Workplace reviews and discussion: 格林希爾會展事業有限公司

The office atmosphere is extremely tense; no one dares to make a sound. The supervisors communicate instructions via LINE. I can’t think of anything enjoyable about it.

The supervisors handle things without logic and often suddenly call a halt halfway through a case. Projects are frequently approached with a “let’s just give it a try” attitude, so several days of previous work often end up being wasted.

Office layout: approximately 8 ping, divided into six seats arranged in a 2-2-2 formation. There is an extremely tall partition between the desks next to each other, so people have to stand up to see one another. The two supervisors sit behind the four employees. There are also three extremely noisy Maltese dogs that bark constantly.

The atmosphere is truly extremely tense. The supervisors have a lot to deal with, so they often sigh, make a “tsk” sound—almost once every minute—or hit the keyboard and mouse forcefully. This often makes us employees afraid to make any noise, so we can only use LINE to discuss matters. Once, I asked the person at the next desk about a problem (speaking out loud), and the supervisor scolded me for a very long time—even continuing to lecture me via LINE after I got home.

Overall, the supervisors keep saying they want to bring in new blood and incorporate young people’s creativity, but deep down they are still old-fashioned. Many things are only announced at the last minute, and even after being announced, they may still be changed at the last minute.

The supervisors do not have time to wait for newcomers to improve gradually, and no one can teach new employees anything. The supervisors themselves do not know how to use many software programs, yet they keep expecting employees to know how to use them to help save the company money. But if an employee is already a professional user of a particular software program, why would they apply for a job unrelated to that software?

(The employees there are all newcomers as well. Those who are not new are busy with other things and have no time to help new employees.)

If you consider yourself highly capable—having a good academic background would preferably make it easier to pass the interview—or if you think things through carefully, are not careless (because the supervisors are impatient and fussy), have extremely strong stress tolerance, and can endure three dogs barking wildly, then consider applying to this company. But if you like chatting in the office or prefer a pleasant working environment, think it over carefully—or perhaps don’t consider it at all. Look elsewhere.