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Wellcome-Trust

What is the best part of working at the company?
I don't really know what to say. best part might be the Friday nights, we had bar night every Friday night. It was fun and chill.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Oh definitely the big events with lot of people to serve. That is the most stressful because a lot of things could go wrong.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good work environment, everyone was nice, nobody would come to you to tell you to work faster, it was all about team work and it was fun.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A day would start with cleaning the cups, glasses polishing, cleaning rooms, setup rooms for meetings and always keep the place tidy and clean. Not really a stressful job but covid happened and they had to reduce personnel and even shut down the whole building for a while. That's how I got fired and never got there before.

Our team provided security for the Trust's offices and public spaces in London.
We worked a four on four off days and night shifts, four teams rotating shifts.
We monitored all the alarm systems, access control, car park, first aid, meetings etc.
No one day was the same, we worked in a high pressure environment, with all the thing we did always going the extra mile.
It was amazing because we worked together, always putting the Trust first, being positive and ensuring the day went smooth for all departments.
Thanks to the wonderful team I had and support from management.

Currently working for this company and so far it has been the most stressful job that I have worked in.

not only do you have to do your job, but also do other peoples job since they don't know what they're doing. 

I was promised many things before joining the team for example, promotion they told me there are many opportunities to grow within the Wellcome Trust Foundation, but all that has happened is my workload being increased and my pay remaining the same.

my social life is practical nil, since the working ours are basically all day until 10pm. have no time to go out or anything.

overall not a fun place to work at

If you are lucky enough to have a good manager and team you will have a fab experience. If not it could be awful & is becoming more and more ‘corporate’ with more and more abusive behaviour especially from the new People team leaders who are forming a dictatorship and looking to destroy what is a wonderful supportive, positive culture.

I was given a placement at the Wellcome Trust for work experience. My time at the Wellcome Trust required me to quickly adapt to the working environment and use my skills and current knowledge to be able to use the softwares provided to be able to complete the tasks given. As well as this i was able to learn new skills and i was sure to expand my knowledge by asking appropriate questions, which showed i was able to communicate within a team and had the desire to learn new things.

I really enjoyed my time there.  Sure there were some office politics, but overall the Trust made their employees feel important most of the time I was there.  Unfortunately over the last year there has been some restructuring and a lot of insecurity.  Hopefully things will even out in the future.

The Wellcome Trust has some great ideas to work towards but let's itself down with the Senior Management constantly changing so making any change or driving business forward is always moving so defining any strategy is very difficult, 

Some of the work is repetitive and does feel like it's based back in  the early 90's but on the plus side, everybody is nice and everybody wants to help.

I was a contractor for several months and I have never felt more accepted and supported in any role I have ever done.

Unlike in many permament roles I have done they gave me training. (I have done so many jobs where they hire you to do X, then expect you to Y and they provide no training and expect you to be an expert in few weeks - not here!)

If it wasn't for my financial needs I'd go permament.

Worked days 8am till 4.30pm.  Manufacturing pharmaceuticals for various ailments.  Good job, Management supportive.  Culture very good, some tension between manufacturing and engineering but generally collaborative.  Hardest part of the job was problem solving out of specification products.  Most enjoyable was the variety of different products manufactured.

I would just like to apply for jobs on this website and not review my current employer. 

However since I am being asked to. There are great lab spaces where I work, good people, coffee and good team work. I have had opportunities to go to conferences and present back to the team. Generally staff are friendly and sociable.

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