Disengaging work environment and clueless leadership - Software Engineer SICPA Employee Review

1.0
Nov 23, 2017
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Pros

- The job is boring: you never wish to stay longer than you are contractually obliged to so you can spend more time at home with your family. - Cafeteria staff is really nice.

Cons

- Technologically outdated: for people who want to work in the tech sector, SICPA is unfortunately several years behind the competition. - Bad managers: no theory of management in the company, just a bunch of tenured employees with outward confidence. - HR can't do its job well: as an employee, visiting HR feels worse than a visit to the dentist. HR admin people are not trained in HR tasks. - No one knows which way is up: teams are disconnected from a sense of purpose and just try to follow the new idea from a manager who wants to leave his mark although he doesn't know about basic business rules. - People are treated like tools: SICPA has lost sight of any goal beyond the current quarter's profits. Experience is not rewarded, neither is business acumen. - The C-level executives are role-playing instead of working: they end up in the job entirely unprepared for and unsupported in the uncomfortable stuff. - The smartest people in the company are buried deep in the org chart: the above mentioned mid-level managers are making sure that no one who could be smarter than them can be heard. - Compensations are below average.

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5.0
Jan 25, 2021
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Pros

The team is extremely kind toward each other.

Cons

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2.0
Aug 15, 2025
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Pros

Great product, great concept esp products that do not have technology capabilities. Overall Nice people and pleasant atmosphere in general

Cons

Poor diversity culture. Tech products with scanning capabilities aren’t as strong and hard IT departments to work with. HR more of admin than truly hiring and on boarding. Marketing budget is limited in North American market. Not easy for women in leadership and even less for non American women

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