10% of CDKi to go - The cull has started
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Performance review for over performance?? lol Explain
Worst company I’ve ever worked for and the only one I was put on performance review for over performance! Absolute sh-t show run by an incompetent VP for Sales UK and his merry useless band of managers. Thank God I had the sense to get out before the ship sinks.
Marbella? That's the destination of choice for criminals and the base for money laundering isn't it?
@94ta oh my sweet summer child... Munich isn't luxurious enough, by far. Think a little warmer
Is there any talk of a major sales convention in Munich recently? Travel, hotel, restaurant, and closing party in traditional dress? No photos posted on LinkedIn? Can anyone confirm?
It is truly striking to observe the ongoing discourse in this thread between the workforce and lower level management, particularly given the profound mismatch between the true narrative and the underlying realities already in motion.
If the current climate strikes you as arduous, I fear you are ill-prepared for the rigors that will inevitably follow under the rule of the next proprietor.
@94m6 Like many others I would be happy to move on. Drop me £750K and I might consider it.
100% agree with @94nm
As a non-manager at Keyloop. Why should I go the extra mile in my daily tasks, help out other colleagues and deprioritise my family if Keyloop's finances are not sufficient to pay my annual bonus, despite my extra efforts? I am quite certain that I am not the only one who feels this way.
Isn't it time to slow down, only work from 9 to 5, no overtime, and let management feel the consequences of their lack of empathy, courage, and compassion? Me doing it alone won't make a difference; I need your help too. Prioritise your family, your children, your friends, your free time and your health.
Call in sick. Go travelling. Live your life. Thank me later.
@94m6 forming a brigade around the KLT online is utterly pathetic. If you are happy with what's going on, jog on back to your work. If people are unhappy with what is going on, just let them vent here. it doesn't hurt you. Unless you are part of the problem?
I’d very much like to move on, and try to make Keyloop a success. if Keyloop isn’t the right fit for you, it’s okay to step away.
I see Kilroy is busting out his suit jacket nowadays. No pay freeze for some
Who is this up and coming company driven by ex CDKi employees? Are they hiring? I've only just started at Keyloop but I need to work for a company going somewhere, not su-king the life out of it's employees. I have never seen such a bad culture within an organisation.
Keyloop is losing the entire European DMS market (including some Rev8 markets). It is, of course, sad that ELT and various product directors have been asleep at the wheel, but I know they were warned — several times during the previous MEM structure and also afterwards. Now, according to “Posh Spice” or whatever I should call her, Keyloop is no longer a DMS company, so the ELT and FP probably don't care. The fact is that a new DMS, including the associated “ecosystem/platform/apps,” has now seen the light of day and even has the backing of dealer organizations in several countries. In addition, several former CDKi/Keyloop managers are at the forefront of this, and people that Keyloop could no longer use, have been brought in to fill support, consulting, product, and engineering roles.
It will be exciting to see how quickly they gain a foothold in the various markets.
Better watch out for "The Fenris-wolf", because we all know what happends when it starts to howl.
BTW for all the haters (happy clappers and managers) that want a name of the company as proof - if you don't know already the name - you truly show how incompetent the company is - and you will when time is right (to late) figure it out.
Being here in Germany for the SKO reminds me of how inflated this company is. 80 or maybe even 90% of the people here are pure hot air. The remaining 10-20% have some or a lot of substance. Moving 80% hot air from all over the world to Germany costs money – a lot of money. And it's money that doesn't give any kind of return, because while everyone in posh style, led by our CRO and her incompetent leadership team, as well as all the managers and sales lemmings, hug and pat each other on the back and say that this is exactly what the company needs to get back on track, the reality is that the ship is taking on water - a lot of water in the best Titanic manner, and just like in the aforementioned disaster, first class is standing ready at the top to jump into their lifeboats with their big bonuses.
Every acquisition Keyloop makes should be seen as a patch or plug to put in the big hole of money that's gushing out. And with the size of the current hole, we can expect to see more acquisitions soon.
Rumor has it that FP has never made a bigger bad investment than when it bought the old CDKi at an inflated price. And if you can just get the same for the company as you originally paid for it, it's considered a success.
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Things are improving at Keyloop then I see. What a charming environment to work in!
Motortech.ie how sad another innovative business to be ruined over night by the clueless imbeciles of keyloop management. If you work for the new purchase immediately leave or you will be forced out in six months with nothing. The track record of this horrible business is beyond comprehension, they are wasting away and sadly taking everyone to the bottom of he-l with them.
Pretty rich coming from the one that is pointing the finger to their manager and has no backbone to address the lack of communication
Accountability training?
That's finger pointing, what they don't realise is that 3 fingers point back at them.
Let's be honest, there are no managers, they are just messenger's with no backbone.
