Toxic Working Environment - Recensione dipendente - Assistant Manager presso KOTRA

1,0
2 feb 2023
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Free Snacks, not much of overtime working

Svantaggi

1. Poor Management: New managers are sent from the HQ every couple of years. Most of them are so green and thus have no leadership experience nor global exposure at all. Their lack of knowledge and neglect of duty make it extremely difficult and stressful for the staff to work with them. 2. No Upward Promotions: A waste of time working here coz a locally hired staff can rarely get promoted. (= Hard work doesn't pay off. )This is a BIG problem which demotivates people and causes high employee turnover. 3. Strict Hierarchy & Office Politics: Traditional Korean workplace culture but worse than those in K-dramas. HQ staff is hardworking pleasing the boss but pays little attention to internal communications and team bonding. 4. The salary is not competitive.

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5,0
18 giu 2025
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Godd pay flexible hours and lots of incentives

Svantaggi

Long work hours overall working in shifts

1,0
2 apr 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Hard to think of any pro, I’d say you get paid Korean holidays but not all holidays are included (such as the Korean new year & Korean Thanksgiving).

Svantaggi

* No W2 — you’re classified as a contractor, meaning you pay ~30% in self-employment taxes on top of everything else. No health insurance, no life insurance, no 401K. ZERO standard benefits. * Leadership is nonexistent in any meaningful sense. Managers are flown in from Korea with no English proficiency and no understanding of the local team. They freely use the corporate card for personal meals while being incredibly stingy with basic office necessities — no coffee, no water, no snacks. They also think they know everything when they don’t know any single thing and make the local team members do all the freaking work? *The workspace conditions are the worst I’ve experienced. There were recurring mice and cockroach infestations near desks and chairs, with no serious effort made to address it.

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