1. Impact Measurement : MDEC measures impact primarily from a quantitative standpoint with no measure of quality. Quantiative measures usually include number of participants that attended a program with details such as full names, IC number, and signature. Such measures are open to both external and internal abuse which casts doubt on the actual impact.
2. No room for further growth : Hard to be promoted to senior level management as longer term employees tend to stay for a long time
3. Hard to get rid of underperforming employees : MDEC reeks of underperforming employees who have overstayed their tenure
4. MDEC's hands are tied to the government of the day. Overall direction and budget comes from the central government. If there is no budget available, its hard to get promotions, hire new staff or implement new projects
5. Friday is half day : There are various employees who come back and chill out after lunch and wrap up for the week
6. MDEC is a great place to be complacent as evidenced by the longer term employees who've stayed there for at least 7-10 years. Its a clock in clock out attitutde but who can blame them as the environment can be less inspiring after a few years
7. Administrative functions like HR, Finance and Legal don't seem to talk to each other