Convertium reviews

3.3

59% would recommend to a friend

(45 total reviews)

Gerard M. C. Lim

85% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Convertium has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 45 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Convertium employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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45 reviews
1.0
Sep 4, 2023

Poor management

Recommend
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Pros

- Talented UX and content teams. - In-house tech team. - Good range of clients to gain good experience. - Diverse group of people. - WFH options. - Good food options in the neighbourhood. - Office is close to town.

Cons

- Senior level staffs, department heads and management are overall bad at managing workload and internal conflicts. They are a mess and very disorganised. The HR is often MIA and does not help to solve or is aware of frequent internal conflicts. - Accounts and project directors are bad at their manager roles. They are not good at giving feedback and likes to gaslight you into thinking anything is ok until when it is not. Things they say often doesn’t sounds genuine and fake and sometimes can be very sexist and insulting. They are also always hard to reach when they are needed. They always give vague instructions and makes promises to clients without considering if there is any resource is available to do it. Very often high expectations is expected of you to perform. - There is no leadership in UX and content teams. They are often defenceless against internal and external comments. They often give up to try new ways to convince the clients. They have a hard time working with the stubborn creative and tech teams. - There is also no leadership in the tech teams and they are always overworked. Some of the devs do not push themselves to code nicer looking websites and prefer to look for the easier ways to do things. Sometimes work be constantly need to be QC. - There is no creative director and the head is not at that level. The creative team is not very creative at all also. They seems to lack the passion at designing creative works. Their work is uninspiring and outdated. We have to force ourselves to sell their weak designs that are obviously copied from elsewhere. They like to say executives are not creative behind our backs, when most of us wondering why they are hired when we can produce more creative ideas than them. - The project and accounts teams are often overworked. The processes used are outdated and passed down from previous generations. It doesn’t help when resources can be incorporative. Realistic KPIs can be hard to achieve also. - Overall, the company seem to rests on the efforts and achievements of previous staffs. I feel cheated when I learned that all the superstar executives, the developers that can produce miracles, the artistic creatives and the talented UX designers all have left the company already. What is left is just an empty shell.

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Convertium Response
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Dear Anonymous, I am sorry to hear about your employment experience and thank you for your feedback. I recognise that our company relies on the talents and efforts of many different colleagues. I am thankful and enjoy working with all of them. It is my responsibility to ensure that our good folks work and play well together. With the diversity in professional and personal backgrounds in our team, we will keep striving to be more mindful and supportive of everyone. I rely on the dedication of all colleagues to help me make things better. They have my trust and support. We may stumble, but we will keep on trying. Our company is always a work in progress. It remains our purpose to keep providing careers for our colleagues, those who are new and those who have been with us for many years. I appreciate this opportunity to respond and do better for everyone. I wish you well. Gerard Lim Managing Director
1.0
Dec 28, 2023

Wasted potential

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice CDB area with good foods. Got a in-house tech team. Some nice big accounts to work on.

Cons

Boring quiet working environment with no clear career growth….. As mentioned by previous reviewers, all the issues are still there, like HR is still weird, the accounts and project management can be toxic, and backward thinkings, a lot of overtime, etc etc. Creativity here sucks, not just the creative team. Almost everyone here have no fresh ideas that are not copied from some where.

2.0
Jul 12, 2024

Problematic

Recommend
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Pros

Good learning experience to start, cheap food places around the areas, nice interesting projects, nice office building

Cons

Many departments esp mine is very cliquey with toxic tendencies. Every day have to pretend to play nice or they will be give u trouble. Upper managements won’t even believe u even when u tell them so no point trying.All the seniors here are really hopeless at their roles. I am not the only one who feels their not sincere in helping me grow. I personally dont think what we do is very creative nor innovative also. There is a lot of rush jobs so prepare to ot

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