Houke Factory:

Overtime pay

Meal allowance

Those who live far away receive a housing allowance—usually, after the first inspection, there is no follow-up. If you choose to commute instead of renting, they won’t know.

A wide variety of equipment orders, with many opportunities to learn

High company revenue

Fast promotions

Salary adjustments

Houke Factory:

Overtime pay — You’ll work so much overtime that you’ll be exhausted. Those with children should be careful; you might come home one day to have your own child ask, “Uncle, who are you??”

Those who live far away receive a housing allowance — It was originally available to those living more than 25 km away, but later the threshold was raised to more than 30 km.

A wide variety of equipment orders, with many opportunities to learn — To boost revenue, sales not only accept orders recklessly, but also slash equipment prices themselves—even when there is no competition.

High company revenue — If revenue is the numerator, then costs are the denominator, and revenue/costs < 1 (usually it won’t be greater than 1). Revenue is used to deceive shareholders. Otherwise, at one annual shareholders’ meeting, the boss and the general manager wouldn’t have argued onstage over leftover equipment parts.

Fast promotions — Because team leaders usually don’t last long after taking the position (they log out), becoming a team leader within two or three years is perfectly normal. Basically, once you reach deputy manager, you get stuck, because there are more “parachuted-in personnel” than people who worked their way up from the front line. Not to mention that some relatives of the powerful, or people who curry favor with the boss’s right-hand man, occupy positions without doing anything. Usually, when they finally produce something—don’t be surprised—it’s yours!!!

Salary adjustments — When more and more veteran employees leave, that’s when salaries get adjusted!!!! When everything is calm, of course there are no adjustments. EX: If no one logs out within a year, your salary stays the same—unless you’re a powerful relative or someone who likes to curry favor with the boss’s right-hand man.

Whether you can actually do the work is not the point; as long as you put on a good enough show, you can succeed. EX: If you do well, you can become a team leader of one (with no team members to manage); you only need to manage the research logbook. They won’t even hold you accountable for KPIs!!!!

The organizational structure keeps changing: “After a long division, there is unity; after a long unity, there is division”—this is a constant that everyone who logs out will come to understand.

Too many leftover parts from old equipment — If you learn C# in the 2F PC department, it’s still fine because there isn’t much old equipment. If you learn Delphi, good luck...

Customers love modifications: Usually, modifications aren’t for adding new functions, but for fixing old ones, so halfway through a modification project, you’ll find that most of what you’re doing is fixing their previous functions.

Be careful when they start offering lots of benefits; one day later, they may reduce them or even stop giving them to you.

Conclusion: A good place to train and build your skills, just like university. But... you can’t possibly stay in university for the rest of your life.