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Found 556 of over 598 reviews
3.4
67% Recommend to a Friend
Gates Corporation CEO Ivo Jurek
66% Approve of CEO

Found 507 of over 598 reviews

3.4
67%
Recommend to a Friend
66%
Approve of CEO
Gates Corporation CEO Ivo Jurek
Ivo Jurek
209 Ratings
Pros
  • "Work life balance is emphasized(in 13 reviews)

  • "Good company with good benefits(in 23 reviews)

  • Cons
  • "Work-life balance not good in Finance/Accounting key roles(in 11 reviews)

  • "New Upper Management were only concerned with their potential payouts for IPO(in 19 reviews)

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    1. 4.0
      Former Employee, less than 1 year

      What

      29 Apr 2021 - Software Engineer in Singapore
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good environment and place for growth

      Cons

      Poor management and overall its hectic

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    2. 1.0
      Former Employee, more than 1 year

      MNC my foot

      9 Mar 2023 - Finance Analyst in Singapore
      Recommend
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      Pros

      nothing much to say .

      Cons

      Snr mgt are tyrants, so much politics. No regards for human being.

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    4. 3.0
      Current Employee, more than 3 years

      Colleagues are nice

      8 Sep 2021 - Human Resources Manager in Jurong East New Town,
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Colleagues are nice and kind. Manager is willing to teach.

      Cons

      old school thinking, centralized by global

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    5. 2.0
      Former Employee

      Weak Management

      4 May 2021 - Human Resources Manager 
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Colleagues are nice, very helpful

      Cons

      Weak management, dont see how they can empower their employees

      1 person found this review helpful
    6. 3.0
      Current Employee, more than 5 years

      Gates review

      18 Feb 2021 - Senior Engineer in Jurong East New Town,
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good Benefits, work life balance

      Cons

      No / little Bonus, management not good

      1 person found this review helpful
    7. 2.0
      Former Employee, more than 3 years

      Sinking ship

      25 Jul 2020 - Anonymous Employee in Singapore
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good Medical Benefits Easy survival, just follow orders blindly

      Cons

      -Incompetent top management have poor knowledge of markets, products and applications resulting in complete lack of direction. -Company structure is wrong itself. Misaligned departments, responsibilities and KPIs. -No creativity, everyone is busy doing operational work. -Bosses wear "busy ness" as badge of honor and rarely bothers to solve issues of the team. -Zero transparency, creating atmosphere of confusion, anxiety and uncertainty at all times

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    8. 1.0
      Former Employee, more than 1 year

      Bad management

      26 Oct 2020 - Product Manager in Singapore
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good Product and brand. Good prospect if manage well.

      Cons

      No strategy and bad management

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      1 person found this review helpful
    9. 1.0
      Current Employee, less than 1 year

      Beware of East Asia

      12 Sep 2017 - Leadership Position in Singapore
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Long company history Diversified business to ride over uncertain times/industry downturn (Oil and Gas) Good travel benefits Medical benefits getting better Easy survival skill (do as you're told)

      Cons

      Aggressive leadership with top down approach Closely knit management team Still figuring out what is the right direction to head Resource planning is weak - trial and error, at the expense of employees Danger of groupthink (diversity of opinion not accepted/encouraged) Moving towards operational rather than creativity High turnover of new employees Loss of knowledge as veterans left or leaving

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      5 people found this review helpful
    10. 3.0
      Former Employee

      Not bad company but quite political

      2 Mar 2020 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Job was manageable and did have quite alot of fun and gained lots of experiences.

      Cons

      Quite political when I was there .

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    11. 3.0
      Former Employee

      Company Culture

      24 Feb 2019 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great teamwork among the employees

      Cons

      Too meticulous, difficult to take our own decisions

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      1 person found this review helpful
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