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Environment: Overall, it is clean and tidy; even the worksite itself is reasonably clean.

Colleagues: Most colleagues are easy to get along with, but it still depends on how you interact with others.

There is a senior manager who specializes in talking from the sidelines without having to bear the consequences, constantly invoking the boss whenever he opens his mouth, as if the boss were his father. It is nauseating. He likes to meddle but does not like to work, and loves showing off his authority. Whenever there is nothing to do, he makes hindsight comments. His body language clearly shows that he is not being truthful.

The turnover rate is somewhat high, and there is a significant personnel gap.

Management: Highly centralized. When the boss is absent, no one handles matters, and no one has the authority to do so.

Benefits: One month’s salary is paid in three installments, and one annual bonus is paid in two installments.

Other benefits are ordinary and, in principle, comply with the Labor Standards Act.

Domestic and overseas employee trips are held every year. Usually, there are three or four groups to choose from. Employee Family Day and occasional motivational talks and seminars are also held, along with other activities tailored specifically to the boss’s preferences.

Promotion: The promotion channel is a personnel review committee. Several managers from fields different from yours will evaluate you. They ask questions based on procedural documents and then follow up with some ambiguous questions based on your answers, leaving you unsure how to respond. As you can imagine, the evaluation score will not be high. Even if you pass... it does not necessarily mean you will receive a raise or promotion. These managers also have no authority; the evaluations are essentially just for show, and there are many hidden dealings.

The company is willing to let young people develop and learn overseas, which is an opportunity, but this is also because none of the older employees want to go.

Even when your job responsibilities have reached an intermediate level, your position can never be adjusted.

Raises: During their first three months, new employees must write a reflection after each monthly evaluation. Passing may result in a small raise, but subsequent evaluations are uncertain. Some people passed their evaluations but still did not receive a raise.

In short, promotions and raises depend on speaking and presentation skills, as well as reports and writing ability, and have no absolute connection with professional expertise. This puts people with specialized technical skills but who are introverted, taciturn, or not good with words at a disadvantage. There are still hidden dealings.

The salary structure is unusually complicated, and unequal pay for equal work is a serious problem.

Overtime: Regular overtime is the norm. The industry is not greatly affected by the overall environment.

Insurance: Labor and health insurance; no group insurance. Labor insurance is uniformly insured at the minimum wage level.

Other

1. Everything is handled through contact letters. Sometimes following the established procedures is actually considered wrong, at which point someone will say, “A contact letter was issued about this before!” Is a new employee supposed to read and memorize every contact document issued since the company was founded? Work procedures are modified but not standardized. The procedural documents are for dealing with audits; the actual work is done another way.

2. For several specific positions, the speed of recruiting is far behind the speed at which vacancies arise.

3. Meetings discuss matters without making decisions, and even when decisions are made, nothing is carried out. No one wants to take responsibility.

4. They like to use employees as long-term laborers.

5. Being late by less than 15 minutes in a month does not result in a deduction.

6. Anyone appearing on the lateness rankings is supposed to be punished together with their supervisor. However, for most people who appear on the list, the supervisor is the boss, so I have never heard of anyone actually being punished.

7. In management meetings, the boss requires verbatim minutes, including the tone of voice.

8. When traveling on business, you must first use your own card to buy the plane ticket and claim reimbursement after returning.

It’s all above.