Great company, great values, poor senior management team.
Pros
- Great company to work for to obtain sufficient consumer insights and experiences to the commercial market. - Great company that upholds its company values (Transparency, Respect, Integrity, Patient Focus) to a high standard which is align to what every employee would want and expect out of its employers. - Work life balance is achievable as well as top management globally has made effective the flexible option of working from home (provided with managers approval and your current job scope).
Cons
- Senior management team locally does not share the same vision as the global company values. - Senior leaders does not practice coaching and mentoring. They will only give a beautiful speech about "Your career is in your own hands. Come to us for advice and we will help you grow". However, that does not translate into reality when subordinates actually ask for guidance and are often brushed off (All talk but no walk). - Senior management (most) has the mentality to "throw you to the deep end of the ocean". If you manage to swim back ashore, you are a talent. If you drown, you are incompetent and will be looked down upon". - The political game is high on red alert where top level management brings the political game down to lower subordinate levels to stir up dissatisfaction and unhealthy competition. - Slow/no career progression even though you are a strong candidate (unless you are able to speak the same language as certain senior managers then you will progress at the speed of light). - Promotion of talent is often not in the books. It is often hired externally to fill up the ranks causing the company to lose its originality. - Senior management does not practice transparency; which does not come as a surprise as most company does not disclose PnC information. However, shouldn't the company adhere to the company value of Transparency and Respect to disclose certain information where internal staffs are suppose to be made aware of than finding out the very last minute? (food for thought). - Overwhelming amount of administrative work and refusal to hire additional headcount to enable dedicate employees to focus on their job scope. - Turnover rate of employees is extremely high. - Some senior managers look too high upon themselves and are plain ignorant. -HR does not act in the best interest of its employees.