I hardly speak to my so called manager, what's the point.
How much money was wasted on that pointless accountability training? That would have funded decent bonus/merit amounts.
@946z Investing in your people is investing in the future, you can have all the fancy tech in te world, without a motivated workforce, it loses value.
They don’t try to change though. Look what happened to previous acquisitions. Keyloop say we want your people and ideas as well as products following acquisition, and proceed to say “that’s not the Keyloop way” and change / break what works to the way the LT have always done it. Then wonder why customers are leaving.
@946g clearly different areas of money. People and product. Would you expect them to not be investing in the future? People should be more concerned if they wasn’t trying to change.
Expectations continue to rise while recognition and reward remain static. The resulting message is unmistakable: sustained effort is assumed, but long-term commitment is no longer valued. As a result, many are quietly looking elsewhere.
No pay rises this year due to financial pressures, followed closely by the announcement of an acquisition. A fascinating case study in selective austerity.
Lol lol lol
Funking clowns makes my blood boil, hate all of em and most the managers are a-s lickers too
But you should all be happy because he expressed his heartfelt gratitude for your ongoing commitment, that helps with the bills dont it, hurry up and sale the company before there is nothing left-incompetance in the first degree
Head Honcho still getting his £1,000,000 though plus bonus (dividends). Let that sink in at a time of inflation at 3.4%.
@93nh I was made redundant last year around summertime. When I told HR that, according to the law, I was still entitled to my annual bonus, they told me that there would be no bonus this year (last year - payout this year), so it has been planned for a while now. Keyloop follows a clear FP plan, where the last year before a sale, bonus, and merit increase is something you have to go to the planet Pluto to find.
There’s no merit reward and no bonuses. Goals are set, but whether you hit them or not, there’s zero incentive. So what’s the point in trying? The unspoken rule becomes: do the bare minimum and take the wage. That’s exactly what a lot of support staff do.
Instead of accountability, there’s finger-pointing — people calling each other out when they should be looking in the mirror. The real issue is management. Managers simply don’t manage. From top to bottom, they lack basic leadership, product knowledge, and ownership. Mediocre staff who do next to nothing have been tolerated for years with no consequences.
Support is a mess. New products are poorly delivered. The Service Hub doesn’t work. The recent Daimler Truck and Ford rollouts show just how far the company has fallen. Real expertise has been lost — good people let go and replaced with cheap labour from overseas that lacks the knowledge to support customers properly. How that’s meant to improve customer sentiment is anyone’s guess.
KEYFORCE — if you know, you know.
At this point, it’s only a matter of time before Fusion goes bang.
Everything stinks of the definition of insanity keep doing and making the same mistakes and expect a different outcome the keyloop merry go round in full swing
Following a recent Customer Enablement Town Hall, employees were informed that there would be no merit pay increases and no bonuses. This came despite consistently high targets being set and met, with the consequences ultimately falling on staff rather than leadership.
In my experience, trust in Keyloop’s commitments has been lacking. Expectations are high, but recognition and reward do not align with the effort required.
From both an employment and customer perspective, I would urge caution. The company charges premium rates, yet the level of expertise and delivery does not always reflect this.
Based on my experience, I would recommend carefully considering alternatives before working for, partnering with, or investing in Keyloop’s software solutions.
"We are also an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We value diversity and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply."
That is a joke for a start. The previous poster is correct, there is a class system in play. If you don't fit the mould, you are silenced and filtered out. Alt + F4
@92n3 Did you read the text properly? It states ‘Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience’. So if you’ve worked in a similar position without a Bachelor’s degree, you’re still very welcome to join. This feels a bit like cherry‑picking anything you can use to make an unnecessary fuss.
Yet another example of how Keyloop's HR department is more amateurish than one would have thought possible.
In the following job posting: https://jobs.lever.co/keyloop/b254daec-7bcd-4d61-b5f5-cae3c990f9e1
They write: "Keyloop doesn’t require academic qualifications for this position."
But when you read the individual requirements more closely, it says: "Bachelor’s degree,"
It is becoming increasingly clear why many of the new hires are total failures, with the blame subsequently being placed on the manager in question.
That was my first thought after 6 months in Keyloop. "I have never seen such a classist culture in a company before". I put it down to it being a UK company, which probably would include some class-justice but damn... Keyloop is not the first employer in my life and I've had the longest tenure here compared to any other but man, is the only reason my golden handcuffs. I hate it here. But I make so much for my position... So I work ~3 hours per day and live with it.
When will Keyloop's accounts be publicly viewable? They are showing as overdue. "Concorde Topco" shows some Director led laundering early in December 2025. Just wondering if anyone had any insight into profit/ loss figures for Keyloop or the CEO's pay figures and pay rises.
Still waiting for last years
No merit rise for UK this year?