Unique organization, Immense growth, Lacks focusThe good thingsIt's a very unique organization in the education technology space that is truly one of a kind. The overall purpose of the website and the company, if executed well, can definitely bring about a positive change to Filipino students and their future careers. It's a hyper growth setting with lots of opportunity for employees to take on different roles in different departments and also take on bigger responsibilities. Employees have a chance to be in contact with clients, business partners, and also the end users who are students. What I really appreciate was the fact that the company is always trying to improve in all areas (operations, HR, biz dev, etc) and that there were effective feedback mechanisms for different levels of management. As an employee there, I was able to wear many hats and be involved in various departments which made it a very exciting and rewarding place to be.
The challengesReaching big targets sometimes comes at the cost of lack of work-life balance among some of the staff. There is a lack in the general training and onboarding of new staff which led to misunderstandings and different expectations later on. Lack of focus in terms of company products and direction can discourage the team.