John Swire & Sons Management FAQ
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John Swire & Sons has a positive Business Outlook of 51%.
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March 29, 2020
How is management perceived at John Swire & Sons?
Pros
Opportunity to work internationally throughout Asia Lots of training (entirely soft skills though) Opportunities to build relationships with senior management Good benefits - housing, relocation, medical insurance Amazing work life balance
Cons
No commercial responsibility given within first 3-5 years Lots of learning by osmosis and minute taking Very limited transferrable skills - trainees are too generalist to be of much use to other organizations Poor incentive scheme rewards slackers Stale pool of management talent where most people are from the same background
Advice to Management
Give management trainees real jobs with commercial responsibility. Year-long rotations for a period of 3 years is too long and stunts development,
Stale pool of management talent where most people are from the same background
March 29, 2020
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