How do you say "RUN" in Mandarin? - Anonymous employee TikTok Employee Review

1.0
Jan 8, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The only positive aspect of this company is the coworkers you interact with day to day. Many individual contributors are intelligent, kind, and hardworking, and there is real solidarity among people who are trying to survive a deeply unhealthy environment. The people are not the problem.

Cons

This is quite possibly one of the worst companies you will ever work for. The culture is openly toxic, discriminatory, and emotionally abusive. If you are not from mainland China, you are automatically at the bottom. If you are not aligned with Chinese nationalist views, you will never be favored, protected, or taken seriously. Leadership overwhelmingly prioritizes mainland China employees regardless of competence, ethics, or impact. Performance does not matter. Effort does not matter. Nationality and ideological alignment do. The environment is deeply misogynistic and male-centered, with women routinely dismissed, scrutinized, and silenced. Speaking up does not lead to accountability and often results in retaliation or being quietly pushed out. From a business standpoint, the company is shockingly poorly run. Communication is opaque, priorities shift constantly, and leadership decisions are detached from reality. Bad business practices are common, ethics are secondary to control and optics, and chaos is normalized. The toll on mental health is severe and unavoidable. Chronic stress, anxiety, and burnout are treated as the cost of employment. No level of compensation, brand recognition, or resume value is worth the emotional distress, discrimination, and long-term damage this company inflicts. Believe EVERY negative review, they are understating how bad it is.

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Pros

Pay is level with industry and actual work is somewhat interesting depending on the team you're on

Cons

In my experience, career growth can feel very limited if you are not part of the dominant internal language and cultural network. A significant amount of important context, communication, and decision-making happens in Chinese, which can make non-Chinese-speaking employees feel excluded from key conversations and promotion opportunities. The environment did not feel as inclusive as it should be for a global company. Advancement often felt less tied to performance and more tied to whether you were connected to the right groups or able to operate fluently within the Chinese-speaking side of the organization. Over time, it felt like non-Chinese-speaking employees had fewer long-term career paths and were at risk of being replaced by people who could better fit that internal operating model. Things also move very slowly because employees are often given access only to the bare minimum needed to do their jobs. There is a heavy push toward using AI tools, but in practice it can make it harder to get help from real people. Instead of getting quick support, you often have to spend time going through AI bots or internal tools before getting a useful answer.

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