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    52%
    Employees recommend this employer to friends
    Work/Life balance
    3.5(71 ratings)
    Career development
    2.8(71 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    2.9(71 ratings)
    Management
    2.7(71 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.4(71 ratings)
    Diversity & equal opportunity
    3.5(71 ratings)
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    1.0
    Manufacturer
    Apr 2026
    Lane Cove NSW 2066Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Best avoided. Full stop.
    The good thingsYou get to work with a truly life-changing product that’s unlike anything else.
    The challengesSome senior leaders are clearly toxic, some staff are routinely mistreated. Nepotism is obvious; nobody even tries to hide it. Rewards go to those with the right connections.
    2.0
    Electronic Assembler
    Jan 2026
    Macquarie Park NSW 21131 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Not worth the stress
    The good thingsGood products with a good propose
    The challengesBetter leadership and fairer management practices. Team leaders often monitored staff in a micromanaging way (e.g. standing at the clean room door tracking break return times and publicly calling out minutes late). Concerns raised by team leaders were sometimes accepted without hearing the employee’s side. Overtime opportunities also felt inconsistent and not applied equally across the team. Overall, the workplace culture felt overly monitored and report-driven, similar to being treated like school rather than trusted as professionals.
    2.0
    People and Culture Coordinator
    Nov 2025
    Macquarie Park NSW 2113Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Great mission, toxic culture.
    The good thingsGreat products developed by motivated and passionate people. There is a genuine drive to contribute to positive outcomes for customers.
    The challengesToxic culture attributed largely to the actions and decisions, or lack there of, from middle management trying to create a name for themselves or trying to avoid having their lack of capability for their roles being found out
    4 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Engineer
    Jul 2025
    Macquarie Park NSW 2113-1 to 0 years in the role, current employee
    Top heavy, Run down and a disappointing place
    The good thingsOf course the product. Helping people hear!
    The challengesWhen I joined this company, I was proud to be a part of such a nobel cause. However, after seeing how things work here, I feel disgusted. Top heavy... too many useless managers who hide behind their cameras and show up for some one liners here and there. Handful of people actually do the work and they are not acknowledged or rewarded. Instead when something goes wrong the blame gets shifted on people who do the real work. The managers are busy managing upwards and have no interest in anybody's career growth. They only care about presenting a slide for some quarterly update and if you pay attention it will be the same slide that's presented every quarter with no progress. Only boot lickers and vintage people here have a gala time pretending to work from home and behaving like seniors.
    7 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Finance Role
    May 2024
    Sydney NSW 2000former employee
    Disappointing.
    The good thingsThe company purpose is great. It is a very profitable business due to the genius product it sells globally.
    The challengesManagement are really long tenured. Toxic culture - no one will have honest conversations - act like they are too nice. But really just passive aggressive and go behind backs. They proclaim they want to change their culture and be challenged - but this is not reality. If you havent been there 10 years plus and say what they want to hear - you are sidelined.
    13 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Support Officer
    Dec 2023
    Macquarie Park NSW 21131 to 2 years in the role
    Very disappointing, Not worth my time and skills.
    The good thingsHandful of good people who work very hard. But unfortunately, others take credit for it.
    The challengesNo clear direction from management. Forever changing which way they want to go. Complete disconnect between people who actually work and management. They are not really interested in what you do, but they are very quick to assume that you don't do enough and have free time at your hand. Goal settings are just a formality. No real thought goes in your careeer development.
    16 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Engineering Role
    Sep 2023
    Macquarie Park NSW 2113Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Bad management
    The good thingsWorking for a market leader
    The challengesStrong bamboo ceiling. People in management employ their friends/family members and promote them to a higher position within a year or two. So many incapable managers and directors. The company does not try to listen.
    21 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Electronics Assembler
    Jul 2023
    Macquarie Park NSW 21131 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Good luck to good there!
    The good thingsThe pay is OK! And nice staff
    The challengesPoor management. Took too long for your career progression. Don't look after their employees therefore staff turn over is big issue now
    15 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Customer service and reverse supply for repair
    Apr 2017
    Macquarie Park NSW 21131 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Work meanwhile study fulfilled with world class standard process
    The good thingsthis is a learning community and the company provides all the aspects of business to the people who really want to study and get progress.
    The challengesEver changing , you have to adjust yourself to this kind of environment.
    3.0
    Customer Insights
    Sep 2016
    Sydney NSW 20003 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Average
    The good thingsProducts that change someones life.
    The challengesNo clear direction from management. Experience depends on the manager
    2 people found this helpful
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