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The management there is so so poor. They have too many managers for a company. The managers do not liase with each other which makes completing work very difficult.  Each time a manager gives you a procedure to follow, another managers moves the goalpost.  You have absolutely no say in anything, unless you are a high up manager, otherwise, it's the attitude of not doing it our way, there's the door.  They only want it to be their ideas and are not bothered about you're input, even if you have worked in the certain trade a long time.

Abri's focus is more efficiency than it is quality, all they want is to get stuff done quickly as possible, without caring what it looks like after. They also just want to buy out and take over every housing association about and trying to get bigger and bigger. They say they're empowering lives and all this, but when you report things, on the job, they never get done.  All they want is new build houses and robots as workers.

They lack the resources you want, saying they do not have enough money to pay for things, when however, they pay for whatever the managers want when it suits them.  For a trade job, the amount of paperwork you have to complete and hand in every day is diabolical. You would spend more time doing paperwork every week added up, then a days work.

Management will happily defend themselves when it suits them and will never take the blame, just come up with some excuse as to why its apparently your fault. They definitely play favourites and when you're not a favourite and try and raise valid concerns, there is a target on your back.

They also care more about their money than they do their workers, their health and safety is absolutely horrendous. They do not have the correct supporting documents and their regulations to try and avoid health and safety risks is a joke. They need to provide better equipment and also better control measures that can be implemented, however they care about their money too much.

It says they're a non-profit organisation, which is also a lie.

My job involves going out to various locations to clean communal areas and litter pick for blocks of flats and apartments. I do enjoy that part of the job and talking to customers. I also enjoy that we are given a van as part of the role and covers travel to and from work as we are allowed to take the vans home. vast majority of the staff are lovely at Abri not a bad word to say. However I do take exception with the way the top ground and cleaning manager is treating the staff at the moment. The person is being very controlling and ruining morale for the staff. the top manager is moaning about people's start and finish times. I get we are paid to do a job but is insisting we are at site bang on the dot start time and leave at exact finish time. does not seem to allow for various variables like traffic and school times. person is treating staff unfairly if they have needs like picking up children so the working is inflexible poor work life balance. When it was Silva homes it was lovely but the new management especially the top boss has come in and annoyed a lot of people without a care in the world as they think they know better. Abri treat their staff like naughty children and micromanage to the hilt. Job was laid back before and people didn't really take the mick but people were willing to go above and beyond as they were respected. now zero figs are given at work and no-one really cares anymore. I am fed up of the micromanagement people sat on their backsides watching where we are on their laptop every minute of the day rather than doing more productive things with their time. I don't like the top boss and think the person should leave to be honest but they won't.

What was once a truly lovely company to work for (When Radian), really supportive, collaborative and a family feel, everyone had each others back and helped when a mistake was made. Opportunities to progress were abundant and prospects high. 

However, since becoming Abri, the corporate culture and bad behaviours have crept in (looking for faults, passing the blame, micro management for statistics etc), and seemingly been rewarded by middle management (who do protect each other). The CEO would be shocked (I hope) to learn how staff are really treated, which goes against their "Values & Behaviours" internal monologue. There is still great potential at this company, but there is a lot of disorganisation, inexperience and all departments being under immense performance standards, that cannot be maintained in the long run. Another merger is imminent but they have not fully recovered from the last. I wish my old friends and colleagues there, all the best in their endeavours. A great shame it had to end, I thought I had found a company to retire at... but that was no longer possible, due to the way things had become. Some departments are more supportive than others, so be aware when you apply. I still think you should apply, just be cautious.

While this company may look good from the outside, I would advise caution. I found the management style to be overly restrictive with a heavy emphasis on tracking metrics, such as van telematics and strict job timings, leaving little room for autonomy.
​The workload is intense, often averaging 9 jobs a day without accounting for travel time in between. Furthermore, there is a toxic culture of pushback and intimidation if you attempt to hand work back due to time constraints. Work life balance is a major challenge, as it is common to be assigned a large volume of backlogged callouts immediately after finishing a scheduled shift while on call. Finally, the callout pay structure is highly problematic; when taking unpaid travel time across the area into account, the actual hourly rate effectively drops below minimum wage

As Radian, the company was great. Unfortunately,  Abri now concentrate too much on being the biggest housing association in the south rather than its customer needs and customer satisfaction. Pay is competitive and training programs are great. But, micromanagement is a huge down fall and higher management are bullies. Staff welfare is not considered with ridiculous time scales to collect unuseful data. Staff are given too many responsibilities with lack of resources to support needs of workers.

We all work remotely so log in when you can and get on with your work. MS Teams provides a good company wide collaborative platform for team mates to interact. Though there is a hierarchy in management, managers are very accessible and most tend to know you by name. Proactive and supportive work-culture and tasks are tailored to match and gently stretch your skills set. 

Management are clueless,the company seems to reward failure at the highest level,lots of back stabbing to climb the ladder,Micromanaging is very common.far to focused on the so called Abri values rather than the work that's being done,Management in place who clearly can't manage. Low morale throughout the work force.

GARY ORR CLEARLY HASN'T GOT A CLUE WHAT IS GOING ON ON THE GROUND.

Management will do anything to protect themselves, will happily chuck you under the bus. 

This was a much better place to work for when it was Radian, since becoming Abri the whole place has a blame culture and wants to help no one. 

If you do not meet goals or targets they will happily watch you fail then tell you how awful you are and compare you to other members of the team even if you ask for help. 

While there are a tiny minority of good people who work here and genuinely do the right thing for their colleagues, the atrocious “one size fits all” management styles at mid and senior levels of the company has cultivated a toxic culture where sycophantic employees and ego driven managers care only about what they have to gain from others.

No matter how desperate you are for a job , avoid this shower with your life. The amount of hassle and problems that they inflict on you will never be worth the money. 
Horrible management who close ranks on workers. 
Forced to be on site for 8 and travel to job in your own time. Absolute joke. Avoid. 

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Grounds maintenance worker 18 salaries reported	£27,257 per year
Partner 22 salaries reported	£33,328 per year
Cleaner 23 salaries reported	£26,051 per year
Gas engineer 15 salaries reported	£43,712 per year
Client advisor 13 salaries reported	£28,559 per year

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