Qoo10 Reviews

Management Team aka your (supposed) leaders, contrary to what they are meant to be, don't really lead. They think they know it all since they've been around for 5/6/7/8 years but truth is, they know nothing and are not even willing to change/upgrade/improve themselves. All there to protect their rice bowls because they know they can't even make it if they were to go into the corporate world elsewhere, be it Sales, Marketing, Operations or Tech. What this means is that the people below them are delegated to executed what they are tasked to do. And with no proper guidance or direction nor leadership, everyone are merely sheeps. Sheeps who are doomed to fail. Hiring are also mostly limited to fresh grads because they're the best and cheapest sheeps to be milked, shaped and churned. Leaders who think they're doing something, are actually rinsing and repeating the same tactics with no application of latest technology, knowledge or context. It's either increasing revenue i.e. BPV, cart count, Qcash for Sales or traffic i.e. Page View, User Session or Downloads for Marketing. Reshuffling/reorgs happened almost every quarter, if not earlier, disrupting workflows, growth (you'd be lucky if there's any) and disallows teams from hitting their KPIs, thus not getting the allocated credit points which then slows down their promotion/increment path.

1. Designers are being treated as second-class citizens For an online business who relies heavily on Designers for creative visuals and to a certain extent web programming, there exist a complete lack of respect and understanding for the Designer role. Designers are often deemed not smart enough to attend relevant project meetings. Instead, this is entirely up to the Managers and Marketers to discuss and decide on the creative direction. They would then in turn advise the Designer on how a banner or page should look like. Also, very often you will find that the Company chooses to hire Designers as part-timers for a flat rate of $7 per hour. Bottom line: Are Designers that cheap and expendable? Advice to the Management: Be open and listen to the opinions of your employees. Everybody has different skills and talents to offer. Understand the importance of Designers and their contributions to the Company. Also, hire the right people for the job! Are you looking to hire a Web Designer, Illustrator or just someone whose all intents and purposes are simply to make something look pretty? 2. Your hard work and contributions do not count for anything Imagine working non-stop for over 10 hours a day, creating web banners, designing a newspaper advertisement, writing HTML and preparing eDMs for a very important campaign. On top of all that, going through all your work to make sure that everything is in order. Once, I worked tirelessly on a Friday and Saturday for a total of 24 hours. I was very thankful for a part-timer who worked alongside me during that fateful period. Nonetheless, when an event is successful, Designers are sidelined and the real credit goes to the Marketers and Sales Managers. Advice to the Management: Be more appreciative towards Designers. Award promotions fairly across the Company. Designers are as equally important as Marketers and Sales Managers. Assess and promote a Designer accordingly based on his or her age, level of experience and overall contributions. After all, a promotion only encourages your staff to do even better, right? 3. Lack of manpower to fulfill those last-minute requests Work distribution is uneven throughout the Company. Your knock-off time is heavily dependent on the team you are assigned to. Work requests for Designers may come in as late as 6pm or later. Advice to the Management: Plan for important events weeks ahead. Share the marketing plan with Designers in advance. Allow ample time for the Designers to work their magic during normal working hours.