Global Institute For Tomorrow Reviews

- Company leadership displays a strong and inflexible bias towards certain political views and ways of working, they are not open to diverse perspectives or original thought. - SMT has a tendency to overly inflate the company's value with a lot of hubris, deliver long and insulting monologues, and often disparages dissenting views in an unprofessional manner (i.e. nasty words, public admonishments and humiliation, and a lack of tolerance for dissent). - An organizational culture seems to exist that stifles open and honest communication, characterized by leadership that publicly chastises and exhibits hostility towards those who hold different opinions. - There is a pervasive lack of management and prioritization skills within the SMT, leading to micromanagement, irrational decision-making, and subpar work outcomes. An obsession with trivialities, such as employee punctuality to the minute, amplifies feelings of being undervalued and is compounded by expectations of long working hours beyond 6pm. Additionally, there is a clear disparity between the job description marketed to candidates and the actual job experience. - A company culture of contradiction: staff are urged to maintain professionalism in an environment where leaders themselves resort to unprofessional language and behavior with impunity. - The SMT exhibits a toxic dynamic, characterized by poor communication, blatant disregard for employees' professional and personal boundaries, and inconsistent directives, fostering a chaotic work environment - On a personal note, I perceived the business to be built on a weak product and business model, and doubt the sustainability of this company. Most critically, there is a deep irony between the company's stated ideals and mission to 'redesign society' on the one hand, and its internal operations, which seem to contradict and undermine the very ideals it purports to uphold. In my experience, the company's activities provided no discernible benefit to either individual employees or society at large.

-Disappointed that I was sold on a mission driven company but they dont really have one. Everything is very adhoc. Coming from a corporate background, this is not something I am used to. But the irony is that they try and help corporate companies, but themselves do not have proper company processes, a good professional working culture, timeliness etc. - Work ethic and culture is too playful and childish and at times not professional. Every work place has politics but here, the politics is mixed with childishness. People are not professional when working with one another, especially with those you may not like/agree with. Personal lives often play a crucial role in whether they accept you into their fold or not and this results in cliques being formed. So imagine, everyday you walk into work you have to deal with petty high school cliques and politics and as such, very little work gets done. - Leadership is in their own bubble and almost have no idea what is happening on the ground. They are sold on a different story of what's happening by the "middle managers". Ultimately, their vision does not get translated well and the whole operation becomes even more dysfunctional. - As I mentioned, a lot of organisational hubris, which leads leadership to have this very skewed view of what GIFT is. Its all about self inflated egos and patting yourself on your backs. Occasionally, there are meetings in the residence of the CEO, who very obviously lives in excess (has multiple houses, support staff, flies in biz class etc), but the team is being sold on the idea that you have to live frugally because of resource constraints. In my first few weeks, I was asked to read a selection of articles by the CEO, and one was on how we should not be entitled to the awe of nature because humans are invading natural biospheres. But the CEO has a bungalow cabin right smack in the middle of pristine tropical rainforest - an area prone to landslides due to human activity. - I came in with a sense of pragmatism, so I am not deeply affected by the hypocrisy personally, but it affects many in the company, who remain silent about it. If you are able to survive in a cutthroat, fake environment, then GIFT is the place for you.