Electronics Weekly
The finding comes in a report written by an unnamed ‘external consultant’.
“Across all focus groups, there is a significant proportion of responses indicating that leadership is perceived as ineffective,” says the report, adding that the institute suffered from “pervasive issues of low morale”.
Staff were said to have complained about “nepotism” and “tokenistic” hiring and point to its “chaotic and disorganised” culture.
Earlier this year the government gave the institute a £100 million grant. In. November the institute said it may need to consider making 140 out of the 440 staff redundant.
Earlier this month, staff wrote to the board of the institute expressing no confidence in the leadership team including chief executive Jean Innes.
The staff letter said the institute is “rudderless; left behind as both the community and the cutting edge has moved ahead without us.”
“We are shaping a new phase for the Turing in line with an ambitious strategy set by our board and endorsed by our core funder,” says Innes.
