Good culture but depends heavily on your business unit - Product Designer Alibaba Group Employee Review

3.0
Jan 4, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good company culture and benefits. Good coworkers mostly.

Cons

The organization, work distribution, and chain of command isn't always conducive to cooperation because everyone is competing for tech resources. Bottom up method of convincing people to invest in your project. KPI/driven but short-sighted. Fixing short term projects to make it look like a lot has been done within each review cycle, at the cost of truly fixing the problem and taking longer.

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5.0
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Pros

A good company scale with a many smart people to work with

Cons

The required development speed is very fast

4.0
May 17, 2026
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Pros

Large-scale systems experience Strong technical learning and growth Competitive compensation Work on AI, cloud, and e-commerce products used by millions Good résumé value for future opportunities

Cons

Long hours / intense work culture High pressure and fast deadlines Work-life balance can be poor on some teams Organizational changes can happen frequently Communication and cultural barriers for some international employees

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