Pros
1. People are generally friendly. You'll need to make a little bit of effort in interactions if you're new but that's human nature. 2. Depending on the department/position, OT is not the norm. At most, people would stay back 1.5 hours after official working hours. 3. Free lunch once a month. 4. Office at a strategic location for trains. 5. Small teams lets high performers get noticed. 6. Flat hierarchy structure means higher visibility of how holistic the roles within the department are.
Cons
1. The senior leadership seems to meddle too much into the day-to-day operations of the company. 2. If you're not part of a profit driver department/division, be prepared to have your annual bonus or salary low-balled. 3. Traditional and not open minded to modern approaches/trends of work. 4. Their so-called benefits are the bare minimum in reference to Employment Act. 5. Insanely low salary band for the industry due to the small company size. 6. Low transparency in the way annual bonus is calculated as they are never declared/announced. 7. Lack of knowledge management practices. 8. Strong blaming culture when mistakes are made. 9. Outdated recruitment practices (Requests of payslips before the 1st interview, lengthy application forms and required documents, compulsory in-person interviews). 10. Flat hierarchy structure means lesser chances for upward career opportunities. 11. Doing good work is not enough. You'll need to be loud and stand out if you want your hard work to get recognised.