the first week, and by the time I resigned, I was a veteran! None on my floor has stayed longer than me! On LinkedIn you'll see that the average tenure is 1.4 years, I have to say that it's far less.
Customer relationships & business overall:
The company handles customers in a non-ethical way. At first, you can look away and act as this is not your problem, but if you want to work for a company you are proud of, this is not the place. I've heard or obliged to tell so many lies during my tenure that made me feel very uncomfortable. Also, all 5-star reviews are fake. Isn't it suspicious that there are bulk 5-star reviews on the same dates? The management threatened the employees to leave 5-star reviews - when this didn't work, he asked the HR coordinator to create 100 5-star reviews on the same day.
Premises and Equipment:
-Apart from Greece's and Bulgaria's departments, every other place the company claims to have premises, it's just a mailbox - don't fall for that. Thessaloniki's offices are so far from the city centre that it's not even Thessaloniki. There is no bus and the company won't assist you with your commute in any way. Athens offices are in the centre, but we are talking about an open space (room) with 4 desks.
-Equipment is absolutely the worst possible. I had to bring my own personal equipment and buy my own licences to do my job.