Pros
Initial salary package is competitive
Cons
Little to no progression for Westerners: Your progression is decided by teams in HQ, using an opaque process which is confusing, and lacks contextual information which is key to measuring your performance, such as poor local tooling. This leaves you little to no opportunity to grow as a professional, or progress your life. Poor tooling: Lack of appropriate tools/software, combined with lengthy procurement processes severely limits productivity An official business language that is not used: English is described as the business language of the company, and yet individuals in key roles have a poor grasp of the English language, causing communication breakdown, and in some cases, exclusion of Western staff when English is inevitably abandoned. Lack of competitive benefits: No bike to work scheme, an excessively long time to implement the taxsaver ticket, and an overall poor track record of matching the benefits of other global giants. Large percentage of staff are contractors/ex-pats: There is a lack of security in knowing that your colleagues are not permanent, causing information and key skills to be lost given the high turnover such an environment promotes