Vantaggi
Used to be a great place to work, especially when local teams were managed by competent global leadership. Some genuinely smart engineers on the team (though most are leaving or looking to).
Svantaggi
Management Overhaul Ruined Everything: Ion recently handed over control to clueless Indian managers with no understanding of the product, no vision, and zero empathy for engineers. We now report to people who can’t even follow the tech conversations we have, yet they will decide our appraisals, leaves, promotions, and practically our careers. Nepotism and Incompetence in Leadership: The restructuring was driven by Sanjay Chikara, Director of Ion India, and it reeks of internal politics and power consolidation. The result? Mediocrity being rewarded, domain expertise being ignored, and motivated developers being micromanaged and silenced. Return to Office: An India-Only Disgrace: The forced return to office is enforced only for Indian employees. Colleagues in the UK and US still work from home. The inequality is stark and insulting. What's worse? If you miss office hours by even a small margin, you get passive-aggressive emails from HR, and they deduct your paid leaves. Productivity? Mental health? None of that matters here. Morale is in Free Fall: Talented people are demotivated, and the ones staying are doing so only for the paycheck or because they’re stuck. No transparency, no communication, and definitely no respect for employees who actually care about the product. HR is a Joke: Unapproachable, robotic, and more focused on enforcing pointless policies than supporting employees.