South32 reviews

Reading the recent review "on the way up" brought back all the negatives of working there. For this individual to completely discount the experiences and feelings of so many others, and put it all down to disgruntlement from restructures, is just typical of the way the company operates. And so is their suggested solution - more spin on social media?? South32 favours superficiality over substance, and quick lazy solutions over real effort. And when have senior leaders ever admitted to their mistakes? The core problem is that, in reality, they refuse to acknowledge them at all. Redundancy is just the icing on the cake; the real damage comes from working there, day in day out. And having been out for a little while redundancy actually seems like a favour, because life is so much better on the other side.

The organisational support structure ie the functional support and technology are systematically broken. It could be argued that the company would operate more efficiently if it went back to typewriters and carrier pigeons to communicate and pick axes and wheel barrows to mine. Technology Strategy: Nearly every new piece of software that has been rolled out has been a complete failure because it is not adequately funded or project managed. People Strategy: The current practice of bullying people with integrity out of the business and promoting sycophants and narcissists is going to be a tough situation to recover from. The amount of experience that has left the business is scary. Ultimately, whether deliberate or not, it is the workers that experience the brunt of the fall out from bad management and soon, no doubt, it will be the shareholders.