Culture at Datacom New Zealand

Offers WFH flexibility, even though people are much more senior they're very nice and helpful. You don't feel like anyone is looking down on you.

My colleagues seem extremely professionals I am happy with my senior colleagues Onboarding and support is great

Company culture in the Christchurch office is very serious. People don't really engage with other teams and just stick to themselves in silos. You will have the odd kitchen chat with someone, but most people aren't keen to talk. The office is typically with full with older men, and as a 24 year old woman I don't love being in that environment so I tend to stick to myself or work from home. I don't love being in that environment as I feel like I can't be myself, and also that they approach work differently to how I wish to approach it. There is a big culture in the Christchurch office of powerful men wearing suits and using 'buzzwords' and other types of big language, whereas I prefer to take work in a more simple and casual manner. I still take my work very seriously, but I don't want others to feel intimidated or silly if they don't know what I'm talking about. The lack of presence of woman in the office is something I wish to be different. As i mentioned in my previous comment, it can be really hard to make change in the company. I have felt myself having to settle with things I am not happy with because 'it's just the way it is' and I have seen leaders and managers try to change things but be unsuccessful. As a graduate, this leaves me feeling a bit hopeless, like Datacom is stuck in the past and isn't willing to make progressive changes for the future to help engage better with clients or to treat their staff differently. I have felt a bit like a 'sheep' in a sense that I am not very valuable to Datacom. As Datacom is a big organisation, there are lots of moving parts and people, and I have felt that I don't matter to the wider organisation. My team, my manager and Nicole and Liz are amazing at looking out for me, and they have really made my time so far at Datacom great.

Everyone is polite and friendly. People here can be quite reserved and quiet and that is nice. The culture club tries their best to foster a social aspect at work but with a lot of people working from home it is often quiet in the office.

Often you are working on multiple projects for multiple teams, no core team vibe and very fractured

I believe the culture is healthy. In the office there are opportunities to be social whilst also having respectful boundaries. There are requests to complete additional work or over time but they don't come attached with the expectation to complete it. Outside of work I'm not familiar with the culture.

Our company promotes flexibility - people are free to work where they want, when they want. Collaboration between different teams mainly occurs amongst seniors/leads. We have morning teas most weeks on the designated day we come into the office, and every few weeks we will go out for dinner or have some sort of social event. Most of the people on my team are in a different city to me, so we work and collaborate remotely. Every 3 months everyone will fly in to work together for a couple of days and go out after dinner and have a good time.

Our team have created a culture and excellent collaborative work environment. However, this is not enough, as many companies have similar cultures and work environments.

Good culture. Encouraged to learn and upskill.