SafetyCulture reviews about "leadership"

-I left because I observed a noticeable decline in the effectiveness and credibility of the local leadership. There's also significant shift in culture later part of 2025. -HR is the number one violator of policies and enabler of not so good leaders. (coming in to the office late, and leaving early for the gym dates or law school, studying during work hours). They are also going on prolonged coffee breaks with other leaders plus their romantic partners. Also, their clique is known as gossipers and power trippers. -HR tolerates some leaders who spend their time playing pingpong, majority of their work hours, or hours gossiping because they are close with the head of department. -HR stays mum with ethical violators like bullies; unfair treatment of managers or even those who don't comply with the reporting days in the office. Employees hear HR saying that "that's not part of my work" or 'I'm not paid enough" causing delay in the services expected by the employees. -This is the open secret talked about by employees in Manila. To some this may not be impactful but to employees who work hard- seeing leaders lack accountability or HR running lazy everyday or doing other things other than work, it can be a very demotivating sight. Just dropping this here since SC employees think that this is supported by leaders. (I left so no shame here.) -I like SafetyCulture, the new CEO is also great, he visited the office & gave honest insights. A lot of people resign from the company just because of the HR and leader left running this office. Otherwise, work is manageable, pay is reasonable, benefits are satisfactory, and you can work independently. (less stress if you're not lazy) It's also stable, no redundancies whatsoever.

Leadership favoritism. Promotion promises are not being upheld. Specific rules does not apply to people with friends in high places

Processes can feel a bit slow at times as the company grows, but leadership is aware and working on it.

The company hit its peak around the unicorn valuation and EdApp acquisition, and strategic clarity has been in decline ever since. AI arrived and caught the executive team largely unprepared. The tech stack is legacy, the response has been reactive, and VCs have moved on to AI-native companies. The result is a business under real financial pressure, making increasingly short-term decisions and framing them as strategy. Career progression is where the gap between rhetoric and reality is most visible. People consistently took on work well above their pay grade, with direct managers actively advocating for promotion. Those advocacies went nowhere. The company was extracting senior-level output at lower-level cost, with no path to recognition or advancement.

Compensation: Salary packages are generally below market standards for the required level of expertise. Organizational Maturity: Leadership is often overly top-down, with limited opportunities for constructive peer feedback or challenging the status quo. Lack of Stability: Constant shifts in priorities and opaque headcount management have created an environment with very little psychological safety.

The culture has significantly degraded over the past couple of years brought by recent changes in the leadership team especially in product and engineering. Real high performers are not valued and being victimised by too much politics and are exiting the company as a result. Everyone looking busy to keep their jobs safe but not achieving real meaningful outcomes. Such a shame for a company with so much potential and a good mission. You need to show your face in the office at least 3 days a week to prove you're "engaged" and you're a "culture fit". Nothing to do with your contributions and outcomes you achieve.

Decisions are highly top-down with zero transparency or clear long-term direction. Senior leadership can be dishonest and even lie to their own reports about the company's priorities and restructuring plans, even when they already have the full visibility of what's happening. Priorities change constantly, restructures become frequent, and morale has dropped significantly across the org. Many talented people either left or were laid off (both publicly and quietly behind the scenes). Compensation and salary reviews have also fallen behind the market in recent years. The employee shares are meaningless. They can’t realistically be turned into cash and the company has publicly stated they don't have any IPO plan.