Pros
– Work-life balance is moderately alright (but ultimately depends on the project).
Cons
– Management gives absolutely no interest in your career goals & aspirations: often empty promises & lip services. Neither do they check-in with you to understand you better nor your current progress. – Way too many mid-management whom no one seems know what they are doing all day except for attending meetings. Too few hands-on staff to carry out the real work – Compensation is below market rates for tech roles. Moreover YOY salary increment, as well as promotion, is negligible. – Benefits are non-existent. Annual paid-leave are minimal. – While local mentorship + networking is a common practice in most MNCs, it's a fairy-tale here. – Interview process has regressed in terms of rigour, resulting in many incompetent IT "talents" populating the workplace in the last 2 years. – Overuse of (cheaper) employees who came from a career-switch background who are not quite yet experienced in running the show. – Projects are poorly executed: what was sold to clients hardly match with the reality on the ground. – Attrition rate is really high for technical staff: knowledge transfer & hand-take are frequent, resulting in many messy sub-projects.
