Since May 2017 after the company moved office, the company culture changed drastically for the worse. What was previously a vibrant company with employees collaborating with each other was turned upside down to one where everyone is covering their own backs for fear of being fired. I wish I was kidding, but people got fired for not coming back on weekends, and for going to the washroom for too long/too many times. Top management micromanaged (or at least tried to) and regimentalized the office so that everyone's actions were tracked. Latecomers were sent emails requesting for reasons, and a report was later put out by HR basically acknowledging the reasons, but demanding staff make their own arrangements to come to the office on time anyway.
There's very little flexibility, and very little staff welfare - not even a microwave oven in the pantry, you can't eat anything that emits a smell, you can't eat on the nice seats that are strictly meant for guests, there have been no staff welfare events, claims are scrutinized and sometimes denied for minute discrepencies.
Employees were asked to give detailed workplans for the next 3-6 months, which cannot be extended, but top management is more than happy to overstep his boundary and reduce a previously agreed upon 1-man month delivery to a 3 day one over a long weekend. Top management also behaves unprofessionally with staff behind closed doors, acting in a condescending way and putting staff down in technical areas that he does not fully understand.
All these are reasons why those who have not been fired have either left or are thinking of leaving. It is a pity because the company had so much promise before all this happened. Sadly, this was solely due to the actions of the top management while the rest of the management sat by and couldn't/didn't do anything to stop it until it was too late.
