Mentally Draining with increasingly out of touch metrics - Anonymous employee TikTok Employee Review

2.0
29 Nov 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

medical and mental health benefits offered are the bare minimum of what should be offered everywhere. hybrid work environment -- few days in office and a few days out.

Cons

decreasing wages (started at ~25 hourly and reduced to 21, still going down as "perks" are deprecated), office quality of life is decreasing -- food quality has always been bad and continues to not improve, snacks offered in office have gone to being healthy-ish to simply just energydrinks and sugary junk food, team outings used to be a regular thing and have since been all but deprecated. performance metrics are continually increasing and extremely competitive between your immediate teammates instead of company averages, getting time off gets increasingly harder as management adds unnecessary bureaucracy to the process. transferring between departments or teams for vertical (even just laterally) career growth is next to impossible as management prioritizes hiring outside of the company to fill positions. hard work is not regularly recognized -- ideas for improvement get passed off as someone else's and fail to recognize the real trailblazer.

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1.0
21 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

There are some truly fantastic and talented people in the company who make daily collaboration a great experience. Additionally, the insurance and overall health benefits package is quite strong and comprehensive.

Cons

The work culture is heavily driven by top-down directives from HQ, leaving little room for open discussion, transparency, or questioning management decisions. The bi-yearly rating cycle feels highly punitive and is frequently used to target individuals rather than foster growth, leading to an environment where anyone can be abruptly let go. Work-life balance is virtually non-existent due to tedious, high-volume workloads and constant alignment with overseas timelines. Furthermore, leadership instability is a constant concern; local management changes rapidly, frequently replaced by leaders from the parent company, creating an unpredictable and highly volatile work environment.

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