Micromanaging, top down, no personal life - Anonymous employee Shopee Employee Review

3.0
Aug 7, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The HR treat employees well (Your boss do not). There are a lot of fun activities, benefits, etc initiated by HR.

Cons

1. No personal life. It is all work, and nothing else. Say goodbye to weekend. There's no such thing. You are always working 2. Learning is great if you are a freshgrad since there are a lot of works to do. But if you already have experience, you will easily realize that the work is a looot, but repetitive. 3. Very top-down culture. You have idea? Swallow that. Only CEO idea that matters. You are there as a machine to execute. 4. Micromanagement. Even if you are a manager, you will be surprised on how much detail your works are, to the extent that you constantly ask "I have to do this too?" Every small microscopic detail needs approval. You will feel powerless and is just there to do what's being asked. Because of this reason, I notice that new employees who came from different companies do not stay long. It is typically freshgrads (who have no benchmark on how working does not have to mean being a slave) who stay longer. Join Shopee if you are freshgraders. If you have experience, your experience is better used somewhere else.

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Shopee Response
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Hi former employee, thank you for leaving a review. We regret to hear of your experience and would like to know more about it. Please drop us an email at [hr.experience@shopee.com] and our team will get back to you soon. Thank you for your contribution at Shopee and we wish you all the best for your future endeavours!

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