Podcast Network Asia Reviews

The other review is right about the CEO being immature and condescending. On my first day, someone from HR actually told me that he curses a lot but it’s not derogatory. How is calling someone’s work ugly and using obscenities to describe said work in front of all the people in the company not derogatory? How is cursing a former employee and calling them a liar in a public Slack channel not derogatory? How is cursing so many times while berating people in a townhall meeting not derogatory? Is this some kind of persona that he wants to be embody? The cool and hip millennial startup CEO who curses to make his younger employees feel a false sense of relating to someone who’s actually exploiting them? Instead of cursing, could he have instead directed that energy into thinking of constructive feedback and of ways an employee can improve professionally and personally? The company is also plagued by what I think is one of the things that can lead to any startup’s downfall: they hire people who only graduated 2-6 years ago and make them do work that’s intended for someone who has 10+ years of experience. This is mostly fine, as long as the senior members guide them. But they don’t. Almost no sense of organization (especially in the tasks pipeline as well as turnovers to producers and clients), there are no systems in place whatsoever, leading to sloppy and messy work almost all the time. No guidelines to follow, no clear objectives and briefs, and then when they don’t like it, they have the audacity to be condescending and demanding.

The people behind PNA have no professional production backgrounds, so be prepared for unrealistic expectations regarding your workload and the overall system of how the core team works. Most spontaneous meetings are unproductive and can quickly be relayed through email. You won't feel any career opportunities during your stay and will often end up with more responsibilities with the same amount of compensation and they'll surely take advantage of it. The management always overpromises when scouting new clientele about overdelivering when it comes to metrics but oftentimes will become a point of friction when it is brought up. Things will often end up as quantity over quality so expect to be overworked and say goodbye to your weekends and your "me time". They'll ping you outside of working hours and you are expected to reply immediately. Expect to be called out in front of the whole team for respecting your OWN personal time if you didn't reply outside of work hours. The management has a very toxic "hustle" culture and always ends up contradicting their own north star with the CEO's "light bulb" moments and always loses sight of the "why" when it comes to allocating resources (Pro tip: INVEST IN YOUR OWN EMPLOYEES.)