Potential Cronyism and the Purge of Tenured Talent - Anonymous Employee GIC Employee Review

1.0
Apr 25, 2026
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Pros

GIC offers a stable, well-resourced environment with a global footprint that provides a prestigious platform for any professional's resume.

Cons

Disclaimer: The following points represent the personal opinions, subjective observations, and collective perceptions of myself and several colleagues; they are not intended as statements of absolute fact. Under MD H. Verma, the IT Operations and IT Service Management department has traded meritocracy for a "loyalty-first" regime. There is a systematic disregard for tenured staff, those possessing critical institutional knowledge, in favor of an "inner circle" of external hires from the MD’s past career stops. Whether high turnover is a deliberate KPI or a management failure, the result is a dangerous drain of institutional memory. This "purge" has left the Infrastructure squad fragmented and exposed to operational risks that new, disconnected leadership is unequipped to handle.

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​Incompetent Leadership: Constant, chaotic reorganizations driven by new senior leads looking for short-term wins rather than sustainable engineering. ​Tone-Deaf Management: Townhalls are heavily curated to ignore genuine feedback regarding burnout and management debt. ​The "Silent Layoff" Strategy: Mass PIPs and aggressive performance grading are being used to quietly trim headcount, destroying team morale. ​Inefficient Ecosystem: Paralyzing security and risk processes block execution at every turn, while engineering teams are expected to run at 200%+ capacity. ​Inefficient HR: A heavy layer of senior HR personnel who offer zero practical guidance, zero empathy, and zero worker protection.

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