Snakes and ladders where snakes goes up the ladder - highly toxic environment with complete favoritism - Anonymous Employee- Former Employee GIC Employee Review

1.0
2 July 2026
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Pros

If you’re a snake you go UP the ladder. Prmotion is completely not merit based but based on who you know and if you can get the right management support. If so then you can weather any bad performance and often be promoted. Everyone knows this. So get that right manager support and you’re set for life. PMs can lose a lot of money even if junior and be promoted. It’s well known and it’s great if you’re in that inner circle. Read Reddit and many are calling these inner circle staff members snakes

Cons

Where do I start? A complete and utter mess and HR will not help you in anyway and they too will not follow proper due process and force you out when tasked to by your manager. Do not come if you’re not a scholar as they’re almost guaranteed a path to the top. Do not come especially if mid career as you’re unlikely to last long without the right management support and get terminated for low performance with no justification.

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5.0
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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
6 July 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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