Terribly disorganized, poor management & very political - Anonymous employee Alibaba Group Employee Review

1.0
Aug 23, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent compensation if you receive stocks.

Cons

- Demotivating - Bad managers - Bad HR - Very poor welfare & benefits in China - Lack of direction/overall strategy for international businesses - Colleagues seem to be in a semi-retirement job, just sitting around & waiting to cash out stocks, which may be a good idea to some - Because there's nothing much to do, a lot of time is spent on useless presentations or politics - You're expected to stay late as it's the company's culture. They believe that working late = working hard when most of the staff spend working hours napping, surfing the net or playing computer games.

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Cons

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