There's pro's and cons - Content Creator Kinohimitsu Employee Review

Healthy working environment. Fun colleagues. Reasonable package. Staff benefits. Potential promotions.

Fast pace. A lot of multi taskings.

Convenient location, near Taiseng MRT

Note: The company name is Kino Biotech, but the brand it carries is Kinohimitsu. • Conflicting leadership: The four bosses regularly disagree, making decision-making a nightmare and slowing down approvals. • Old-fashioned, rigid management: Leadership is stuck in traditional ways and resistant to innovation or change, creating a stagnant workplace. • Lack of respect for expertise: Anyone can weigh in on specialized matters, even if they’re not qualified. When things go wrong, the team is left holding the bag despite specialists’ input being ignored. • Narcissistic management: Bosses manipulate employees into taking on extra work without empathy or regard for their personal needs. • Tight budgets: Management constantly pushes for “wise spending” with extremely limited resources, making it hard to perform effectively. • Exploiting employees: Attempts to dodge paying overtime by labeling mandatory events as “team bonding” until staff push back and demand fair compensation. • Unrealistic expectations: Employees are often pushed to take on tasks outside their skill set, labeled as “progression,” but without adequate support or development opportunities. • Frequent last-minute changes: Decisions are often reversed or altered last minute, causing confusion and wasted effort. • Unreasonable external demands: Employees are pressured to get rush work from external partners, sometimes asking for free services or extreme discounts. • Poor hiring practices: The company hires based on salary expectations rather than on fit for the role, leading to underqualified employees. • No investment, sky-high expectations: Management demands excellent results but won’t invest in the necessary resources to meet those demands. • Invasive monitoring: Management keeps tabs on employees’ social media and scrutinizes leave requests, fostering an environment of mistrust. • Micromanagement: Constant oversight of employee tasks and efficiency, even during regular meetings, with little trust in staff. • Stingy perks: Staff benefits are minimal, and employees are sometimes given expired or near-expired items as “perks.” • Inconsistent policies: Employees can stay late without compensation, but if they are late, their salary is docked. The company lacks fairness and consistency in its policies.