Pros
Good medical plan, but not much else How much learning one can take away really depends on luck - it is extremely rare to be assigned to a good project with competent senior staff
Cons
Junior local graduates are hired seemingly only to boost the local headcount to allow the company to bring in more "foreign talent" from offshore. No investment and/or training is done for young graduate hires. Often stuck in dead-end roles with no visibility and little room for growth. When the review cycle comes along, this is then used as an excuse to rate us poorly for not performing up to standards, when in truth, we are not even given the room to choose what roles we have to fulfill and which projects we are assigned to. Little recognition is given to work that's been done well, but mistakes are always put under the microscope. The company tends to hire/retain senior management personnel who seemingly cannot do their own work, and are incapable of performing. Junior staff have to do the work for them, with little to no direction and guidance. Competent middle managers who are willing/capable to teach junior hires are few and far between. The company has no idea and does not care about local culture and legal contexts. For example, legally mandatory National Service duties are often held with disdain by senior management, which then results in poor performance reviews/feedback which then leads to missed promotion opportunities etc. Juniors are easy cannon fodder and are first placed in the firing line when clients make dissatisfaction known. The leads rarely take responsibility for deliverables that were under their direction.
