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'Worst place to work' in the UK revealed

'Worst place to work' in the UK revealed

Staff at the embattled Student Loans Company are suffering from such low moral that it now ranks as the worst place to work in the public sector – The Times reports.

Disgruntled workers are now taking to Glassdoor and Indeed.co.uk to vent their anger at substandard systems, inadequate training and “seriously below par” management.

Claims include: managers who make their jobs impossible; a workplace that destroys the soul; and team leaders who go out of their way to make things hard for customers.

Workers gave the Glasgow-based company a rating of 2.8 out of 5. Less than a third of staff would recommend working for the company. One finance assessor who works for the firm at Darlington wrote the below.

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