Good Work/Life Balance Emphasis, but need deal w/ European-style bureaucracy
Pros
- Great emphasis on work/life balance, especially for those who have families. The family-related benefits in particular seem relatively better vs. most companies in Singapore, allowing you to have more time & focus on your family. - Can periodically provide free food, especially for medium-large events. India & Germany offices have free food 24/7 from what I heard. - Monetary compensation and/or benefits are decent for a big tech company, but relatively amazing vs. other European tech companies. Stock benefit program in particular is quite flexible, allowing you better control of the stock benefits that you get. - Have a good sense of striving for innovation and adapt to current technologies, even though the adoption rate may be on the slower-side compared to other tech companies. - Starting to adopt a more 'fast & agile' approach while trying to balance out work/life balance , which is great for those looking for early career or introduction into the tech sector, especially Business/HR-related software products.
Cons
- Notable inefficiencies in management, i.e. getting things done/into production can be quite slow due to company size & European-style bureaucracy. - Career progression for jobs under technical tracks (Engineering, Data Science/Research) are usually rather slow due to aforementioned company size & bureaucracy. - Company size also mean impact of work/contribution may not be properly compensated & compensated, unless you have close connection to the 'top management'. This results in top talent to leave company rather early to pursue progression in other companies instead.
