I may not be particularly talented, but I worked in this company’s business department.
Before joining this company’s business department, you need to be mentally prepared for a few things:
1. Be prepared to frequently take the blame.
2. Be prepared to obey the boss’s wife and her son absolutely.
3. Be prepared to have the mindset of a laborer who only uploads products and slices layouts.
4. Be prepared not to be more capable at your job than the business department manager (otherwise, he will think you are difficult to train).
5. Be prepared to learn absolutely nothing about marketing.
6. Although this is an apparel company, be prepared for its products to have little substance.
7. If you want to propose a project plan, be prepared to leave.
8. Be prepared for endless meetings every day that accomplish very little.
9. Be prepared to feel guilty every day while sending orders to the graphic designers.
10. Be prepared for decisions made today to be changed tomorrow (and for the whole thing to be done again from scratch).
11. When there are a lot of returns, be prepared to fold clothes.
12. You must know how to paint a rosy picture for the boss’s wife. Even if the sales targets cannot be achieved, be prepared to say that they can be achieved as long as you follow her instructions.
13. When you think the boss’s wife’s decisions are bad, be prepared not to argue with her.
14. Be prepared for a plan to cultivate servility (you will even feel lucky to leave work at 8 p.m. every day).
15. Be prepared to be scolded by accounting at any time, anywhere.
16. Be prepared for the manager to say he will take responsibility, then disappear when it is time to do so.
17. Be prepared for all the credit to go to the manager and all the blame to go to the employees.
18. Be prepared for there to be absolutely no planning and no understanding of advertising placement.
That’s all!! If you want to come here to work in marketing planning, please think it over carefully!!