Trafigura reviews

An internal individual with a previous track record in another commodity is often promoted internally ahead of an external individual with specific product knowledge for senior roles (saves big money hire and maintains inner circle). Additionally, a biz dev track record is perceived as also capable in people management role too. This leads to individuals with poor ability in leading and developing a team being responsible for strategy and growth in a product they potentially have little track record or understanding of. Very high turn over across the company - not great for morale. Company still run at senior level as though it were much smaller than it has now become - very political, despite claims of 'flat structure'.

Well, here is the problem, and you would need to prioritize between pros and cons. Select what you like. 1. Negligible presence in India, no one knows about this shop. 2. The age old mentality that Indians are good for back-end work. 3. Age old technologies in IT space, which cannot support the group's growth, yet someone sitting in a black room takes a call and the group suffers. 4. Indian Management runs without a Vision, they are more interested in bonuses than doing good. Too much gold plating of the european bosses. 5. Since the company is predominantly run by Europeans, they treat Indian colleagues as side workers. 6. You might end up scouting for work, and might make yourself irrelevant sooner. Post which your acceptance back in the industry will become extremely challenging. 7. No Training, No Knowledge sharing, no skill enhancement. 8. No retention policy, frequent Hire and Fire, you might be asked to pack your bags in a day. 9. Frequent office shutdowns, they can close any office any day. 10. No job security, every day is a challenge, and you start cursing your fate in what you have got into. 11. The company is on a Auto Pilot, tremendously lacks innovation, in fact innovation will show you the door, intelligence will as well. 12. The company works with some really bad IT vendors, who do not understand the global ecosystems and spend more time impressing the decision makers to retain work. 13. Too much politics, Friends and Family companies are given work, and they produce bad work and charge a bomb to the group. Such decisions are taken in isolation and whistle blowing will show you the door. 14. Open and shut work, you might work on something, just to find out that it has been scrapped, and you start again. 15. The number of people staying more than 6 months is rare, hence the organization is not able to build a cultural fabric, which can excite you. 16. Your boss is your god, and you both are in the firing line anytime. 17. The HR tries, but even they are in the same boat, save themselves. 18. The group's reputation across the world is not being ethical organization. Read more about its business or even wiki page. (May be because of the industry it operates in) 19. Teams get scrapped faster than they are built, and the lack of vision is what you get frustrated with. 20. You might end up working for a truck driver, or an oil driller, or someone who is least expected to hold a position of authority, yet has reached there by someone's blessings.