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Toxic environment and poor culture. In Y2 of a 3y cost reduction plan. Recently put pretty much the entire company at risk and went through a Fire & Rehire exercise, but backed this out when they realised they would lose too may staff. Some really good people there, but also some people who shouldn't be in the role they have - the shareholder/employee balance is always difficult, but when you start screwing your employees and they lose trust in the company, it's then hard to understand why morale/productivity etc. drop off. It will take quite some time to restore trust and the failed fire/re-hire process that was run in 2020 was so badly done it was almost laughable (starting with taking 12 months (!!!!) to tell the staff what the plan was). The old CEO who managed this used to run cinemas, and this was like a really bad B movie!

Good colleagues, good facilities, good on-site restaurant.
 
My day consisted of amending electrical engineering drawings, working under a 'Buddy' who was stressed and somewhat petulant.

As a large organisation they lack the care and support that they say they offer. 

I was dismissed suddenly in the middle of the afternoon with no warning or discussion of the issues that they said they had about my competence. In fact my 'Buddy' had just complimented my current work task and within minutes a man from from the management team asked me if he could have a word with me and said they were going to have to let me go!

To say I was shocked would be an understatement! beware if you don't fit their idea of an ideal worker you'll soon be out the door!

A typical day would involve arranging complete diaries for meetings around the world, typing of digital dictation, fielding all calls, answering queries both by phone and email, monitoring holiday and sickness leave for all staff and taking care of secretarial staff working for the business.

Dealing with disgruntled clients could be challenging, in the absence of my boss, but rewarding when problems could be solved.  Being proactive and trusted by my boss is important to me and a great working relationship was a priority and enjoyable.

Having a boss who was out of the office in meetings 90% of his day meant I was left to my own devices to organise his diary accordingly. He only needed to check his diary for his next appointment without being bothered about the setting up of meetings.

I can honestly say that this was the best contract I had ever worked on. The team were brilliant and friendly, the work was challenging but you knew you had people to get advice from and managers welcomed feedback and your own experiences to improve the way things were done.

I would have given 5 stars for job security but I was on a FTC so bit difficult. Good work/ life balance and a brilliant social club, loads of events to go to.

During my time here I learnt so much and gained so much experience working on a couple of major projects and still miss the place nearly 2 years later

Maybe I am naive or just lucky but I couldn't fault the place.

This company is currently in decline. When I joined the organisation had a thriving community dedicated to providing quality broadcast services to the public. 10 years on and the company is only 750 people with the majority of business units either divested or in the process of. Current Board have no interest in investing in the company feeling it lacks an ability to innovate however given the resources and skills available to this company one can only blame Management for not being able to convince them otherwise.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best was Leaving Arqiva  it was not professional by Arqiva how to treat staff.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The managers are unprofessional bully's and their knowledge of the business is very limited.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very sour its is run by unprofessional mangers who are bully's

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Long and lots of meetings for silly issues which half the managers don't have the knowledge to discus or implement policy's about. Too many chancers

What is the best part of working at the company?
Some of the people around you, only Some though, the rest are somewhat pretentious. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The hierarchy, don't give a dam nor do they care ,I'm alright Jack. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good clean environment when staff are behaving like adults ,sometimes, children have more respect for their surroundings. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
In the old days, it was varied and interesting but management always seem to break it when it's not broke.

Great company to start a career in the industry. However, the company is limited due to its style of management and outsourcing all technical and contractual resource, forcing the PM into often difficult and unavoidable positions with little to no help for resolving. Great at sending you on recognised courses, but extremely poor at showing new staff members the ropes and often leaving them in the deep end. No employee training on the systems or processes.

Arqiva is a great place to work endorsing a work/life balance. They encourage usage of the onsite facilities such as tennis courts, gym and have a great social activities schedule.

Whilst at Arqiva I gained experience in Service & Configuration Management and worked with some great people.

I also became a member of the social committee which introduced me to new skills, updating and creating social events on the company intranet.

Unprofessional business practices. Complete disregard for governance and risk management. Reactive culture means a ‘sticky plaster’ attitude to issues and no interest in continuous improvement. Invisible leadership along with significant lack of accountability from executive and senior management. Archaic silo culture. Lack of investment and continual restructuring. The business has no idea what its objectives are and how these can be achieved.  

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Engineer 1 salary reported	£43,500 per year
Project manager 3 salaries reported	£42,000 per year
Broadcaster 2 salaries reported	£34,230 per year
Scheduling coordinator 5 salaries reported	£24,126 per year
Analyst 1 salary reported	£56,000 per year

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