Public Sector 2.0 - Software Engineer WINGS ICT Solutions Employee Review

- Very good colleagues and generally supportive peers - Salary above the market average

- The company operates in a project-based model rather than a product-based one, focusing almost exclusively on EU-funded projects - Extremely unclear requirements: there is often no shared understanding of what needs to be delivered, and employees are expected to figure this out on their own - Lack of established best practices in development and production processes; overall organization feels ad hoc and fragile - Absence of technically competent management capable of guiding less experienced employees or making informed decisions at the architectural and organizational level - A general lack of trust toward employees appears to be the default management attitude, influencing day-to-day decisions and internal policies - Very high employee turnover, resulting in: - little to no continuity across projects - frequent loss of knowledge - new hires joining with almost no context, documentation, or onboarding support - Inconsistent and unequal treatment of employees: for example, a company-wide decision to allow one remote-working day was announced and then revoked the following day, with additional remote days granted selectively - High expectations without clear direction, priorities, or support - Inappropriate and sometimes offensive language has been used in calls when referring to colleagues - Responsibility and accountability are frequently pushed downward, while authority and decision-making remain unclear or centralized

Most reviews agree on two things: the colleagues are great and the pay can be above market. But everything else feels like slow erosion... unclear direction, vague requirements, ad-hoc processes, no real technical leadership, and constant turnover that kills continuity and onboarding.

The culture piece: micromanagement, low trust, and a “control first” mentality. Remote work is the perfect example: some people get 2 days, others 1, others basically none.. policies get announced then revoked; flexibility feels arbitrary and favor-based. Even asking for one remote day is treated like a special privilege. Add endless low-value meetings, weak feedback/evaluation, limited senior mentorship, unclear accountability, hard-to-take vacations, and repeated mentions of sudden firings, and you get the same outcome: pressure without support, learning “by survival,” and burnout.