Typical Chinese Company - Anonymous employee Foxit Employee Review

2.0
Jul 1, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Management will give you a full assortment of responsibilities and duties ranging from a variety of different projects. As a result, you're immersed in all types of matters instead of working on one particular focus or concentration. This can be refreshing to some, or may burn others out depending on the kind of individual drive they may have.

Cons

As mentioned in the title, Foxit is very much like your typical Chinese company. The expectation to stay long hours each day is always pushed despite your work being completed. Salary compensation is a joke to say the least. There is definitely a big contrast if you're an Americanized person while working here. Mandarin is the clear official language of the office, and you will feel out of place and isolated as if you do not belong there. The company culture and atmosphere is quite toxic. There is no openness or transparency from management. It is quite black and white between working in a Chinese company as compared to an American one. You will feel suffocated.

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Pros

This is a company that gives you real tools, real freedom, and real trust to grow. I've been able to expand my skillset in ways I wouldn't have at a larger, more siloed organization. Leadership is accessible and genuinely invested. I've been mentored by people above me, and I've had the chance to mentor others in return. There's a culture of mutual respect here where your contributions are recognized regardless of your title. If you have ideas and you can execute, people at every level will listen.

Cons

The bar is high, and that's not for everyone. This is not a place where you can coast, perform the bare minimum, or talk your way through deliverables you don't understand. You're treated as a professional in your domain, which means you're expected to actually be one. If you thrive on accountability and ownership, where you can point and say, "See that? I did that!" or "That was me and my team, we accomplished that together!" then you're going to fit right in. If you're looking for a slower pace or heavy hand-holding, it'll be a culture mismatch.

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