Workplace reviews and discussion: 陳傳宗建築師事務所

1. Starting salaries for newcomers are above average

2. The office space is organized like that of a medium-to-large company

3. Snacks, tea, refreshments, and coffee are provided on a regular basis

4. The administrative staff are all very attractive and friendly

5. If you decide to resign, the procedures can be completed very quickly and you can leave the company

1. The architect has a very bad temper and may forget things they previously instructed

2. As mentioned above, but you must not question the architect

3. If you lack seniority, the architect will not pay any attention to you at all, treating what you say as if it were air and refusing to look you in the eye, except when reprimanding you

4. You must make an appointment to review drawings with the architect; even after making an appointment, it may suddenly be moved earlier or later

5. The architect does not treat employees as people; in their eyes, you are merely tools

6. To the architect, assigning five people to a project means five people— they will not care even if four of the five are newcomers. If you have not met their target by the deadline, it is your problem, and you should expect to be berated

7. As mentioned above, many experienced managers or senior colleagues have left because they could not withstand the workload and the architect’s unreasonable deadlines

8. The drawing deadlines imposed by the architect are usually extremely urgent or unreasonable

9. You need to be mentally prepared to be disliked and blacklisted by a certain PM, and to be frequently yelled at or looked down on

10. You need to understand that, as a newcomer, you cannot leave work too punctually

11. If you leave work too punctually for a period of time, or if you attract the attention of a certain PM, you need to be prepared to be fired at any time

12. If HR asks to meet with you and says that the boss wants to fire you, remember to request severance pay and a certificate of involuntary separation

13. Overtime pay usually has to be reviewed by the architect; it will be approved only if they consider the work urgent or necessary

14. As mentioned above, overtime added because they consider it a problem with your own abilities will not be approved

15. However, your clock-out record will still show that you left not long after 6:30 p.m.

Summary:

The company’s designer headcount once reached around 40 at its peak; currently, there are only a little over 10 left.

Only around four mid- to senior-level employees with more than three years of experience remain; everyone else is either a newcomer with a little over one year of experience or has been there for less than a year.

The work atmosphere is oppressive, depending on the architect’s mood and whether they are present at the office.

If you have heard of Ziwen and know Dayan, then the next one is Chuanzong.