Airtel Africa Engineering - Software & QA Department Reviews

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salary on time

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very toxic work culture, politics at its peak, micro management with only some employees. managers have affair with female colleagues and they think they can do anything if you raised your voice they will force you to resign or change your team. Managers only favors to their "Chatu" employees or to those have same caste...Read More

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Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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Nothing to like

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Work culture is very toxic. You have to work sat and Sunday, micromanagement is at peak.You have to complete your 9 hours minimum. Manager and Director and their senior doesn't have family so they will treat you like you also doesn't have. Your personal life will be destroyed.

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Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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I have worked with some really great people who have excellent technical expertise. There are teams where good work culture is maintained. Office is in a mall, lot of fancy shops and restaurants.

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Imagine the worst parts of every manager you’ve ever had, rolled into one glorious trainwreck of a human being, who has an ego of a Death Star. This dude couldn’t debug a prod issue but struts around like he’s Silicon Valley’s gift to humanity. A cowardly backstabber who thinks he’s Steve Jobs. He gives out raises and remote work like candy to his loyal minions, expecting them to grovel at his feet. A charming mix of insecurity and favoritism. Picture a guy who’s as two-faced as a coin, but less useful. Hikes and work-from-home perks are reserved exclusively for his personal fan club—the ones who’ve mastered the art of brown-nosing and boot-kissing. It’s less about performance and more about servitude. If you’re not bending over backwards to inflate his already oversized ego, forget about any perks. He’s the micromanagement maestro, obsessing over every minor detail like a boomer on steroids. Not only is he tracking every single leave you take, but he’s also got a whole spreadsheet dedicated to it. And come month-end, he’s right there, spamming your inbox with reminders. Ignore him, and he’ll go ahead and apply the leaves himself. It’s like he’s got this pathological need to control even the smallest aspects of your work life. He’s got a calendar with everyone’s lunch and coffee breaks marked on it, too. In his mind, this is what makes him a ‘good manager.’ It’s like he’s got this desperate need to control every tiny detail, probably because it’s the only thing he can actually handle. Not content with just being an incompetent micromanaging backstabber, he’s also a master of psychological warfare. This genius has a brilliant strategy to ‘motivate’ his team: he loves to crank up the pressure to 11 and then threaten to put people on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) if they don’t dance to his tune. He never throws a party, but boy, does he show up to yours and eat all the expensive stuff. It’s like inviting a black hole to your buffet. He’s that guy who brings a salad to a potluck and leaves with a full plate of prime meat. I have not seen a sadder, frustrated, gossip-queen, mean, spineless, tech-illiterate control freak with the social skills of a wet sock, who thinks fear is a great motivator. Can’t forget the way he smiles....Read More

Work Details

Work policy: 4 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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- Managers & HR force employees to write good reviews on this site so that they can use new talent - Would not mention timely salary because that is a basic necessity when you are working in an org. - nothing except this

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- The company provides little to no appraisal ( 1.5-2%) - Managers and Senior management have joined from small startups and have no regard for a good culture. - HR says company is in hybrid model and wfh is allowed whereas Managers force office 4 days a week and complain to HR if employee wfh - Too much micromanagement. In and out times are monitored but you won't get acknowledged for going out of the way for the company no matter how many extra hours you put on weekday or weekend. All that matters is the day you left early - company is not work centric , it's time spent in office centric - managers try to set the narrative that no work is done in wfh and it is a total waste whereas WFH times were the only times in the last few years when company was making YOY profits. since office start hua, company is not growing. - there is too much politics and a big gang of similar aged managers who force their own policies and make the environment toxic - Laptops provided are 5 years old already and you have to pay in case anything happens to them - business team and senior management is not great and have 0 confidence in them...Read More

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Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Good in terms of learning opportunities

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Work life balance is not that great, company culture needs to improve

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Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

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Work culture, transparency

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Give values to smart working people

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Work timings: Flexible Timings

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Salary on time , telecom domain , product development

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* Toxic work culture * leadership lack direction as what they want to build . * Prefer to build thing in old fashioned way and don't want to listen any thing new in market. * Not an employee centric company . * Poor planning

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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nothing.

Dislikes

everything, no process, senior behavior, worst work culture, pathetic work environment. no one wants to tell you everything about project.

Work Details

Work policy: currently work from home

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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work culture security

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carrier grwoth

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Work timings: Flexible Timings