Poor leadership. Politics. - Anonymous employee Novugen Employee Review

1.0
20 Oct 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free lunch Free parking Flexi hour Nice colleagues (but not your boss) But don't be fooled with all those above as your superior will suck you dry.

Cons

- long working hours. While other company practice 9H working hour, here is 9.5 hours. Even it's still less than 45H per week, but they push you to max. - inconsiderate direct superior. Very difficult to sign claim and to approve leave. Complain if MC or EL due to family matters. So in short, very hard to get leave. Only die is allowed. - Married staff especially those with child better don't work here. You have to work like you have no other commitments. - poor leadership. Keep on changing direction. Morning said A, evening suddenly change to B, want it immediately before going home. Due to this, staff need to stay after working hour just to satisfy their demands. - no proper training given, but you are expected to know everything. No enough time given to learn. All is about doing doing doing and deliver. If got mistake, you are weak. - superior micromanage, no trust and love favoritsm. Mistakes are not allowed but no training/coaching given. What they know is condemn and blame. - too many bosses to follow. Boss A wants x. Boss B wants y. Boss C wants z. As a small potato, you will die in between. - you can join this company if you really desperate to work. But as long as you have choices, please make this company as last choice. Fresh graduate maybe ok to bully, but not exec with experience. - if you are approached by recruiter, please don't trust them 100%. They oversell this company untill it looks flawless and so perfect. Remember they get commission if you are in. Once you join, only you know the rotten meat inside. - This company never bother about staff wellbeing, mental health and burnout. All is about work work work and work. All staff are stress. - all potential employee should read all the reviews and they are all legit. Trust us.

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Novugen Response
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We are sorry to hear that you went through a tough time at Novugen. We are committed to ensuring that every employee feels respected, and we take every comment seriously to develop better improvement approaches. So, we thank you for sharing your feedback. As Novugen progress further in the local and global pharmaceutical landscape, we will continue to explore making improvements on employees’ compensation and benefits, within the limits of the local laws and regulations, while ensuring internal equity and meeting market benchmarking. Currently, we practice flexible working arrangements (FWA) with the discretion of the departmental planning and as per FWA policy. There is an open door practice where employees can directly discuss work concerns with their immediate supervisor, otherwise addressing them with business leaders and HR. Discussion can be done in greater detail, objectively and constructively to reach a common ground and understanding. We will try to be as flexible as possible within FWA framework while maintaining high operation’s productivity and improve our continued effort to ensure employee’s work-life balance. Once again, we appreciate your feedback and will continue to improve from here.

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