The office location and surroundings are quite good. When running company errands, you can use the company account to take Uber for free. Most colleagues are easy to get along with.

During the interview and when receiving the offer, they never mentioned that the position was a contract role—it is a six-month contract at a time. If you are looking for a permanent position, I recommend going directly to LinkedIn to look. Company employees are divided into permanent employees, contract workers, and part-time workers (interns). The straps on their access cards are differentiated by color, creating a strong sense of hierarchy. Some permanent employees are clearly not very capable yet still look down on contract workers (and some contract workers look down on part-time workers). It is very strange for a foreign company to maintain such a hierarchy. Contract workers also receive no additional benefits whatsoever; don’t even think about year-end bonuses or the three traditional holiday bonuses.

It was also mentioned as a benefit that you could take Uber for free when running business errands, but often you couldn’t because the company hadn’t paid the bills (the company’s explanation was that headquarters hadn’t provided the money????). You would have to wait for nearly a month, so all expenses had to be paid upfront by yourself. At one point, the company phone service was suspended for a long time, so they used a lousy internet phone as a substitute or had employees use their own phones; the costs still had to be paid upfront by themselves. This even applied to students working part-time. It was completely outrageous.

Also, because Uber is a “fast-paced company,” organizational changes happen quickly too. You might be doing your job normally today, and tomorrow your position could be eliminated, after which you are told to resign—even being informed only 11 days before the contract expires. It is really unethical.