Pros
- depending on where you work your starting salary can be industry average or a bit higher - work is not very demanding. (You are actually able to have a private life which is not usual for a Korean company) - you get to learn about very different industries
Cons
- company culture is very stiff. Feels sometimes almost military like. - every 2-3years a new manager/director arrives not knowing what to do and leaves again when he/she gets kind of a grip of things. And then the cycle starts again.. - If you're from HQ you maybe have a chance of a career if you cozy up to the 'right' people. If you're local staff forget it as you are a 'second rate employee that can be replaced in a second'. (can be a pro if you have no ambition for a career) - there is definitely a in-company irrational discrimination against local staff. The most astonishing is that it seems to be even more against Koreans than others local staff. - You see first hand how the tax payers money gets stupidly wasted but can't do anything about it - Lots of politics and the many many (mostly dated and unnecessary) rules..