Life at shopee - Horrible work-life balance - Business Development Shopee Employee Review

2.0
Jan 20, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Modern Office. youthful environment. Great location - convenient to restaurants, public transport, car parks.

Cons

Imbalance age group, volume of freshgrads higher than experienced employees. Company is still 4 year old new start up, process and structures are unstable, works individually. Very minimal engagements with direct reports. Daily fire fighting, issues are repetitive, management always procrastinate when comes to solving operations but gets ambitious on business growth, New hires are left aside to self learn / self adapt. Horrible work-life balance, never ending ad hocs, unplanned added campaigns with high achievement expectations. On campaign days (once a month), employees are expected to stay up till mid night 2am, take rest for a few hours and are expected to arrive by 730am the next day, continue pushing for more than 12 hours. Health deteriorates.

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Shopee Response
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Hello current employee! Firstly, thank you for your contribution and hard work at Shopee thus far. We understand that we are a fairly young company and there is still room for improvement in terms of our process and structure. However, I am confident to say we have indeed achieved much since our small beginnings. Our team is constantly looking for ways to streamline our process and if you are open to share more on how we can do better, do not hesitate to drop us an email at hr.experience@shopee.com. Our team will be happy to have a discussion with you! Next, we are shocked that you mentioned working till wee hours and not having enough rest during campaigns. Do drop us an email as well if you are open to share more on the details. We would like to look into the matter as it is something we do not encourage here. Lastly, thank you for leaving us a review and for staying with us despite having a difficult time!

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