Toxic, political, and no basic human decency - werkgeversreview Software Development Engineer bij GoKwik

- Fast-paced environment with exposure to some business execution. - Opportunity to work on challenging problems and move quickly.

Significant micromanagement and limited autonomy in day-to-day work. Culture felt more competitive than collaborative. Leadership and decision-making appeared highly top-down, with limited room for disagreement or alternate perspectives. Management layers often felt focused on alignment upward rather than supporting teams. Work environment felt transactional rather than warm or people-oriented. Office experience felt very basic with limited employee amenities or community-building spaces. High-pressure atmosphere that, in my experience, created unnecessary stress and anxiety. Overall, this was not the right environment for me. My exit happened as part of a layoff/separation process, and unexpectedly, I felt more relieved than disappointed. It made me realize how mentally exhausting I had found the work environment over time. While experiences will differ from person to person, I personally would not choose to return to a culture that felt this heavily managed, and lacking in trust and autonomy.

Few functional leaders are good to work with and you an actually learn from them. Candidates know about gokwik because of product depth so pitching a role is simple.

To begin with all the reviews which are mentioned for HR are totally true.. having worked in this team I can say that the team functions on favoratism only and it comes from top Recruitment function operates like BPO Hiring... person leading such a critical function doesnt have basic understanding that product companies don't operate like BPO.. all the person does is throw attitude and rude behaviour and shouting in unruly voice on the floor. HRBP's main work is only Gossip Management and nothing else thwre is no quality work that they do except for doing gossips and manipulation..they have spoilt the entire culture of the company which I heard was quite good until early 2025. I doubt if CHRO has any control left over the function