CrimsonLogic Reviews

Pros

AWS and bonuses are OK
generous parties and trainings
Leaves are OK

Cons

work in a long hour, especially during the project deadline
too many project with lack of resources
lack of technology savvy people in the business and management, they just anyhow accept all project, without considering technical issues.

Pros

- Good place to learn for fresh graduates.
- Many choices for lunch.

Cons

- Staffs are rewarded by their long service more than by their performance.
- Management sees high performers as yet another easily replaceable resources. This applies even to the best staffs in this company's history.
- Frequent overtime (OT) despite effective and efficient work.
- Management focuses on short term profit only and neglects long term goals.

Advice to Senior Management

- Should reward staffs more by performance rather than by seniority.
- Retain the best people and success will follow.

Pros

Good place to learn. Company also give a benefit to attend courses, with 6 month contract after completion.
Some projects are well managed.

Cons

Management for some projects are very bad. I have a colleague who need to OT everyday.

Pros

Given a lot of opportunities and space for you to work on your bid.

Cons

You have to be independent.

Advice to Senior Management

Senior Management should expose themselves or get in touch with more to/with other senior managerment/C-level people in other organisation.

Pros

Nice working environment in a technology park. People on the ground are generally nice.

Cons

mid-senior management are in the world of their own, very politically challenge atmosphere.

Advice to Senior Management

Revamp the VPs and Directors in the IT department.

Pros

Great place to learn about J2EE solutions for the Trade & Logistics domain
Lots of responsibility placed very early on enables you to build a complete overview of all aspects of enterprise systems

Cons

Limited career advancement opportunities
A very looking over the shoulder kind of culture
Bureaucratic Culture

Advice to Senior Management

Remove the underperforming entrenched managers and offer greater opportunities to younger performers

Pros

-got ferry to go to office in morning
-got bonus and AWS
-got 650 subsidiary claim per year
-working environment is quiet and quite good

Cons

-long working hours and sometimes even expect to come back on both Sat & Sun
-earliest time you can knock off from office is 7pm (daily)
-managers don't know anything about technical and only know how to stress out his peers
-always time is critical and always require to work long hours
-lots of work to do when no resource is there
-During SIT/UAT time u'll get scolding emails like "why again?" without proper consideration of not enough time given.

Advice to Senior Management

Instead of looking for profit to the company, management should try to create a work-life balanced life for employees

Pros

Good learning ground in IT, great place to start IT career, good opportunities to work in various overseas projects, great place to jump-start career.

Cons

Hierarchical management, tedious manual documentation procedures, lack of personal communication from higher management, constantly high turnover rate, uncompetitive monetary compensation

Advice to Senior Management

Being a IT company, CrimsonLogic should place emphasis in development of the technical skills and craft of its employees which will result in the delivery of high quality works that customers will appreciate and recognize. Too many counter-productive QMS procedures which takes up employees' time are in place. Continuing to turn a blind eye to the difficulties and dissatisfaction that employees face will continue the current high turnover trend and does not bode well for the company.

Pros

* Friendly colleagues
* Growing company, opportunities for growth is there
* Benefit package quite good (getting +1 day annual leave for every year you work, capped at 18 days or 21 days for managers and above, $600 flexible subsidy claim including holidays, air ticket, etc)
* Overseas travel / posting opportunities, especially if you're in sales / presales
* Close to nature (Science Park 2)
* Good food

Cons

* Salary not competitive
* A lot of red tape
* Employees of average standard
* Hiring process very primitive, which results in a lot of people unqualified for the job
* Stressful if you're involved in project running behind deadline
* No structured way to recognize dedicated employees, no talent development programme
* Close and uninnovative culture

Advice to Senior Management

Concentrate on people / culture / talent development, please do not be too profit-driven; should think for long term growth (growing the human capital / company culture, etc.) rather than short-term growth (profits + projects). CrimsonLogic has a good reputation as a software service provider, but a not-so-good reputation as an employer. This resulted in a lot of bright people leaving the company.

Pros

Science park location, free shuttle bus to food places, nus food canteen, and other food places. Nice clean environment peaceful

Cons

Tough working hours, one color through out the workforce, cheap labour, boring nearby canteens, limited pantry food and drinking options

Advice to Senior Management

should offer more feed back opportunities and options to the work force, and increase diversity in the work force and expand