Strategy & Special Projects
Tempat yg ok buat settle down, but not for progression
Hmmmm where do I start ya?
Ok let's start with the super summary first, if you are looking for advancement or career progression / nambahin portfolio, forget about it, even if you can speak mandarin, kalo paspor lo bukan People Republic of China, lo gak akan didenger.
Rasisme between orang CN vs ID dsini sangat terasa kesenjangannya, orang kita dianggep bodoh disini dan gak mau kerja keras. Karena kultur mereka, meskipun gak separah KR/JP company, ya memang masih lebih melihat gestur daripada actual performance, hal ini simply dikarenakan scope yg diberikan kepada orang ID memang sangat technical. Mereka lebih memvalue orang yg pulang jam 9/10 malam (meskipun dateng siang) daripada yg datang dan pulang sesuai working hours.
Another gesture over output sign yg mereka sangat value adalah, jika lo lagi cuti, lo tetep expected untuk hadir di meeting yg sama bos bos. simply because they are doing that, and you are expected to do that as well. Nggak, mereka gak akan directly nyuruh lo, tp mereka akan gaslight lo spy lo merasa bersalah gak attend the meeting, even if kehadiran lo gak penting sama sekali. Tbh, in my prev company, gue udah agak biasa kerja 70-75h / wk, but it comes with a very make sense reason, projectnya memang project besar & super strategic. But here, even if you are only doing the execution, attending meeting during leave & working long hours without clear reason is (in a way) expected
Kenapa hal itu bisa kejadian? karena simpel, semua strategy & think tank sudah diberikan ke strategy team di CN sana yg isinya orang2 sangat jenius, jadinya, di local level, hanya di expect untuk utak atik backend aja, that's why in terms of workload, menurut gue sangat manageable, namun career progression nya is near zero.
apakah company ini culture nya bagus? definitely not. but duitnya sangat banyak & fasilitas nya sangat nyaman, so, take your own risk kalau mau join ke BD, apalagi kalau udah terbiasa menjadi orang yg ABS, jujur surviving disini akan lebih mudah
Pros•Duitnya jujur ok, performance so so aja bonus 3X
•Workload cenderung manageable (meskipun meaningless)
Cons•Jgn berharap pendapat didengerin, even if lo bener, lo salah
•Bisa mandarin not guarantee bs cepet naik disini
•Baik2in bos (kasih hadiah dkk) lebih guarantee dpt skor bagu
•It’s a huge company, all decision dr pusat, local cm execute
•Kultur sangat ABS, saying yes to your boss is very important
•Buang jauh2 idealisme mu dalam bentuk ide, gak akan didngr
May 9