Leadership in GC is highly authoritarian, with little empathy or genuine concern for employees’ wellbeing.
The new office was only recently renovated, and the smell of chemicals and construction materials is still very obvious. Despite this, employees are still expected to work on-site as usual. Multiple people have experienced headaches, allergy symptoms, and other physical discomfort, yet management continues to act as if this is a minor issue.
What makes this worse is the hypocrisy. Even the MD does not seem willing to stay in the office regularly, while employees are still being told they must come in. When the people making the rules clearly do not want to be in the same environment themselves, it says a lot about how little they value the health and comfort of the rest of the team.
The bigger issue is the culture behind it. Instead of listening to concerns and making reasonable adjustments, leadership relies on top-down control and expects employees to tolerate unhealthy conditions without question. There is no real advocacy from leadership for the team, only pressure to comply. It creates a culture where control matters more than people.