Hyphen Group Reviews

Over my time at Compare the company really tranformed. A year in startup goes twice as fast as for other company, and it is no secret that there were growing pains as Compare adapted to meet its increasing success. Yet in the space of less than a year OT switched to steady hours, inspirational managers were hired, better process was put in place, team events were organised and every birthday was celebrated. I saw a shift in mindset in team members from 'why isn't this place better?' to 'what can I do to make this place better?'. This is an exciting company to work for - one of the fastest growing Fintechs in Asia, one that has a flat structure, and one that empowers with autonomy where you can establish a business case. It won't be for everyone, but if you are someone who embraces the startup challenge (and a little chaos) you'll do well. If I came back to HK I'd consider working here again.

The company is actually run by Nova Founders, one of the shareholders of the company and reflects a big conflict of interest. In terms of pros, if you are young, you will be provided plenty of opportunity to learn and grow, but you will be sacrificing your work/life balance and will be put under tremendous pressure. The pay is ok, it's not great, but it's also not bad.. unless you are an intern. There are experienced people here who you can learn from and pick up good advice, unfortunately they don;t stay long enough for you to gain anything substantial from them as the inexeprienced management team steamroll over any decisions and constantly make last minute changes expecting everyone to obey their commands on a whim.