A good company to stay on for retirement. - Assistant Vice President GIC Employee Review

3.0
Apr 1, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive salary and good staff welfare.

Cons

Very subjective performance appraisal system. Leaving a good impression to the higher management in the appraisal panel is key to promotion. Performance within job scope does not make much impact in the performance review as often the reporting officer is not in the appraisal panel. Those staff whose reporting officer is in the panel have advantages. Senior management doesn't bother to know his/her staff well.

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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

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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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