Lifetime Training Employee Reviews

Lifetime was a good place to work. I worked there for 15 years, I felt valued and rewarded. People who work there are great and put the learner first.

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It used to be good. All about quantity and micromanaging now.

Advisor (Former Employee) - Bristol - 31 October 2023

Quite a few things led to my resignation. Very dismissive and in some cases, defensive when members of staff raise concerns/feedback. During a time of low morale, management set up a volunteer team that was to bring forth any concerns or issues the rest of the department raised. However, when we did speak up, the team was met with excuses and never good news for the team, obviously this team fell apart after a few months, they couldn’t bother with it. I supported with further responsibilities and was told there would be a senior role but nothing came. They started treating me differently after I handed in my notice. It was very obvious the main goal is quantity and sales emphasised, even if it was toxic or on the verge of micromanaging, Low morale was way too common. Only good thing was my colleagues, only reason I stayed so long.

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Culture

Trainer (Former Employee) - Bristol - 26 October 2023

The culture can be ok but there are often redundancies that can cause stress. Moral is low. It used to be so much better pre Covid but things have changed

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One of the best companies I have ever worked for.

Apprenticeship Courses (Former Employee) - Bristol - 26 October 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?One of the best companies I have ever worked for 5 star!What is the most stressful part about working at the company?I did not experience any stress whilst working for Lifetime Training - Excellent Team of people and skilllsWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Top Notch environment and cultureWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Excellent and very interesting day to day

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Insights into Lifetime Training

Based on 36 survey responses

What people like

Supportive environment
Time and location flexibility
Ability to meet personal goals

Areas for improvement

Energising work tasks
Overall satisfaction
General feeling of work happiness

Great place to work

Recruitment Coordinator (Former Employee) - Bristol - 31 August 2023

Had a great time working here! Team was friendly, workload was challenging but not overbearing. Meeting some tight deadlines can be stressful, but the team was great at dealing with them cohesively. Overall good experience!

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Official response from Lifetime Training

18 October 2023

Thanks for your feedback and for recognising your colleagues and the people you worked with and supported

Unachievable Targets

Learning Coach (Former Employee) - Remote - 19 August 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?A good mix of working from home and visiting learners.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?High caseloads of learners and learners out of your area of work KPI 's unmanagableWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Good support within your team What is a typical day like for you at the company?Working to keep up with learner visits either remotely or face to face meeting KPI's and marking work

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Official response from Lifetime Training

18 October 2023

Thank you for your balanced feedback. It is always helpful to hear about what is great at Lifetime as well as areas for development. We can use this feedback to help us shape our actions.

Terrible!!

Assessor (Former Employee) - Kent - 5 July 2023

Unreasonable and unrealistic targets. No support. High blame culture.Would not reccomend this employer. Mental health badly affected during this employment

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Official response from Lifetime Training

18 October 2023

Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback. I am sorry to hear that you did not have an great experience with us. If you would like to share any specific feedback with us, please do not hesitate to contact me at felicity.white@lifetimetraining.co.uk

Good place to work however lot of pressure

Trainer/Assessor (Current Employee) - England - 25 June 2023

Good place to work however lot of pressure with admin and kpis, as well as changes. The value are good and teams are supportive but workload is too much.

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Official response from Lifetime Training

18 October 2023

Thank you for your balanced feedback. It is always helpful to hear about what is great at Lifetime as well as areas for development. We can use this feedback to help us shape our actions.

Made redundant while on maternity leave

Learning Coach (Current Employee) - Derby - 11 May 2023

I loved my job at lifetime. I felt well supported for the most part. Until I fell pregnant. I was forced to go on early maternity leave, despite me handing in a sick note and have since been made redundant whilst on leave from the company. I had very little work life balance when I was there so may be a blessing in disguise!

Pros

Great on boarding and ongoing CPD

Cons

No work life balance.

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Awfull company to work for

Regional Trainer (Former Employee) - Reading, Berkshire - 9 May 2023

If long hours and ever-changing goalposts and high pressure for very little reward are your thing then this is the company for youThe company focuses more on functional skills than actual training

Pros

None

Cons

Long hours and poor management

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Good collaboration. Few individuals in management can frustrate.

Regional Trainer/ Learning Coach (Former Employee) - Bristol - 24 April 2023

The company has an inclusive culture and is success and quality driven.Some few individuals in top posts do frustrate the work based Learning Coaches. Minus this, it is the best company to work for.

Pros

Company cars, mileage claim, claim for eye test costs

Cons

Too many things just to tick boxes for funding depriving learning

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No work life balance

Regional Trainer (Former Employee) - Bristol - 22 April 2023

No work-life balance. When asked for support during a difficult personal time this was refused. No sense of achievement. Management is disorganised and disrespectful. Would not recommend it.

Pros

None

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Stressful management

L2 and L3 (Former Employee) - All over the northwest area - 20 April 2023

High case loads, deadlines constantly due to management not communicating correctly, no backing or support for oof learners just demands on completions and you have to teach maths and English even though they say you don’t

Pros

Learning coaches are amazing

Cons

Everything is rubbish and unorganised

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Tough place to work

Regional Trainer (Current Employee) - Home Based - 19 March 2023

Workplace is pressured and although direct line manager is good she is under pressure to meet targets and this means there is a lack of support as her team is too large. Pay is reasonable hours long and working from home means can be isolating. Enjoyable part is seeing learners working with clients but that is little satisfaction for the bs that comes with the role.

Pros

Paid mileage

Cons

Long hours and isolating

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Was okay

Administration Assistant (Former Employee) - Bristol - 6 December 2022

Felt like i didnt fit in however i did really enjoy the job. I didnt stay long. alot of work for minimum wage and flexible working hours 7:30-5 monday to friday

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If your face fits!

English and Maths Tutor (Current Employee) - Remote - 14 August 2022

Quite a toxic place to work. It's more about if your face fits than how qualified and experienced you are. Bad decisions made by management as it is purely about the numbers and not the learner experience.

Pros

Not many

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Working to get better!

Coach (Current Employee) - United Kingdom - 10 August 2022

Good place to work with good benefits. Can be stressful at times, especially when there are a lot of changes going on. Lifetime are trying hard to get things right, and are going in the right direction. Watch this space!

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Just a number

Lifetime Training Engagement Officer (Former Employee) - Field Based - 9 August 2022

There is no balance for home/work life, just felt like a number to management, To say they are a training company not much training happens for teh staff

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Do not apply!

Software Developer (Former Employee) - Bristol - 11 July 2022

The most important, yet the most ignored, sign of unprofessional workers is their poor communication. If a person cannot communicate orders, information or ideas clearly then there is no point of their working in a team. Unprofessional people don’t listen to instructions and usually do whatever they please. Unprofessional employee!

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always worried about the next round of redundancies

Tutor (Former Employee) - Field Based - 1 July 2022

Promises made, not kept, moving goalposts and no one willing to be accountable for bad practice or treatment of soon-to-be-redundant empolyees. General lack of communication, even about important processes.

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