1. HR lied about working hours. This was apparent in the first day of work, when asked why this was the case, they said it was a misunderstanding between us. The emp that started a few weeks before me got the same impression, and then the same answer…
We managed to agree on a compromise about the working hours with the Client (which were astonished, but approached it with acceptance) that contracted us from PP.
This agreement was only for us as newcomers, not for the seniors which should have been an red flag between our HR and our Clients HR in my opinion, but that was not the case to my knowledge.
2. Client that contracted us though PP overestimated technical skills in multiple cases.
The knowledge transfer period was long, but it was not carefully overseen enough to spot the problems above. Essentially it was driven on a wrong estimate.
Senior colleges (PP emps) already on the project for years didn’t want to share knowledge, even though that was an assignment from the company that we were contracted for.
HR at one point admitted about difficulties in the past with a certain employee in the group, which was still on the team when i left, by stating that multiple (newer) team members came and went from it in the near past.
Although all sides need to be heard for an objective opinion and i’m sure the faulty technical interview proved to be a major reason for most of the misunderstandings. Team work was also on a low level because of it.
There might be happier stories and my story might just be a statistical error in comparison with all other past employee experiences,
but from the dishonesty I learned quite a big lesson that every promise made should always be, emphasis on always, in writing.
Never be ashamed to ask for those.
