Pros
Conducting interviews and meeting different people around the world was the best part of this experience.
Cons
Pay was extremely low and rarely on time.I often had to chase it down personally, usually waiting about a week past the expected date. it felt like they didnt want to pay me till I specifically asked for it.
There were sometimes overnight technical changes that made the work environment unstable, and when things went wrong, the blame often landed on me rather than being addressed constructively.
Communication from leadership was inconsistent. For example, I was told to send out contracts to candidates and then criticized for following those exact instructions.
Another example, I was told that I would be in charge of certain processes, but I had no access to anything outside of what little information my boss gave me about the task, and as a result when I made mistakes because of the lack of crucial information, I was held accountable and expected to fix it.
Boss would ask to have a call and I would stay up waiting for the call to happen, sometimes for days.
During the year and a half of my work there, I only personally spoke to 3 people, when during my interview I was told it was a big company with many employees and my work would consist of being in touch with different teams.
Managers were also hired and then ignored, leaving them without clear roles or direction.
Company would hire people and then leave them hanging for months if not more without any real work or payment.
Every few months, the boss would announce that the system had been “improved” and bring in a new wave of hires, but it always turned into another round of neglect and nothing truly changed.
The performance bonuses I was offered were also unrealistic and felt unreachable, which made them come across as more of a scheme than an incentive.
Since the company was run almost entirely by family members, HR wasn’t really an option for raising concerns.
Generally, very frustrating and not worth the mental strain.