Core42 reviews

2.3

38% would recommend to a friend

(55 total reviews)

30% positive business outlook

Core42 has an employee rating of 2.3 out of 5 stars, based on 55 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Core42 employee rating is 40% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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55 reviews
1.0
Mar 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent executive & senior leadership and CEO, with many dedicated and hardworking staff across the organization.

Cons

Certain senior managers and directors lack clarity about their responsibilities. Some tend to micromanage their teams rather than focusing on actual managerial duties, which often results in team members completing the work while managers take credit for it. Even within the best teams, workload distribution is inconsistent. Some employees are overloaded with work while others contribute only the minimum and are able to coast. Feedback mechanisms are also problematic, with gossip sometimes being treated as legitimate feedback instead of relying on structured, constructive communication. There is a noticeable lack of clear managerial direction. Work overload, weekends, late nights, Ramadan hours are not respected. Employees are not respected but belittled as if they were not hired on merit. Unfortunately, the workplace culture has deteriorated, and there appears to be little effort to address these issues. Many staff members are frustrated and disengaged. If given the opportunity to move to another company, it is likely that the majority of employees would seriously consider leaving. There’s zero care for employees, employees are seen as robots

1.0
Mar 13, 2026

Avoid! Avoid! English mentality at worst.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary if anything. Toxic culture full of womanizer englishmen.

Cons

Those English b. think that they are still an imperium. If you are not english, you are a 2nd class employee and they don't hide it. Maybe they should fire emiratis too, because they are not english!!! Avoid! Avoid!

1.0
Feb 25, 2026

Leader in layoffs in UAE

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They pay well basing on your nationality

Cons

Very limited employees actually do the work but the billing will be shared by all the employees tagged in the project Absolutely 0 control on project implementations, they are a body shopping providers Leadership does not have any control on the company they are nothing but puppets in someones hands from the parent company Everytime anew CEO comes the only thing he is capable of doing or he has power to do is fire employees

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