Diligent reviews

50% office attendance which directly impacts performance ratings. Even if you do youe job insanely well, the company will punish you for not being 50% of the time in the office. Meets expectations is the max you'll get in this scenario. Sadly, the rules don't apply for everyone. Not all employees have been transitioned to hybrid, meaning all remote workers are happily working from home and enjoying a lovely exception to both their pockets and performance reviews. More than 50% of employees are still remove, and the majority are senior leaders. But offices cannot cope with high attendance due to lack of resources so the whole thing is a massive dicotomy. The worst is people are pissed off about it but their CEO continues to send heavily sales-focused emails about President's Club. Seems like the guy only cares whether they hit a target or not. Insanely number-oriented culture and toxicity top to bottom. Office cliques apply. Visibility matters the most. Just be present at the right moment and your career will skyrocket. Be in the "wrong" clique and you won't get anything.

Disconnect in Performance Appraisals: There is a severe gap between effort and recognition. Despite employees putting in extra hours, late nights, and weekends, the appraisal system feels completely arbitrary. High performers frequently receive unfair ratings that do not reflect their actual hard work and contributions, leading to widespread frustration. One-Way Communication & Lack of Transparency: Communication and responses from management are consistently delayed. There is no 360-degree feedback mechanism, leaving employees with no safe channel to review or provide constructive feedback to their managers to improve team support. Systemic Favouritism Over Merit: High-level management exhibits strong bias. External vendor/partner resources (Product Owner) are frequently transitioned into permanent roles and shielded by favouritism, despite having minimal end-to-end product knowledge. Meanwhile, the internal core engineers who actually understand the product and keep it stable are subjected to unfair, negative feedback.