Pros
- Great bosses exist (if you’re lucky): Some departments have genuinely amazing bosses. Patient, flexible, and actually cares about helping newbies grow. They trust you to get your work done without breathing down your neck.
- Good place to start (pre-restructuring): GMN used to be a solid training ground to understand how things worked backend before moving client-side. Also, decent exposure to digital marketing + vendor platform trainings.
- Pay is good for fresh grads: No complaints here, solid starting salary compared to the market.
- Perks are decent: Birthday leave, wellness benefits...
- Some teams are great: If you land in the right team, your colleagues will carry you through the chaos. You'll have great friends.
- Location: MRT-connected office, very convenient
Cons
- Management is a hit or miss: For every great boss, there’s a controlling one. Officially got 1 day WFH, but some managers (or pod leaders!) act like it doesn’t exist. When you WFH, you'd need to turn your camera on for your manager so they know you are working. Also expect micromanaging even when your work is done on time (reasoning is because other team members are falling behind, not sure why that would affect decent employees).
- Some managers… shouldn’t be managers: Lack of people skills, poor communication, zero leadership vibes, just vibes and control. I had a taste of a "I haven't seen the dashboard in a while, it looks different, so I don't know" manager - she was not fun.
- Pay progression is ???: Increments and bonuses are not transparent at all. Heard about under-the-table payments, empty promises, “we’ll get back to you”… yeah okay.
- Promotion = threaten to leave: Don’t expect recognition unless you’re halfway out the door.
- Workload is unbalanced: Some people are drowning, some are literally staring at blank Excel sheets, waiting for 5:30 to clock out. Make it make sense.
- Team culture depends on luck (and floor lol iykyk): Some teams are great, others… not so much. Think poor accountability, internal politics, and occasional bullying.
- Level 11 needs help, high pressure, low support: High stress, low recognition, underappreciated clients = burnout combo. People are overworked, and it shows. Teams handling difficult clients don’t get enough managerial or mental health support. You’re kinda just expected to deal with it.
- Boomer mindset still alive: Resistance to flexibility, trust issues with WFH, and outdated expectations that just don’t land well with GenZ employees.