Pros
- good health coverage - everyone in the office is friendly and fun to work with - good work/life balance - convenient location - job security
Cons
- pay is mediocre at best - very political - it's like you're working in a different country - upper managers do not seem to care if you're a non-korean and will converse completely in their language with no regard for politeness or etiquette of any kind - if you're a non-korean, you practically don't exist; just a fly on the wall - the highest position in each department is held by a rotational staff from HQ giving you no real opportunity for advancement and oh, that rotational staff has absolutely no knowledge or experience in said field... he (yes, it's always a he) floats in from HQ for approximately 5 years and then floats out, paving the way for your next floater - trying to get anything done in this place is a joke because there's so much bureaucratic red tape and hoops to jump through: manual approval processes followed by electronic approval processes; the many, many protocols they've put in place in order to prevent embezzling (which has happened in the past) more so hinders than helps the business - your CEO of the moment (because you get a new one every 1 or 2 years), tries too hard to be likeable that he goes around sexually and racially discriminating everyone for a cheap laugh - this company does not care about its employees - i've seen long time interns/temps getting passed up for full-time positions but they continue to work the full-time hours - i've seen hardworking non-koreans getting passed up for promotions while their korean counterparts get promoted