The boss makes himself look very wealthy. Chairman Hsu once said that young people spend too much, and while others might travel for business in premium business class, our young and promising boss travels in premium first class—enjoying the in-flight Wi‑Fi and posting check-ins and photos as well. He lives and buys things in a way that looks like a wealthy person, although no one knows whether the money is actually his. There probably will not be many benefits for employees, but at least you can broaden your horizons and see how wealthy people spend money if you have never seen it before—he will show you.

There is serious infighting among the company’s senior management. Even when there is no infighting, they are not very effective at communicating, and different senior executives often say completely different things about the same matters. The company’s direction is also very unstable, shifting from east to west; products that have just been developed, or things they say they will do, seem to vanish like passing clouds a few days later. The general manager has a very good public image, but in reality he knows absolutely nothing about the company’s affairs. Going to meetings with them feels like listening to a presentation from another company. He is always promising grand things, but the company has none of them internally. It is also difficult for people who genuinely want to get work done, because there are always strange tasks waiting for you. They take on cases without assessing internal resources or timelines, leaving employees at their wits’ end and constantly trying to find ways just to get through them. There are also countless messes to clean up, giving you plenty of practice in stress resistance. And the closer you are to the boss, the more blame you will ultimately carry—somehow, everything is always someone else’s fault!