Salary Delay - Anonymous employee CodeLantic Employee Review

No pros to mention. This was a horrible place to work.

Based on my personal experience, this is one of the worst companies to work for due to unethical management practices and dishonest salary handling. When employees join, the salary is negotiated as one agreed total amount. After joining, that same salary is split into basic pay, travel allowance, and performance allowance. This is not extra money or additional benefits it is simply the employee’s own agreed salary divided into parts. Salaries are delayed for months, and the performance portion is cut or delayed without transparency or fairness, sometimes justified by vague internal tracking such as an Excel sheet marked in red. There is no clear evaluation process or communication. This ongoing salary uncertainty causes extreme frustration, stress, and depression. When salaries are delayed for months, employees are unable to meet basic living needs such as rent, food, medical expenses, or professional commitments. The mental health impact of this environment is severe and should not be underestimated. Management shows no understanding of work culture, ethics, or responsibility. The focus is only on extracting work from employees, while serious concerns about unpaid salaries are ignored or endlessly postponed. The HR department exists only in name. Instead of supporting employees, HR avoids responsibility, shuts down discussions about salary delays, and lacks basic professionalism and empathy when communicating with employees who are already under significant stress. It is genuinely unclear what purpose HR serves in this organization.

No pros to mention, Horrible place to work.

This is one of the worst companies to work for because of unethical management and dishonest salary practices. When employees join, the company negotiates the full salary as one agreed amount. After joining, that same salary is split into basic pay, travel allowance, and performance allowance. This is not extra money or company benefits. It is the employee’s own agreed salary, just divided into parts. The problem starts when the company runs out of money. Management then introduces a policy to pay only the basic salary and ignores the travel and performance parts, suddenly calling them company benefits. In reality, this is the employee’s own money. Employees are told they will be paid later when the company has cash, as if the company’s financial problems should be the employee’s responsibility. This is completely unacceptable. Salaries are delayed for months, and the performance portion is cut without transparency or fairness, sometimes based on something as meaningless as an Excel sheet showing red. Management has no understanding of work culture, ethics, or responsibility. They only focus on squeezing work out of employees and do nothing when payment issues are raised. The HR department is rude and unhelpful. Instead of supporting employees, HR shuts down anyone who asks questions about salary delays or sudden policy changes. It is unclear what purpose HR serves in this company. Many positive reviews here do not appear to be genuine and seem to be forced by management, which reflects the dishonest culture of the company. This company operates in an unethical and misleading way. If you are thinking of joining, stay away. This is easily one of the worst companies to work for in Sri Lanka.