Someone reading reviews might think GSMAs messy financial situation and layoffs are the reason for unhappy reviews. But the truth is the company has been deeply flawed for months, years, before COVID. A toxic, corrupt environment. HR is political, self serving and dead set on covering up bad cases of discrimination and bullying, even sexual harassment. The worst HR division I’ve seen in a long career. There was stacks of evidence of bad antics from marketing leadership before the company finally decided to act last year so it didn’t go public. GSMA has many long serving middle managers who are lazy, propped up by allies in the leadership team, with no drive for innovation or hard work. Some people have stuck around for the benefits like the bonus, business class flights and easy excuses for travel, which have been stripped away now with no signs of return. GSMA won’t survive much longer with a leadership team busier defending 6-7 figure salaries than putting the welfare of their staff first or trying to balance the event-heavy revenue model. Many of us are working hard to find a new opportunity.
