Pros
Soaring stock price. Especially if you joined early.Trust me, most of the seniors there are only staying to vest their stock which grew 10x to 20x over the past couple of years. They stay for the stock/pay - which is a great, and maybe only, “pro” Hands-on experience since it’s still a start up company and has a much leaner process vs bigger companies.Your work probably has bigger revenue/growth impact vs biggercompanies. This pro could also be a con depending on your preference e.g. If you don’t want to do trivial work.
Cons
Horrifying culture that trickles down from the leadership. Horrifying. Period. Especially if you’re not used to hard-core a Chinese company culture. Just imagine the worst and that’s what it is. Employees are told to prioritize what’s best for Shopee over what’s best for yourself, unless it’s a “life or death” matter. Actual quote from the Csuite. Sound insane? True story. Not much to learn. Is there a strategy other than (1) Exponentially expanding to other markets burning cash, or (2) Endlessly hiring juniors to do the operational, manual, boring work vs actual tech innovation? Maybe. But if there is, it’s clearly not communicated down to the juniors. Sky high turnover rate. Most sensible people come in, get a shock, leave (many people leave even before 3 months probation out of pure shock), or constantly try to leave. Have you come across Shopee employees who are not actively trying to leave? Probably waiting for their stock to vest.