Good and bad - Anonymous employee GIC Employee Review

4.0
May 24, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation is competitive. The company knows what it is doing and doing it well. There is a sense of purpose and I like it. People are generally pleasant and easy to work with.

Cons

Synergy was lacking across departments. Pressure can build up depending on which department you are in and how the business is performing. For better or worse, the company culture is distinctively Singaporean. It means lots of buddies at work (that's great perhaps) but also lack of respect for family and personal matters. Not a common thing but there are toxic individuals (unprofessional, aggressive, selfish) in the organisation but survive due to their competency/expertise at work. Leave a bad taste in your mouth whenever having to deal with one.

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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
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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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