Pros: A really open culture and flat leadership.

Cons: Workload might be a bit stressful.

Pros: Potentially high impact and opportunity to work with talented engineers.

Cons: Politics here and there, especially after the layoff in 2023. Managers in higher-cost regions like SG held back much more resources and tended to edge out engineers in lower-cost regions like ID, MY, VN. They did this in a very obvious way to prevent giving impactful opportunities to engineers residing in those areas, while keeping influence in their own hands and also not giving too much career support to those engineers. Work-life balance is terrible for certain teams where managers do not evaluate the bandwidth of the teams and always assume team members can work overtime. They tend to please upper management while giving absurdly intense pressure on ICs.

Pros: Fast-paced environment, which is great for learning how to grow and balance priorities. Teammates are really, really helpful and super smart. Work with interesting technologies that you probably won't find in any SEA countries. Really good compensation compared to other tech startups.

Cons: The fast-paced environment also may take up more time and effort, which can be tiring after a while. There is a slight level of bureaucracy in making tech decisions, although that is to be expected for a company as large as Grab. Benefits seem to have stagnated since COVID, again understandable due to current market conditions.