Unpleasant. Don't be enticed by the brandname. - Anonymous employee GIC Employee Review

1.0
Jul 28, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Very good staff benefits (including work from home) - Pantry is well-stocked with snacks, drinks and even ice-cream! - Nice office in CBD area - Good branding to include in your resume

Cons

- Extremely poor leadership within the team. Middle management has no leadership or managerial quality to speak of notwithstanding that they have gone through leadership training - Does not provide guidance or direction. Certain managers can micromanage. - Culture is toxic and unhealthy, and does not based on meritocracy but rather how well you please or impress or hide/cover up things from your boss - Management people can be rude, condescending, uninspiring and only care about money and meeting their own KPIs. They don't grow or develop their people and fail in bringing out the best in their staff - Political game is strong and although you can try hard not to get involved, you will still be implicated somehow - A place where 'smart' people gather but sadly basic respect for one another is hardly there - Different teams appear to be collaborative but generally each team/individual is more concerned with own self-interest and KPIs - Systems and processes are extremely backward and aged which led to counterproductive issue - Company espoused positive values and beliefs but not practised by management in reality

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5.0
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Pros

Great company to work for. They pay above fairly, people are friendly and benefits / employee life - work balance is amazing.

Cons

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1.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Good vision, good talent (under bad management), market rate compensation

Cons

​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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