Restrictive IT, outdated management, and cost-cutting despite high profits - Test Engineer dormakaba Employee Review

1.0
Feb 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good colleagues and interesting products, but the current work environment and management decisions make it impossible to remain productive or motivated in the long term.

Cons

The technical environment is extremely frustrating. Long daily updates and forced restarts often destroy a week’s worth of work. The Zero-Trust configuration and firewalls are so strict that they block communication between machines and stop development processes. Support for infrastructure and network tickets is very slow, often taking weeks. Management has an outdated mindset. They ban AI tools for a lot of colleagues, claiming it creates "knowledge gaps," which only prevents us from being efficient. Furthermore, the financial policy is demotivating. Salaries are low (only 3% increase last year and 2% this year) and there are no bonuses. While the company reports good profits and the stock price rises, the budget for employees is shrinking to please shareholders. This "cost-cutting" and the active redundancy program create a toxic atmosphere where we are told the company is doing well, but "there is no money" for the staff. Finally, the HR department is very petty; they refused to provide my public transport card (a standard benefit) during my 2-month notice period, which is unprofessional.

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