Toxic HR practices and worsening work conditions - Software Engineer bei GoKwik: Mitarbeiterbewertung

If the leadership was half as capable as the execution team, this would’ve been a great place to work.

It appears the most valued skill in this HR department isn’t talent acquisition, or employee relations, or compliance. it’s reputation management through review suppression. Get a few honest posts removed, earn a promotion. It’s a business model within a business model. To the people doing this, congratulations on the promotion. At this rate, keep it up and you might just get a mid-year increment too. The company may not reward performance on the ground, but clearly this kind of loyalty has a price tag. To everyone else reading this, the fact that reviews here keep vanishing should tell you more about this organisation’s culture than any review itself could.

- Fast-paced environment with exposure to some business execution. - Opportunity to work on challenging problems and move quickly.

Significant micromanagement and limited autonomy in day-to-day work. Culture felt more competitive than collaborative. Leadership and decision-making appeared highly top-down, with limited room for disagreement or alternate perspectives. Management layers often felt focused on alignment upward rather than supporting teams. Work environment felt transactional rather than warm or people-oriented. Office experience felt very basic with limited employee amenities or community-building spaces. High-pressure atmosphere that, in my experience, created unnecessary stress and anxiety. Overall, this was not the right environment for me. My exit happened as part of a layoff/separation process, and unexpectedly, I felt more relieved than disappointed. It made me realize how mentally exhausting I had found the work environment over time. While experiences will differ from person to person, I personally would not choose to return to a culture that felt this heavily managed, and lacking in trust and autonomy.