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      Future

      Engaged Employer

      Future reviews

      3.2

      46% would recommend to a friend

      (712 total reviews)

      Kevin Li Ying

      65% approve of CEO

      37% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      2.8

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Senior management

      Future has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 712 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Future employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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      712 reviews
      1.0
      Nov 14, 2017

      Don't believe the good reviews of Future

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The creative teams, who barely got paid to live in this expensive area, were all amazing, passionate people that made quitting very difficult. We were like a family struggling to stay on a sinking raft. Upside, nearly everyone in the tech and games industry has worked at Future and oftentimes, you can bond over how miserable it is/was to work there. Anything higher than two stars for this company was either a brand new employee or upper management writing.

      Cons

      -There are no bonuses, there are no raises -They will shuffle your role at least twice, and one of those times will be a title demotion -Management is horrible; unless you're sucking up constantly to the UK, you will be a nameless peon of the Future mass -People were hired and fired, constantly. Lay offs of veteran Future workers happened every few months as well, and now there's probably only a handful of people there who've stayed 5 years or longer so don't expect to make this a long term career if you somehow decide to work there -Management puts inexperienced people in charge who only want to further their own careers at the expense of their peers below them -HR was great, then they fired the US HR team, then fired the one person later; HR is in the UK and not helpful at all -There's a huge disconnect between the US and UK but neither office has it better than the other; management across the board is horrendous and there is very little transparency -The CEO doesn't know anyone beyond her bubble in the UK -The US team is now a skeleton office of about 15 people or less.

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      Future Response
      8y
      Thanks for taking some time to leave a review. We are disappointed to hear how you feel your experience at Future was. Over the last year we have held regular feedback interviews with selected employees from across the group to gain their thoughts and recommendations so we can continuously improve Future. Based on your comments, we assume that you were part of our Future team in the US. The feedback we receive from our US team is markedly different from what you describe. As well, some of your assertions, such as the average tenure of our team and the amount of time the management team spends in the US, which is significant, aren’t accurate. It’s regrettable you left with the perception you currently hold as the US business is very important to us and we are investing in growing our teams in key locations. Bonuses are something that we have implemented this year and we are very proud to be paying everyone in Future a share of our profits and we expect this to continue in line with our success.
      1.0
      Nov 10, 2017

      Couldn’t stay more than a month

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lovely people in the team

      Cons

      No direction No support No proper training So much bad feeling Awful office environment Very hostile

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      Future Response
      8y
      Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. I am sorry that you were only with us for a month, we want all our new joiners to have a positive experience. Can I encourage you to reach out to Joan McGarian, Head of People Operations to share you specific concerns so we can work to ensure no-one else has a similar experience. We are also currently developing a new and exciting onboarding experience for all new starters to ensure that they are given the correct level of support and direction in their new role with the business. Best of luck moving forward.
      1.0
      Nov 9, 2017

      Good first job to put on the CV. Just don't stay too long.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Your working on exciting brands, Flexitime with options to WFH (If they trust you).

      Cons

      1. No job security (A lot of redundancies) 2. Company doesn't care about the staff (Your just a number that makes a number) 3. You're expected to work late around key events like Black Friday 4. High pressure from above 5. The company is constantly chasing money and forgetting about the users/products. 6. Poor Yes-man management 7. Backstabbing colleagues who are happy to throw you under the bus

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      Future Response
      8y
      Thank you for your feedback, we have some amazing brands and we are glad that you had the opportunity to work with them. We do recognise that Future has been through a challenging few years and, as you know, our people have worked tirelessly to turn the business around. We believe the benefit of this hard work is really starting to pay off and we are delighted to thank our employees in many ways including payment against the FY17 profit pool. We wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
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