13. Jan. 2025
Reaktion von EECO2
2wThank you for raising these points. We'd rather respond to them openly than brush them aside.
On inclusivity, harassment and HR. These are the most serious matters raised, and we won't be defensive about them. Conduct of this kind has no place here, and we have formal procedures so that any such concern can be reported and properly investigated. What we honestly can't do is act on an anonymous, general statement with no person or incident attached. If anyone — employee or contractor, current or former — has experienced or seen something of this nature, we'd sincerely ask them to bring it forward formally. It will be heard and acted on, and we'd much rather be told and put something right than have it left here.
On bonuses and payments. No late salary payment to employed staff has ever been raised internally, and we're aware of none. Pay is benchmarked annually against CIBSE and Hays and held at mid-market as a minimum. Bonuses, where they apply, are discretionary and tied to clear criteria rather than guaranteed — something explained from the outset.
On workload and travel. This doesn't reflect how we actually work. Late and evening working is the exception, and where deadlines tighten we tend to adjust timelines rather than lean on people. Any role involving travel, weekends included, is set out clearly at interview and written into the contract, with pay structured to reflect it — and weekend travel is reimbursed, which is uncommon in our sector. None of it is sprung on anyone after the fact.
On leadership and culture. We won't pretend everything has always run perfectly — where ways of working stopped serving teams, we changed them. But the wider claims of favouritism and control are offered without a single example, which leaves little to engage with constructively.
On contractors. Contractors are engaged on separate commercial terms by design, and treating them as interchangeable with salaried staff tends to confuse rather than clarify.
We don't dismiss the frustration behind this. But the concerns that genuinely warrant attention can only be looked into through the proper channels — and those remain open to colleagues and contractors alike.
Response from the Management Team, EECO2