IT needs to have better vision and provide fast paced environment - Senior Developer ICBC Standard Bank Employee Review

2.0
14 Jul 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Depending on your team, flexible environment. Amazing support from business for IT projects. There are really good hard working and professional people on the business side.

Cons

These are mainly for the IT side: I have seen absurd promotions. Bureaucracy is definitely there. Getting what you need can be very difficult, quite a cumbersome process. No proper investment for infrastructure. Not good hardware / working station. Monitors are terrible. No standing desk. No proper chair unless you go through occupational therapy and prove your case. Some of the IT teams are at low level in terms of technical skills. IT management does not have a vision for doing cutting edge or even adapting latest technologies. To give an example they still use previous version of windows and generally look for the end of extended support for platform upgrades, like when you really have to do it. To be fair; some of these are I think due to not having enough funds, company has not been profitable until recent years.

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ICBC Standard Bank Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review of ICBC Standard Bank. It's great to hear that you had a good experience of our culture, and it is nice to see that you also rate our values, Senior Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion and work life balance so highly. We are disappointed however to read about your other experiences, and we hope that you felt able to raise these concerns with your manager during your time with us. We wish you all the best in your future career.

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Cons

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ICBC Standard Bank Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review of ICBC Standard Bank. We are pleased to read your comments about your positive experience with work-life balance, which resonates with what our staff tell us about the unique value proposition of knowing that for our people to be their best at work, they must be able to balance personal and professional priorities. We wish you all the best for your future career.
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No performance requirements and colleague good are good

Cons

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ICBC Standard Bank Response
1mo
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review of ICBC Standard Bank. We’re disappointed to hear about your experience in terms of performance requirements, which is not in line with our values or performance management framework. As you have done here, we encourage our staff to provide feedback through internal channels and would be interested to hear any suggestions for improvement. Please seek out your Line Manager or HR Business Partner to discuss, so we can work on a resolution. We hope you continue to enjoy your career with us.
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