Alibaba Group reviews

3.7

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,980 total reviews)
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Daniel Yong Zhang

61% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Alibaba Group has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,980 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alibaba Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Mar 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

nice company atmosphere opportunities to learn good bonus coffee offered lots of real purchase data for research lots of people.

Cons

too many working hours after job time. always changing in company architecture and business. too low salary, nearly 8,000 rmb (?1233)for master graduate. too less entertainment activities.

2.0
Dec 29, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. You might have chance to visit China, especially Hangzhou. 2. You won't get bored with your job because things are changing every moment. One of the value at Alibaba is "Embrace Change".

Cons

1. Alibaba don't treat their employees right. You will have a lot of overtime without paid or compensation day, including working at nights, weekends, holidays and vacation days. 2. It is impossible to have a well balance of life if you work at Alibaba. Every time is changing. Everything seems urgent and important. At the end, you will sacrify all your personal time and relationships to the company. I saw a lot of real examples. 3. Your career path is really hard to grow at Alibaba. Alibaba believes that everyone can do anyone's job. They can allocate you to any position you might not be capable of. I saw a lot of Alibaba employees change teams and work at different positions horizontally which are not they are hired for. 4. Most of the Alibaba employees are inexperienced fresh graduated student. It is very difficult to work with and expect them to have some standard professional manner.

2.0
Oct 19, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Strong brand recognition especially in Asia. Opportunity to learn about the Chinese culture. A corporate culture that's driven by motivation. Nice people to work with. Strong values.

Cons

Lack of vision and improper communication amongst teams. A place for employees to create processes. Lack of control and decision making in regional office. Very young team that really could use some senior and knowledgeable superiors. Pay isn't competitive. Too much changes, lack of proper planning.

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