Workplace reviews and discussion: 壽滿喜商機連結有限公司

1. The boss has a very gentle personality; I’ve never seen him lose his temper.

2. The workplace is close to the city center.

3. The workday here is 7.5 hours, with no overtime.

4. The only people who usually come and go at the company are the boss, his son (irregularly and without any functional role), and one colleague (myself). When there’s nothing to do, you can work on your own things; when it’s slow, it’s really slow.

5. You will definitely receive your salary.

6. The boss is very optimistic. Although he is quite old, he is still passionate about entrepreneurship and says that he is learning as he goes.

7. The restroom is very high-end.

8. The boss places great importance on family. The colleague who previously resigned could generally take leave whenever their children or spouse had activities.

1. “I’ve run my other company for more than forty years, and several of my employees have been with me for almost thirty years. I’m giving you the opportunity to learn by my side.” In reality, this is a small startup starting from scratch that loses money every month. Its industry is very different from that of the boss’s previous company, and every decision has to be made by the colleague from Shanghai. He is very insistent on having a friend of his own generation do the design (which is ugly and frightening). Although he asks for other people’s opinions, it is actually just a democratic facade to show, “See, I did ask you.”

What he calls “being able to learn things by my side” actually means that many business dealings will necessarily go through private entertainment venues, along with the values of “Chinese people are greedy for small advantages and love to flaunt their wealth; we’ll definitely make blah blah blah.” Apart from not being afraid to burn money, you could say that he paints a very grand picture. The planning is quite casual when compared with the actual situation, and there is no visible future development or stability.

2. It is a family business.

3. The office area is very small (although the total floor area is not), and apart from the boss’s seat, the other positions are really hot. It is often difficult to get much air conditioning.

4. The boss’s voice is very loud and very local, and perhaps because he is older, he does not bother covering up when coughing or clearing his throat in an enclosed space.

5. You often need to run errands for him, delivering documents to the bank and helping him operate his phone and computer software.

6. I strongly suspect that the boss or his son occasionally uses the women’s restroom.

7. The information gap is very large, and there was no proper handover before, so communication often becomes exhausting. Alternatively, you may simply take on the work yourself to avoid the effort of communicating.