Culture does not support employee well-being - Product Manager Zycus Employee Review

while the realisation that the culture at zycus was not healthy had hit long back, it seems more profound when i compare it to the two great companies i worked for, after zycus. Leaves: Taking leaves is not encouraged. they need to understand that humans are not machines and everybody deserves a break. happier employees are more dedicated and productive. Manager support: They don’t train managers to make them good mentors for directs . you would see that manager micromanagement is extremely commonplace at zycus Fixed Mindset and unhealthy competition: During my tenure, i recall a lot of hustle and chaos instead of organised learning and growth. i remember the fighting on emails and CCing managers was a daily thing. lots of pinpointing and gaslighting among teams and within teams Appreciation for few: you would see that appreciation was meant for the highly “visible” employees only- managers favourites. you would see same set of people receiving back to back awards Abnormally high attrition: Attrition is extremely high. my time was around 2018 when we used to see farewell cakes everyday. have heard that it has worsened. there is favouritism and play in employee retention too. they readily lose good employees over petty concerns and retain favourites. I was a very social person there with a ton of friends. I cannot recall one person who still works there - everyone has left. Hustle vs Empty days: You may see times when you have absolutely no work (or no meaningful work) and zero visibility at a stretch (months), or 12 hour workdays slowly taking over your weekends. Appraisal: - I’ve worked pre-pandemic. and i have seen appraisals getting delayed and silly rumours floating around about how the product has not done well compared to previous years. Again, single digit appraisals are common, unless ofcourse you happen to outshine as a favourite of your manager and the department VP. Things worsened during pandemic ofcourse. Ofcourse not all is horrible and you may have some good days or projects, but you need to know that there are tons of great companies there who value their employment over anything else. These are big successful companies. Do take the job if you feel you need it badly and the pay and role seems good. Talk to some people who work there. zycus is seen by most as a short stint. ofcourse there will be few exceptions. hope the management takes this review seriously and makes some change. but seems difficult. hope this review helps you in making a better decision for your career.