Pros
For freshgrads, this place is actually a good stepping stone for a pretty okay salary. You learn what it’s like to be in a really really fast paced industry whose main driver for everything is to be viral so you can learn some skills about how to be viral, and you meet good people who you essentially trauma bond with so it’s alright in those aspect.
Cons
Weird work hours? Working from 9-7; Monday to Friday in an office chained to a desk (regardless of the position and diivision); definitely will lead to you being burnt out but does the company care? they don’t. No sense of caring for the employee’s wellbeing at ALL, except for the monthly afternoon tea which also kind of just feels like a chore. HR is just like armors for the managers while the staff just fend for themselves with no support from their lead or whatsover. You can only be sick 6 times a year (unwritten rule), if you are in probation and you submit a sick leave, even with written doctor’s note, it counts as unpaid leave, so wait for 3 months to get sick. Even if you get sick, do not expect to get any added support in terms of health insurance, because even if there is a “provided” health insurance, when being applied there always seem to be a problem with it. REALLY high turnover rate, don’t be surprised at the amount of people you see leaving and the amount of new faces you see, because yes, it’s going to be a lot. The fact that they are always always hiring just means that people are constantly leaving. Despite this all, the company doesn’t feel the need to reflect that maybe they are the problem, and always turns the blame towards most employees being Gen-Z, but you hired them anyway? so maybe don’t hire Gen-Z’s next time. Since the company is relatively new and they are so motivated in getting fresh talent, it means the managerial and supervisor levels are also FRESH. Amount of job experience doesn’t equate you to being a good leader. Leaders in this company are people who aren’t ready to be leaders but are just being given power, so as you can expect…. they are just like bosses who bark orders and essentially don’t know what are they really doing, most of the time. They bark orders and take claim for successes, or get mad at employees for their failures or inquisitive questions (regarding SOP and flow of work), even though there wasn’t any kind of training or proper onboarding for team members by their supervisors in the start. DO NOT EXPECT to get a mentor here, because no, your supervisors will not take the time of day to teach you anything. Even if you are a freshgrad new to the industry, they just expect you to learn by doing, but again, mistakes are unacceptable despite the lack of training. If you want to get a proper mentor and learn about the industry better, let me just say go to other beauty companies where you clearly will be more valued. Favoritism is clearly seen, and applied very frequently, trying to be a big FMCG but applies rules and work systems of a family company. Don’t expect evaluations and reviews based on how well you work but rather how well you can suck up to your boss, is really what determines your growth in this company. This company is not target oriented, sales oriented or KPI oriented, it is BOSS-oriented, you just have to do whatever upper levels or managerial levels says, even if you are achieving your KPIs, if your boss doesn’t think so, then you didn’t achieve it.