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Meaningful community work overshadowed by toxic culture - Assistant Manager Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Employee Review

2.0
May 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Exposure to community engagement and cultural-related initiatives. Opportunity to work on programmes and events with external stakeholders and partners. Colleagues at the operational level can be supportive and committed to delivering work. Meaningful work with potential impact on community outreach and cultural promotion.

Cons

Toxic working environment with office politics affecting collaboration. Leadership favouritism perceived towards a small inner circle, leading to unequal treatment and influence. Employees who do not align with leadership may feel excluded, sidelined or overlooked. Recognition and opportunities may depend more on relationships than performance. Declining morale and employee engagement due to management culture. Staff turnover concerns and loss of experienced employees.

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1.0
Jun 12, 2025
Anonymous contractor
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Pros

Meet various Singapore Chinese arts and cultural groups and maintain exposure to Chinese language and culture.

Cons

Top management only sides with those who fawn upon him and constantly tries to drive away anyone else who is just trying to do work normally and avoid fueling his ego. Also constantly micromanages departments that he deems important, just to ensure that he will look good in front of media, board members and more. Spreads gossips and rumours about staff that he wants out of the way. Loyal sidekick claims to ensure that processes are in place, but micromanages staff till they find it suffocating and time consuming. Sidekick will go out of the way to do top management's bidding, isolating staff that he wants to remove so that they will flounder when overwhelmed and then tender their resignations willingly.

4
1.0
Sep 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

None to mention at the moment

Cons

Extremely toxic environment with bad management and colleagues that backstab and take credit of your work. The Ceo creates a mess by showing favoritism and bringing in his own team from his previous post so most are playing politics rather than doing actual work. Find someone with strong chinese cultural background and ethics to lead the team rather than just getting management from other stat board to run it just for his own personal agenda. It is an absolute waste of tax payers money.

4
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