Workplace reviews and discussion: 樺霖有限公司
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Regarding the company’s “Industrial Designer” position—Pros:
1. The work allows for more flexibility in planning your own schedule.
2. Bonuses for the three major holidays / birthday celebrations / year-end banquet, etc.
3. The company is located right outside an MRT station, making transportation convenient.
4. The work environment is clean, with cleaning staff, and comfortable.
Regarding the company’s “Industrial Designer” position—Cons:
1. The company operates on a highly centralized, person-dependent system. The chain of command is completely chaotic and controlled by a few managers, while the company seriously lacks the standardized workplace practices that are common in ordinary companies.
2. Everyone claims to understand design, but their professional knowledge is seriously lacking (you could say they fundamentally do not understand industrial design). Although they hire professionals, those professionals must follow the ways the owner and managers do things, making it “completely” impossible to achieve normal effectiveness.
3. Their understanding of designers’ performance is extremely traditional. They expect designers in different industries to produce the same results based on working hours from other industries, while also measuring a designer’s value by whether they work overtime.
4. The chain of command is chaotic and constantly changing, while there is also a serious lack of understanding of expertise and common sense in other fields. The owner and managers give conflicting instructions, causing projects to take twice the effort and time for half the results.
5. A large amount of working time is spent in meaningless meetings and discussions. They lack an understanding of the project time and processes that industrial design requires, yet still demand immediate results and contributions.
I believe all job seekers work diligently and conscientiously, striving day after day to produce good results for both the company and themselves. But here, you truly, truly cannot get anything done.