Pros
The only discernible professional benefit experienced during my short tenure was good pay for my experience.
Cons
Flawed Senior Hiring: A single behavioral interview for a senior role led to a critical mismatch with job demands and a complete lack of team support. This was despite my clear communication of limited professional experience. Manipulative Management & IP Theft: My manager consistently isolated me and engaged in gaslighting, including falsely accusing me of lying on my resume. Crucially, my original idea for the bank's major data anonymization process for the application I was working on was stolen and claimed as his own. Extreme Isolation & Unrealistic Expectations: As the sole developer for critical data initiatives, I was physically isolated in a corner, with no team overlap and functions. I was expected to immediately take over from the prior developer who left abruptly within a month. The primary migration project itself had fundamental design and workflow flaws due to severe miscommunication and underwriter disenchantment. Despite successfully addressing every bug, change, and request for the loan application via Jira and spreadsheets, I faced constant admonishment. The team lead's only direct contact was for my exit interview, revealing a fragmented team dynamic. While I did manage to have a few productive sessions with some valuable underwriters, efforts to gain further in-depth domain knowledge were often ghosted. We eventually reached a point where continuing required me to proactively identify specific quirks or complex issues for discussion, having already covered the general use cases of the application. Hypocritical "Speak Up" Culture: The company's "speak up and open up" motto was a facade; the infrastructure actively fostered isolation and disempowerment, contradicting any sense of integration or empowerment. Retaliation & Deceptive Practices: At probation's end, I was internally deemed a "failure," a designation I strongly disagree with and view as gaslighting, given the lack of support and the successful resolution of tasks on the main loan application project. My only "training" for learning objectives (SQL, C# topics) was a C# book, yet these were also immediately deemed a failure. For a separate report building project, my suggestion for Power BI (over a .NET interface) was adopted by my manager, and despite building a compiled and connected data source, I received no feedback before it was also deemed a failure. This internal judgment sharply contrasts with the formal resignation letter I received, pointing to an internal cover-up and systemic scheming regarding my decision to leave. Toxic Environment & Career Jeopardy: The combined impact of managerial manipulation, profound isolation, ethical breaches, and harassment created an unbearable and unsustainable work environment. My decision to intentionally walk away after my probation was an easy one, despite coinciding with a severe peak layoff period post-COVID, which felt like career suicide under duress. Severe Personal Impact & Harassment: My time in Ireland, especially from the start of this job in Dublin, was marred by stalking, abuse, and harassment directly including my job and departure. This targeted campaign, infringing on my basic human rights, privacy, and personal boundaries, included being called schizophrenic and suicidal, ultimately leading to my subsequent departure from the country. This extreme harassment occurred even while living in a publicly accessible block on top of a coffee shop, restaurant, and other retail outlets, where I was publicly abused day and night.