Previously a great place but no longer would recommend - Anonymous atolls Employee Review

Hi, Thank you for sharing your honest and detailed feedback. We truly value your perspective, especially as someone who has been with Atolls for a long time. Your insights are invaluable as we strive to grow and improve. We’re glad to hear that you appreciate our remote working options, company culture, competitive benefits, and generous annual leave days. These are core aspects we take pride in and remain committed to maintaining as part of our dedication to employee well-being. At the same time, we recognize your concerns about the repetitive nature of work, lack of autonomy, and challenges with management communication and decision-making. We understand how frustrating it can feel to be unheard or unsupported. It’s important to note that Atolls offers over 200 different types of roles. Naturally, some roles may involve more repetitive tasks than others. We are committed to identifying opportunities for automation and leveraging AI to minimize repetitive work, allowing employees to focus on tasks that add greater value. Our company has undergone significant changes over the past months to adapt to external challenges and market dynamics. While many leaders made efforts to keep teams transparently informed and involved in solutions, we are sorry to hear this wasn’t the case in your team. To address these concerns, we are launching a new Leadership Program to equip managers with the skills and tools needed to support and lead their teams effectively. We are also deeply committed to providing fair career opportunities for all employees. For over a year, we’ve been actively promoting our internal job platform, where all open roles are posted for employees to explore and apply to, regardless of location. Additionally, we encourage employees to join the internal jobs channel on Slack to stay updated on new opportunities. Thanks to this transparent process, 15 employees worldwide successfully transitioned to new roles last year through our central internal hiring system. Ensuring fair compensation is another priority. As our company has grown through mergers and acquisitions, we’ve faced challenges such as inconsistencies in job titles and roles—similar work being labeled differently or identical work having varying titles. These inconsistencies complicated efforts to identify and address pay gaps. Over the past year, we’ve focused on building a strong foundation by collecting and analyzing existing jobs, introducing a common job grading system, and standardizing titles. These efforts have helped us pinpoint areas needing adjustment to align with the market. While we’ve made progress, we acknowledge there’s more work to do and will continue these efforts in the coming year. However, it’s important to note that budget constraints remain a factor as we prioritize the company’s stability in a challenging financial climate. We’ve also worked to harmonize and optimize our annual review process to ensure promotions are based on clear criteria, including strong performance and meeting role-level expectations. We’re sorry to hear that within your team, this process may not have felt fair, and promotions appeared tied to tenure alone. We encourage you to share further feedback or suggestions for improvement directly with our People & Culture team. If you have concerns about specific cases within your team, please reach out to your P&C business partner for support. Regarding bonuses, we offer them only to a limited group of roles where they align with the nature of the work and market standards, such as in sales. We hope this detailed explanation helps clarify the efforts we’ve made—and continue to make—to address the concerns you’ve raised. Thank you for sharing your thoughts; they are instrumental in helping us improve and ensure fairness across the company. Best regards, Your P&C Team.