The retention rate at this bank is extremely low. Management is constantly being restructured (I have had 4 managers in 2 years).
There is absolutely no work-life balance at all.
The bank uses Waterfall for SDLC, yet the business is constantly adding new requirements anyway. Despite this, the project managers keep the same project timelines, which forces the projects to be very condensed and stressful. (We currently have SIT/UAT going on AT THE SAME TIME. INCREDIBLE).
I consistently work 12 hour days all the time, and have to work on the weekends sometimes too.
The work environment is pretty toxic. I am in meetings all day even though I have development work to do, yet I'm always asked why work is not being done.
Co-workers are okay, but everyone only cares for themselves. There is no accountability anywhere, across any of the apps.
Japanese parent company doesn't seem to care much about its subsidiaries.
