People in wrong positions - Senior Manager Software Engineering GSK Employee Review

1.0
Jan 20, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Plenty of opportunity to drive digital revolution at this company.

Cons

In the Core Tech / Platforms group that I worked, there are many people who should be individual contributors put in place as senior directors in many cases!!! People with plenty of management experience were put in individual contributor positions. A designer was put in charge of an engineering group. This person has no clue and was a puppet in the hands of vested interests. The funding model in the Core Tech / Platforms groups was weird. You can never plan any project beyond a quarter. In tech groups, the employee to contractor ratio is out of whack - way too many contractors per employee. The contractors do not have a whole lot of privileges and yet in many cases they are performing critical functions involving security, compliance, etc.

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5.0
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Pros

Can't emphasize enough how approachable, non-judgmental, and supportive the team is, both managers and colleagues. Everyone genuinely cares about your holistic professional development and growth.

Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

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