It could have been a great company, but.. - Software Development Manager Open iT Employee Review

Employees are stressed and several reports of burnouts leading to maxing out their annual sick leave credits by 2nd or 3rd quarter of the year or to resignation. Compensation is well below the market competition in the Philippines. Flexible time is abused - many times, you need to stay up late at night to attend meetings or join customer calls. Gossiping and talking behind the back is prevalent from rank&file up to the top management. It is not a respectful environment, there are highly regarded people who blast their colleagues or throw sarcastic/unprofessional comments. CEO contradicts his words and the company core values. Management doesn’t know how to scale up, too many conflicts, blaming, and siloes. Working hard, which often means, overworking, is rewarded directly or indirectly like you will most likely be a candidate for promotion, pay increase, and bonuses when you are a “hard-working” employee. Employees are ready or are getting ready to leave anytime because they think that the company is already a sinking ship. CEO values the “hero” employees more than anyone else and it often hurts the overall organization’s interests. You will often be in trouble when you are working closely with the CEO. It is not a growing company and sadly some employees try to market it as if it is a healthy and growing company, it is not. There is no psychological safety, employees know these negative stuff and the organization is far from being transparent, people are afraid to express themselves. Most process or organizational initiatives are guided by ad hoc policies. Good engineering practices get very low priority than to get sales or to satisfy the customer-facing processes. Is already left behind the IT revolutions and innovations.