LINE Employee Reviews about "leadership"

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- Low-quality & trivial projects - Managers have poor leadership - Language barrier (work with Korean/Japanese colleagues can't use English)

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- Korean management style does not mesh well with US based employees - Lack of vision and leadership - Essentially a satellite office for LINE (and Naver) to make half-hearted attempts to enter the US market without caring to understand the US market (demographics + marketing) - Office feels like a factory at times. Imagine headphones and crickets - No upward mobility. Don't expect huge raises - although bonuses aren't terrible While I've listed quite a few reasons I did not enjoy working in the LINE US office, I believe it mostly stems from my background as an English speaking American employee. If you speak Korean, enjoy the Korean work culture, love the LINE & Naver brands, and don't mind switching projects frequently, then you will probably enjoy working in the LA office.

Cons

Inconsistency in HR policies and culture across teams Lack of self development opportunities High expectations compared to limited resources and time Misleadingly bureaucratic and top down leadership

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Highly controlled organization, but without a clear management strategy. No space for own initiatives, or critical approach. Feels like no belief in the employees own capabilities, just do as you're told. Until we change our mind, which happens over and over again. Lacking a professional and respectful work environment, as well as lacking capable leadership.

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- Can not balance work and life, - KR/JP colleagues are nice, but better to have English communication ability, instead of translate by interpreter, sometimes would lead misunderstanding via translation. - You may need to spend a lot of time on reports to prove/answer upper management's questions, but sometimes those reports are in vain. - Though,it's an internet company, somehow, some internal data reports still made by stupid way. - Most staff work over time every day, working with very high pressure. - No good leadership, leaders do not make decision all the time, they're afraid of making wrong decision and waiting for CEO's response.

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wishy washy leadership, low compensation

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...which means you'll have no leadership, no-one to boldly hold a decision and make it through, passive aggressive unspoken harassment from bosses, in each level of the hierarchy. They will think what is good for you without your consent or consult, and gently force you through it over good conscience and empathy.

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They push to hire foreigners to seem international but end up getting people who are not suitable for a large corporation. Unprofessional behavior up to and including, sexual harassment and hate speech are treated as “cultural differences”... seriously. Employee complaints will be met with mistreatment [power harassment]. The review system is purposefully vague so that your review can be spun anyway they want. Unlike other companies the system for peer review is ANONYMOUS. So coworkers are encouraged to backstab each other with complete freedom. Compensation is split into two components: base + 'position allowance'. Base salary is protected by Japanese labor law, 'position allowance” can be changed at will. Believe in “lead by threat”. But will back down when you show you know the law. Don't count on a bonus. The review system is setup so only a very few top people will get some money. Everyone else gets nothing. (Not a big deal unless you were factoring it into compensation). If you’re on a nightmare project work/life balance is non-existent. Leadership has no inspiration. They just poorly imitate ideas that have already been done.

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Some managers have very weak leadership and has no idea how to lead the team.

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Asian leadership style can be challenging.