RINA reviews

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.

After the takeover from the former UK company Edif ERA, opportunity for career progression and promotion became impossible. The importance of certain disciplines and areas of expertise were not fully understood or recognised by the new management structure. Salary is also well below that of other similar defence engineering companies for certain consultancy positions. Exceptional performance is not rewarded, even though Team Management submit strong recommendations for this, as well as salary increases. It’s such a shame that the company wasn’t what it once was.