Poor Management since takeover by RINA - Anonymous employee RINA Employee Review

2.0
Nov 12, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good experienced staff who are enthusiastic about delivering high standards of service. Supportive team within the UK.

Cons

Since takeover by RINA - losing many experienced staff and RINA do not appear to be doing anything about it. Long chains of approval for recruitment and limit on salaries makes it difficult to recruit to replace staff. No one seems to have authority to agree anything. Lack of vision for UK and no cohesive strategy from RINA in Italy. Communication very poor, and IT infrastructure for meetings with Italy makes involvement very difficult. Language barriers and culture differences have not been addressed. Demotivated staff both in UK and Italy.

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