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SPH Media Limited

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Old school mindset. Terrible leadership. People's careers go here to die. - Marketing Specialist SPH Media Limited Employee Review

1.0
23 Jan 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Honestly hard to find anything much to say. Young people, those in their 20s, are great to work with. But we don't stay long. Usually 1-2 years and you leave.

Cons

Where do I start? The mentality is very old school here. Many old timers with arrogant leadership. They force their will on others and are always quick to blame. Many shout and yell at subordinates. If you have good ideas, you will not be heard or even worse, the bosses will take it and claim it as their own. I was in the media creative side and it's very messy. Our stories are very boring, the creative directors have a 1990s print style. Our videos are like channel 5 in the 90s. It's very cringe and everyone thinks they're gods gift to the world. You get worn down day by day. Young and talented people leave. Only those who cannot go anywhere else (oldies) and those who smoke their way to their senior roles remain. All pretend to work or disappear at key times while picking up huge salary and bonus. Only join if you are about to retire. The public should take umbrage at how their tax dollars used to fund these cronies is being wasted away.

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5.0
26 May 2020
Recommend
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Pros

The working environment is very good and colleagues get along well.

Cons

The air conditioner is too cold

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1.0
9 Aug 2018
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Work life balance. Seldom working overtime - Lots of autonomy on the surface

Cons

- Bureaucratic management. Requirement, deadline comes canned from management. No further questions allowed. Autonomy is just on surface. Everything is judged silently but not communicated back to developers. - Feedbacks to management falls on deaf ears. Management asked for feedback, nothing changes. - Middle management likes status quo, resulting in boring and not challenging developer's life. Idea is that doing nothing is better than doing something that might breaks. - Heavy politics across teams/departments/divisions. It is hard to get things working across organisation. Wheel get reinvented all the time. - When the annual appraisal is approaching, middle management will have lots of useless ideas and developers will be rushing to build middle management profile. - Culture and values are written on the wall, but actions from middle management seems to be opposite of those.

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