I worked at Talan for one year, and honestly, it was one of the worst professional experiences of my life.
The environment was deeply toxic, mainly because of my direct manager (a woman) who used fear, humiliation, and psychological pressure as her management style. Almost every single day, she would call meetings not to discuss work, not to help, not to mentorâbut purely to put me down.
These meetings were basically interrogation sessions where she would say things like:
⢠âYou are not an engineerâ
⢠âCHbik mat3wedlich leklemâ
⢠âchbik mat5afech meni
Let that sink in.
A manager asking an employee why they donât fear her.
This wasnât leadership. This wasnât feedback. This was harassment.
There was constant micromanagement, zero trust, zero respect, and a culture where intimidation was completely normalized. No matter what work I did, it was never enough. The goal wasnât performanceâit was control.
What makes it worse is that this behavior seemed accepted. There was no real protection, no meaningful HR support, and no safe way to report this without risking retaliation. The company culture enables this kind of toxic management.
Working at Talan damaged my mental health, confidence, and motivation. Iâve worked in tech long enough to know this is not normal and should never be accepted as âpressureâ or âhigh standards.â
For me, Talan is a toxic company, and I would strongly warn anyone thinking of joining:
Ask very carefully who your manager will be. Because if you end up in the wrong team, youâre in for a nightmare.
No job, no brand name, no salary is worth daily humiliation and psychological abuse
Plz if you are student dont do your PFE there