Toxic environment - Anonymous employee GIC Employee Review

1.0
Sep 25, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice office environment Pantry is always stocked with drinks and snacks Old Guards at Senior management believe in doing the right thing for the better of Singapore

Cons

Toxic culture instil by mid level managers to blame everyone else for their own lack of foresight. Lack of experience in both processes and controls, especially from the security and risk managers. There’s consistent bullying which always covered with reasons that does not make any sense. Public shaming is consistently demonstrated but labelled as a sharing session. Bias is a norm. Minor issues are frequently snowballed into mountains to score. The culture is to award highlighting such issues to senior management, even from the same manager’s team. Mid level Managers lack leadership skills and manage the team by rank. Trust is not there. No integrity within the team. Every man for his own.

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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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