Great colleagues and flexibility with some growth pain - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Energy Infrastructure Partners

Paradeplatz office only to be honest

Nothing good to say about this company apart from good office location in Zurich city centre. Incompetent leadership, absolute worst people are the ones that get promoted most because loyalty matters beyond all else. Every year at EIP = -5% IQ. Recruitment seems to seek out special cases and/or narcissists. Super long working hours (long after midnight, weekend work standard) while bonuses are a complete joke. Turnover is insanely high, and it is not surprising. Morale is on the floor, everybody is desperately looking for a way out. And all this chaos shows in investment performance and deals quality. If there was any real competition in Switzerland in this market, EIP wouldn’t exist. The job description and the actual work deviate by a factor of 100% and promotions are paid for with dignity. Don’t do the mistake of joining this company.

The only silver lining? Some of those who went through tough times we bonded over the chaos—there’s a certain solidarity in shared disappointment.

When I joined the HR department, I was aware of ongoing changes and assumed they were a normal part of the process—clearly, I was mistaken. The interview process itself was chaotic, with lengthy discussions involving people who didn’t even know why they were meeting me. Once I started, things escalated quickly. A colleague in HR was fired, and the work environment became increasingly tense. My role turned out to be very different from what I was hired for, and I was mostly handling administrative tasks—something I hadn’t done in years and wasn’t willing to do full-time. But the bigger issue is the pattern. In just a few months, multiple women were let go, including those in leadership and even two returning from maternity leave. The instability within HR—the very department meant to support employees—speaks for itself.