GIC reviews

3.0

40% would recommend to a friend

(570 total reviews)
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Lim Chow Kiat

60% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

GIC has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 570 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The GIC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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570 reviews
5.0
Sep 8, 2018

Associate

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Pros

Good and clear leadership, competitive remuneration package with great welfare benefits, intelligent and enabling colleagues, huge focus on continuous learning with a dedicated learning and development department and supportive policies for self-directed learning, huge focus on values

Cons

Size of the organisation means that it can be hierarchical in bigger teams

1.0
Sep 7, 2018

Motion is not Progress

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Well stocked pantry Modernised offices (though open plan) New policies on sick leave and courses are appreciated There are folks who care deeply about the founding principles of the firm, to safeguard Singapore’s reserves.

Cons

The below points are for corporate services. C-suite and MDs unwilling or unable to address ground concerns on how many major organization changes (people, policy, finance, tech) are hastily/ poorly executed despite the good intents behind those initiatives. Grownswell of discontent and frustration is left unmanaged/ unacknowledged. A facade of normalcy reigns during the multiple opportunities to do so. Despite many visible senior hires over the past year (including a C suite), tech strategy and roadmap has yet to be communicated and shared. The last roadmap was three/ four years ago during a major digital push, and appears to have lost much of its steam. A lot of projects have artificially inflated business value and are positioned as “strategic”, despite a recent push towards cost rigour. No central project planning processes at the enterprise level, which leaves senior managers a lot of creativity in justifying projects and in turn, their continued existence. Often, dissenting opinions are shutdown even before being surfaced to decision makers. For majority of the tech developers starting out in their careers, expect limited technical growth due to lean staff strength and lack of technical coaching. The firm has yet to take a firm stance on insourcing/ outsourcing developers. Teams largely work in silos, so there is not a lot of opportunity to cross cultivate and learn tech skills.

1.0
Sep 6, 2018

terrible culture. appalling behavior by Management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

location office benefits there are some nice people... but those exposed to 2 particularly toxic departments are running out the door. onsite cafe is subsidised onsite gym easy commute access training program and school - but what they speak of is not practiced

Cons

Leadership Management Vision Culture textbook speeches that carry no weight. weak responses to questions. some CXOs treat people poorly and make sweeping statements that get swept under the rug with shallow coverups inconsistent leadership with cxos running in silos. if you land under the worst one, you can expect a terrible time if youre not a yes man multiple initiatives to manage people. no one managing weak leadership tech regression more so than tech driven

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