IDEMIA reviews about "upper management"

Upper management seems to be in a constant state of flux and disconnected with the functions and operations of the company.

Career development opportunities appear limited and are often reserved for a select group of long-term employees. The company suffers from a lack of strong and effective leadership, which seems to stem from issues within HR and upper management. Unprofessional behavior, poor leadership practices, harassment, and bullying are too often tolerated rather than addressed. Many employees are expected to perform the responsibilities of multiple roles while being underpaid, with this being framed as “development opportunities.” Overall, the company appears far more focused on profitability than on the wellbeing and support of the employees who contribute to its success.

Owned by a holding company that has done so for 5 years. Site upper management has changed 3 times in 2 years. The company will promise compensation then try to withhold said compensation until the employee calls them to task and then they will try to not pay back owed wages. Moral is extremely low and its almost impossible for them to find and keep a viable workforce due to poor management, low pay and the extreme background checks required to work at the location. They do not offer much in way of employee development or career progression.

Upper management is all over the place. No clear direction career wise and very difficult to grow without jumping through thousands of hoops. Finance department is just a joke.

Management is very bad on shop floor. One embedded family where the female manager has hand picked personal friends that work with her and she let's them all including herself and partner feed shamelessly from the company coffers. For example overtime when not needed, taking work home and getting paid for it and the list goes on. This isn't open to anyone else on the shop floor. Upper management can't be bothered to stop it. I hate working there but need the money

Horrendous pay. Idemia's direct competitors in the industry hire its employees at twice sometimes thrice the salary. Never believe a word of what they tell you about your pay being increased, unless you get it in writing. I know a lot of people who let good opportunities go because they trusted their managers and were made a fool out of. While on the subject of pay, do not expect decent appraisals as well. Those are reserved for the upper management. The level of micro management is crazy. They spend more time asking you what you're doing and telling you how you should do it, instead of actually letting you do the work. Most leads don't even properly understand the technologies their teams are working on, so don't expect a lot of help. Having said that, there are some talented ones as well. Its a game of chance, in whose team you'll land. There was a critical lack of projects in Noida office, at least when I left. I don't know about now. And lastly, forget work life balance is a thing.

Work/Personal life balance is hard to juggle. Gaps in communication between different departments. Upper management is very disorganized and sometimes unable to help the needs of the regular employees. Pay isn’t great.

Slow at making changes, stuck in the pass sometimes. Hard to convince upper management what is now and what is required.

Projects are a bit chaotic at times. Lack of accountability from upper management when projects are in the red. Pay is extremely compared to the market value.