Not a good experience - Senior Vice President GIC Employee Review

1.0
Feb 11, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Pros are on the investment side, where even junior professionals are given outsize responsibilities and ability to deploy capital unlike any other investment firm in the US. Counterparties also treat GIC employees like VIPs due to the capital they control.

Cons

Numerous: Asian management mentality (ie you should appreciate us for giving you a job, respect authority, don't make waves, do as I say and don't question), employees are on call all the time (expected to return emails and attend meetings even at 3AM EST), non-investment professionals have no career growth prospects outside of Singapore, pay is stagnant year over year unless you are promoted, job responsibilities are fluid and can change any time, extremely lean teams in all areas with unrealistic goals/tasks expected of each employee, low morale across the organization but especially in corporate roles. Diversity and Inclusion also does not exist as a consideration, they think being heavily Asian staffed excludes the need for other minority hires.

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5.0
Jun 7, 2026
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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

No cons.No cons. no Cons.

1.0
Jul 6, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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