M-DAQ Reviews

Hired for full time role but was retrenched within a month - Was hired in October to learn and take over an existing role in a team, so the SRE can move on to another team - Not long after I joined, there was also another new SRE joining - Was affected by huge restructuring exercise in early November, double-digit number of staff retrenched - Apparently not the first restructuring exercise, they had one in September and yet I was hired in October, then subsequently retrenched in November - There's more but I won't delve into it - it just seems like management has bad hiring practices - Seemed like the team genuinely had no idea this would happen (or they wouldn't have spent that much effort to train newcomers), higher ups most likely at fault for bad management Other cons: - Hotdesking but WFH not encouraged - sometimes not enough seats if you arrive later - No work life balance (for SRE) - expected to be on call 24/7 to respond to any issues in production

- work-life balance: you will become an 'uncle', every day, you don't need to worry too much about the progress, have a cup of coffee made by admin, join the standup meeting, talking with someone, write some code if you are happy, for lunch you can also cook in the kitchen and then go back to home after 6:30 - fail fast: you can always fail, you know, ... - private hospital insurance: you have to change the insurance agent if you want to opt-in, otherwise, the company will not reimburse the expense of your own private hospital insurance, actually, there is no difference among these insurance plans. - kitchen: you will see someone every day stay in the kitchen, no doing his/her jobs. For the culture, I have to say it is not the worst one in Singapore. But if you prefer engineer culture, if you have ambition, want to develop your career, PLEASE DO NOT JOIN M-DAQ.