Pros
Leaving The overseas staff who are severely underpaid and mistreated. If you are an anthropologist studying toxic workplace ecosystems, where the bar is in hell, this company may offer rich field material. For anyone nostalgic for rigid hierarchies, arbitrary power plays, and management styles that feel less like leadership and more like a theatrical reenactment of unchecked ego, this workplace may feel strangely familiar. One benefit of this job was that my schizophrenic, bipolar, alcoholic, cocaine snorting father began to seem less problematic. I had to say to my father, “Well, dad, I don’t think you’ve hit rock bottom. I think things could be worse…you could be running a company.” If you enjoy being spoken to as though respect is a luxury benefit, navigating shifting rules that seem to depend on popularity rather than policy, or wondering whether your paycheck will arrive on time without a scavenger hunt of excuses, then this organization may be your dream destination. The average length of employment is less than 1 year so if you make the mistake of accepting employment with this company it won’t last long.
Cons
If you are a professional seeking respect, stability, timely pay, clear communication, and basic human decency, you may want to keep walking - preferably briskly. The culture gives the impression of a place where authority is performed loudly, fairness is treated as optional, and professionalism appears to take frequent, extended vacations. The leadership style, in my experience, often felt impulsive, immature, and needlessly hostile - like being managed by the emotional equivalent of an adolescent mid-tantrum, flexing imaginary muscles and mistaking aggression for authority. At times, the atmosphere carried the petty sharpness of middle-school drama: snide, cliquish, performative, and astonishingly allergic to maturity. Communication often seemed to operate at the level of playground politics rather than professional management. Decisions appeared inconsistent, explanations were thin, and the overall tone felt less like competent leadership and more like a messy group chat run by people who discovered power before they discovered accountability. Management sometimes seemed to confuse intimidation with strength, volume with competence, and favoritism with culture. The result was a workplace environment that felt demoralizing, unpredictable, and deeply unprofessional.