Incompetent Leadership in KL office - Manager SWIFT Employee Review

1.0
Jan 9, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good tools, amazing office environment, great work/life balance as people does not really care about timelines as all work and projects are internal stakeholders.

Cons

The company has too much legacy brought to the newly setup office in Malaysia. They tend to park expats from HQ on key positions locally where they are not fit to do so or with zero experience. The management team are lack of management skill set as they either put someone from home or hiring blindly locally. The turnover in the entire KL office is at least 40% annually and that shows major issue in the management team. Managers are more interested to look good rather than fixing real problems. Also a note to HR, sending your managers for constant management training does not make them any better. Spend more time recruiting the right leaders or at least with valid experience towards the job.

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5.0
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Cons

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2.0
May 29, 2026
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Pros

Nice offices. Great colleagues. Interesting work. Truly great healthcare International travel

Cons

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