Great Place to Work - Division Manager METRO Pakistan Employee Review

Used to be really good. Now with the new management, there is not a lot anymore. They're only fixated on getting surveys done and winning awards for diversity and inclusion or best place to work. But do not be fooled by these.

- Bad culture. Toxic. Politics. - Bad salary structure. Increments are non-existent. Lower than market pay. - Bad promotions policy. Favoritism. - Bad management: senior leadership is missing. MD is a dictator. - No retention policy. - No checks and balances on bad managers / directors.

1. Allows remote work if your manager is aligned. 2. Good leaves policy. 3. Health insurance that covers parents too, with premium paid by company. 4. Good discount policy at stores. 5. Great buy-back policy for digital devices and vehicles. 6. Opportunity to work in a multi-national environment. 7. Very generous maternity coverage policy for women at all job levels. 8. Children day-care facility for female employees. 9. There are opportunities to move horizontally across departments.

1. If you're working at the head office, be prepared to go up and down the stairs; there is no elevator and the place is not really very friendly to people with special physical needs. 2. Depending on who your manager is, you might be required to clock in early and leave quite late. 3. No overtime benefits. 4. Pay scales are below market average. 5. Very vague annual performance evaluation policy that keeps changing every now and then. 6. You can expect a very good performance review, increment and bonus IF you're on very good terms with senior leadership: your line manager has little say in what you eventually get. 7. You might end up working for YEARS with minimal increments and absolutely no promotion. That happens only if you're in the senior leadership's good books. 8. Roles are often dead-end. There are no career growth plans. The company relies more on ad-hoc decisions and see-as-you-go basis.