Avantages
While I was working at *SCAPE, thankfully I had a couple of colleagues who were supportive so things weren't so bad. When it comes to creativity, we had the liberty to explore and experiment with new ideas. There WERE many programmes organised that I found were quite useful & relevant for the youths (eg. NYFA, Confessions). Apart from that, it was a relaxed working culture (eg. allowed to wear casual wear). If we had to work late or during the weekends, we were compensated in OIL hours.
Inconvénients
*SCAPE is meant to be a hub for youths, but unfortunately it has become a run-down & debilitated place - nothing attracts the youths to come to *SCAPE, youths don't find it cool enough to hang-out here and that's because this place is run by the wrong kind of management. Please explain to me why we have an incompetent, elderly people running the place as management instead of young people who actually has experience working with youths? The turnover rate here is high; when I first started working here, I've seen so many people (good employees who were actually gave useful contributions) left the job. Management doesn't see the value of their employees who bring actual value to the company. They will throw you under the bus, and expects you to clean their mess up. It's a toxic working environment, you have to always watch your back and not say the wrong thing. Like what most ex-staffs say, you either have to be the office pet or be a yes-man/yes-woman person. Management feels threatened when employees speak their mind or know their rights. One wrong move and they will "blacklist" you and opt you out from promotions, potential career advancements. You cannot even trust HR because they work closely with the director. Organisation aside, the mall itself is unattractive. The footfall number for the mall is increasingly LOW and that's because the businesses/shops in the current mall are unattractive - (eg. shops full of clothes that can be found on Taobao? F&B businesses that look old and dilapidated). So many spaces that are not put into proper usage. Even the turnover rate for the tenants here are high.