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Review from a backend software engineer

Senior Backend Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Tencent for 6 years
June 4, 2022
Shenzhen, China
4.0
RecommendsNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

There is a great benefit among all Chinese Internet giants, a fancy building, and nice colleagues and culture.

Cons
  1. Bad work life balance. For product managers, you have to deal with "product requirements from boss" at off-duty-time. And engineers have to spend a lot of time on those whims even in the deep night.

  2. Lack of high-level design on the whole company's tech-infrastructure, so that a lot of engineers are exhausting on re-inventing wheels and on-call for online service fault.

  3. Some of the senior/middle managers (VP/GM) are not professional enough. They sometimes focus too much on detailed problems which shall be solved by engineers or product managers themselves.

  4. Top-level company and products, second-level salaries.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
2.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
4.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
3.0

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