Horrible HQ Driven Company - Anonymous employee Tencent Employee Review

1.0
28 Apr 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits Salary & Bonus & Annual Salary Increase People in US office Bonus

Cons

They will hire you for your experience and skillset. And then they don't know what to do. They want you to improve China HQ. But they don't want you to interfere with what they do. You cannot do anything because you are not authorized to make any decision if you are from US office. Responsibility power struggle is outrageous in China. You end up not doing anything and just collect paycheck. I'm experiencing this every day as a Chinese speaker. I've seen worse for people who doesn't speak Chinese or not Chinese. Definitely not a place for anyone who's not ready for everyday

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Tencent Response
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Sorry to hear about your negative experience. In the last years we invested a lot of resources in Tencent America so that every employee can feel valued and respected. We have a localization in process to ensure USA can enjoy more independence from HQ.

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