Catastrophic Leadership - Anonymous employee Capgemini Employee Review

2.0
Oct 15, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- A good place to start off your career if you've just graduated. - Basic benefits like pension, healthcare, and holiday leave. - Provides you with some work experience for your CV.

Cons

This organisation serves as a prime example of what not to do in business. It mainly acts as a temporary solution for those in need, offering just enough experience to encourage people to move on. The leadership demonstrates a consistent unwillingness to accept responsibility. Senior management opts to deflect blame for evident failures onto their staff. They instigate disorder by making decisions rooted in unrealistic expectations, subsequently expecting their employees to achieve the impossible to satisfy those demands. When outcomes do not align with their plans, they seek scapegoats rather than examining their own errors. The management of the organisation puts way too much focus on formal qualifications and job titles, ignoring real skills. This leads to a tricky situation where practical know-how is undervalued in favour of certificates and rank. As a result, skilled people with solid experience often miss out on promotions, which affects both their motivation and the organisation's performance. There aren't clear routes for professional growth, and it stifles creative thinking, creating a culture where accountability is avoided rather than tackled head-on. The organisation's management structure has quite a few operational inefficiencies and issues. These systemic problems create an environment that can seriously affect employee development and engagement. While a short stint might be okay, staying longer could have major career consequences, such as fewer chances for advancement and a possible decline in professional motivation, especially when individual contributions aren't properly recognised or appreciated.

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Cons

Honestly can't believe the audacity and entitlement of the middle management at this place. For example, last year everybody got about 3% merit raises (not at all keeping up with inflation but still something). This year, they were working with the same pool of funds to work with for raises, but made a "business decision" to consolidate the raises to only management. The rest of us got nothing. And the TOLD us they kept everything for themselves. And in addition to that, they twisted the knife by COMPLAINING to the whole department on a department call that their bonuses weren't enough. Just tone-deaf and careless mostly.

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