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Good Company, Bad Local Management

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at PayPal for 1 year
October 27, 2014
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
3.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  1. Decent Work
  2. Flexible Timing
  3. Good Transport Facilities (AC Buses)
  4. Lot of Freebies (Juices, Snacks, etc.)
Cons
  1. Too much politics in management.
  2. You can survive only if you satisfy your manager (whether he/she is right or wrong is a different issue altogether).
  3. Management in the US controls the Chennai office and decides everything on behalf of Chennai.
  4. Local management is just obeying the US management to survive.
  5. Top-level management (work) in Chennai is not monitored by anybody, and they rule the roost.
  6. Careers of anybody can be made or broken by local management.
  7. Only lip service about careers and well-being of subordinates.
Advice to Management
  1. Too many people working at cross-purposes.
  2. Unnecessary overheads.
  3. No clear distinction between Technical and General Managers.

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