Deep, Deep Bureaucracy…Lots of layers and many people involved in process or project approval who do not have the background or knowledge to review. Any financial approval takes a minimum of 6 people, sometimes as many as 20 for everything from multi million dollar projects to $100 team building asks. Every approval has to go the top executives in China, last one I sent (for $200) I was told there were 1000+ ahead of me with one person. Nothing moves quickly here and that can be frustrating and ultimately is costing the company millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars. No career advancement, peoples titles change every month - but it is the same job. Limited bonus structure and no equity in company, unlike google and facebook which have a performance program to award high achievers. Expectation that days are a minimum of 12 hours and weekend work is required to catch up.
