What is a typical working day like at DBS Bank?

Good transport facility No shift rotation except for the support team 60% Work from Office Bonus if the company performs great in top of CTC Good no of leaves

Too much of unnecessary processes Continuous deployments over weekends Poor work like balance Dictatorship cascading from Singapore managers Bad planning. Every work is urgent

Huge project ownership, allowing individuals to determine their own direction. DBS is undergoing a big shift towards a more open, modern, flexible culture Many channels to express concerns

The disruptions solely result from a severe and unpleasant shortage of expertise and talent. Much more disruptions have actually occurred but been intentionally kept out of the public eye. Upper management lacks substance; despite middle and lower management raising concerns about organisation risks, there are only feeble excuses. With a pay scale at the 50th percentile, the talent recruited is also at the same level, resulting in compromised quality when striving for excellence. Anticipating competent upper management here is bound to lead to significant disappointment; it's important to recognise that they are, at best, average within the market. 4/10 of the individuals in my team, including myself, have departed from this bank, moving on to various other institutions, and have been genuinely surprised by the contrasting levels of competence. I am inclined to predict failure through organisational risk.

Lots of freebies and social events if you are into that No layoffs if you are perm A few good people exist

The tasks assigned were mostly unrelated to cybersecurity, typically involving infrastructure maintenance, IT support, project management, and liaising with vendors and stakeholders. It's more like project management, but the theme of the project just so happens to be cybersecurity. Most of the time we did admin duties such as drafting chaser emails, creating spreadsheets, presentations, creating change requests, and reports. You won't do technical things like malware analysis, incident response, etc. You will become very good at using Microsoft Office applications rather than cybersecurity tools. Workload is burdened by manual processes and a lot of red tape, which was made worse by all the regulatory freeze. Obtaining approvals for even minor tasks that take 10 minutes can take several days, leading to significant delays. Sometimes there can even be a lot of back and forth, like your wording is a bit off, then need to delay again and explain to management about the delays. The nature of infrastructure work requires frequent late-night OT. These OT sessions can extend into the early hours of the morning or even the next day/night, sometimes even requiring you to go down to the office or data centers. Is not shift work btw, you are working 9-6:30, but you still do these night OTs also. If you have a meeting the next day, means you still need to come to work. For example you finish work at 6am, but you come for the meeting at 11am. No day no night no weekend. The "skills" acquired here are usually not transferable to other cybersecurity positions outside as they are all processes specific to the bank. Internal mobility is also extremely discouraged by management. As a result, people find themselves stuck in their roles. There are also no learning resources here, people tell you to go YouTube to learn while you wait for OT. Very little people get sent for certifications also unlike other places. It's very bad for your career and growth. Workforce is very lean here, so expect to put on a lot of hats. For some reason management is very reluctant or unable to hire full time staff, so we are very understaffed. Turnover rate is also very high, with most people lasting about 1-2 years. In the past few months alone there was a record high number of people leaving. Not safe to fail here. Mistakes are treated very harshly. Very poor documentation and sometimes colleagues are not willing to teach or are too busy to teach, so you fend for yourself. Sometimes you muster the courage to ask question you get scolded or humiliated with bosses in the vicinity. The management hierarchy is extremely top-down, with little support offered to employees in the event of mistakes. Management will only find you when you make mistakes, and then disappear when you need help. Public scolding during meetings without constructive feedback were common. There is no transparency and no direct communication, to the point that many times you find out important things regarding your own work via gossip. Likewise, management also finds out things about you via gossip, instead of asking you directly. Major decisions involving your future trajectory are done without your knowledge or input. Nepotism and bias are very common, with some colleagues receiving preferential treatment due to personal connections, taking way less work, going home early, fast promotions, able to work hybrid while everyone else forced to WFO everyday. Speaking of hybrid, HR policy says by right we are supposed to work hybrid, but some managers here override it for no reason and make us all WFO everyday as the default. So if interview HR say is hybrid please double check. Or better yet don't interview here at all. Some colleagues are extremely unprofessional, disrespectful, crass, miserable, and immature. A lot of gossip, and inappropriate humor. Jokes are always at the expense of someone else. The social climate here is very cliquey, exclusive, and toxic. People here love to gossip so much, to the point that you can know everything about a person before you even see their face, provided the gossip is even correct. Sometimes the gossip is wrong, but it spreads far and wide anyway. They pretend they are one big happy family, but it's extremely dysfunctional on the inside with all the bias, bullying, and gossip. There is a character limit here, full review somewhere on NUS Whispers.

