Lots to learn; Yes-man culture - Anonymous employee Shopee Employee Review

4.0
May 9, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- fast paced, lots to learn about e-commerce in the region - friendly colleagues. Less politics than other corporates out there - interesting projects due to fast growth of the company - free dinner and snacks, gym subsidies etc. - management is open to views when in times of trouble (e.g. hordes of people leaving)

Cons

Most comments I've read for SG office are true. The HR person online will say it's a serious allegation that they'd like to address in this forum, but the truth is they know about ALL these existing problems. They just might not be able to do much about it as not management's top priority to fix. Fair enough -- every company has their own problems. So please don't leave a message pretending you'd like to fix things you know you can't. - CEO wants to dictate everything. Leads to a Yes-man culture where people are generally afraid to voice their own opinions - Company is bad with diversity. Every time I pass them a non-Chinese person's resume I almost always get a response that they're not suitable despite the resume being solid, and you see less stellar candidates being interviewed instead (HR will never admit this but this company pretty much only hires Chinese or Southeast asians, with unofficial claims that we work together better because we're more similar in culture) - Career progression largely depends on your boss to fight for you. Nothing is laid out clearly in this regard - Mentorship and guidance isn't great. In general I'd say there's a lack of good talent in the industry as it's only up and coming

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Shopee Response
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Dear Former Employee, Thanks for taking time off to leave your feedback with us. We try our best to address and mitigate the issues mentioned in this forum. Whatever that is being mentioned/highlighted will be brought up during meetings so that we can all understand the underlying issues and solve them. We admit that are still many things that can be improved, but we are definitely working on it in order to make Shopee a better workplace for everyone. We are after all still a developing start-up that is looking to grow even more. As for career progression, it is something that we admit not giving enough attention. Now that Shopee has grown in both size and experience, our employees' progression is indeed an area we need to give more thought about. We will release more information to your former colleagues in time to come. We wish you all the best in the next adventure that life brings and thanks again for your feedback!

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