When it comes to Wren Kitchens I would ask about the staff retention and ask them about all the allegations of racism, bullying and unfair treatment in the genuine reviews, i.e. the 1 star reviews. The IT manager at Barton on Humber knows nothing about managing people, he might have pulled away from the programming and abstracted himself away into senior management but he knows nothing about managing people either. Communication with him is difficult and unclear, he shows signs or irritation vey quickly and any trivial little question you ask is a black mark against your name, even though you can't be expected to know the core business, bespoke elements of the role or things you don't claim to have experience of in the last 4 years. He tests you exhaustively but you don't in return earn any confidence or time to prove yourself, even if you don't have all the skills and thought the lower salary was a trade off, you will get sacked if you are not hitting the ground running by the end of the week. This all took place at the Manchester office. They are now trying to say they haven't received my references and my work contract isn't valid however I have emails from my references stating they were happy to supply references which proves references were requested and supplied. Basically from an employment perspective they are harsh, irresponsible and opportunistic.