Lots of freebies and social events if you are into that No layoffs if you are perm A few good people exist

The tasks assigned were mostly unrelated to cybersecurity, typically involving infrastructure maintenance, IT support, project management, and liaising with vendors and stakeholders. It's more like project management, but the theme of the project just so happens to be cybersecurity. Most of the time we did admin duties such as drafting chaser emails, creating spreadsheets, presentations, creating change requests, and reports. You won't do technical things like malware analysis, incident response, etc. You will become very good at using Microsoft Office applications rather than cybersecurity tools. Workload is burdened by manual processes and a lot of red tape, which was made worse by all the regulatory freeze. Obtaining approvals for even minor tasks that take 10 minutes can take several days, leading to significant delays. Sometimes there can even be a lot of back and forth, like your wording is a bit off, then need to delay again and explain to management about the delays. The nature of infrastructure work requires frequent late-night OT. These OT sessions can extend into the early hours of the morning or even the next day/night, sometimes even requiring you to go down to the office or data centers. Is not shift work btw, you are working 9-6:30, but you still do these night OTs also. If you have a meeting the next day, means you still need to come to work. For example you finish work at 6am, but you come for the meeting at 11am. No day no night no weekend. The "skills" acquired here are usually not transferable to other cybersecurity positions outside as they are all processes specific to the bank. Internal mobility is also extremely discouraged by management. As a result, people find themselves stuck in their roles. There are also no learning resources here, people tell you to go YouTube to learn while you wait for OT. Very little people get sent for certifications also unlike other places. It's very bad for your career and growth. Workforce is very lean here, so expect to put on a lot of hats. For some reason management is very reluctant or unable to hire full time staff, so we are very understaffed. Turnover rate is also very high, with most people lasting about 1-2 years. In the past few months alone there was a record high number of people leaving. Not safe to fail here. Mistakes are treated very harshly. Very poor documentation and sometimes colleagues are not willing to teach or are too busy to teach, so you fend for yourself. Sometimes you muster the courage to ask question you get scolded or humiliated with bosses in the vicinity. The management hierarchy is extremely top-down, with little support offered to employees in the event of mistakes. Management will only find you when you make mistakes, and then disappear when you need help. Public scolding during meetings without constructive feedback were common. There is no transparency and no direct communication, to the point that many times you find out important things regarding your own work via gossip. Likewise, management also finds out things about you via gossip, instead of asking you directly. Major decisions involving your future trajectory are done without your knowledge or input. Nepotism and bias are very common, with some colleagues receiving preferential treatment due to personal connections, taking way less work, going home early, fast promotions, able to work hybrid while everyone else forced to WFO everyday. Speaking of hybrid, HR policy says by right we are supposed to work hybrid, but some managers here override it for no reason and make us all WFO everyday as the default. So if interview HR say is hybrid please double check. Or better yet don't interview here at all. Some colleagues are extremely unprofessional, disrespectful, crass, miserable, and immature. A lot of gossip, and inappropriate humor. Jokes are always at the expense of someone else. The social climate here is very cliquey, exclusive, and toxic. People here love to gossip so much, to the point that you can know everything about a person before you even see their face, provided the gossip is even correct. Sometimes the gossip is wrong, but it spreads far and wide anyway. They pretend they are one big happy family, but it's extremely dysfunctional on the inside with all the bias, bullying, and gossip. There is a character limit here, full review somewhere on NUS Whispers.

within expected load, weekend and night system tests with off in lieu compensation

dpt restructure and no headcount for perm

if you are driven for sales, you can join dbs to enjoy the highest comm within the 3 local bank.

You will have TC night , and if you not on run rates, it will be have hourly reporting during working hours.

structured, good process, good growth

shift work is unavoidable, crazy call volumes.

Great benefits in terms of annual leave, medical leave and coverage.

Micro manage, have to answer calls and messages at night and during off days. Your working hours depends on your management's mood, can be as long as 12 hours. I resigned a few days back and management wants to change it to involuntary resignation 2 days after my resignation because I couldn't close a case. Poor management, if they are having a bad day, you will have a bad day. Poor ethics.

None evident, the work environment is highly unfavorable in partnership team (CBG - strategic partnership)

- Fearful environment created by the manager - Lack of guidance and support from the manager - Pressure to work weekends and holidays - Manager takes credit for the team's work - Lack of responsibility and honesty from management - Consistently low ratings in employee surveys (my voice )with no corrective actions by HR & Senior management - High turnover rate, with over eight employees leaving the team in the past year -No sign of ownership by the manager. Team has to work day & night ans in return gets humiliation Considering the toxic culture, lack of support & poor management in strategic partnership team at DBS bank India, its advisable to explore alternative employment opportunities.

Great pay, nearby, cannot bring work home

High stress, KPI, shift work