Personally, I feel that the colleagues are quite easy to get along with. Whenever there are problems, they patiently teach and help each other. That’s all.

Today, I won’t talk about other positions; I’ll just talk about what it’s like to be an iOS engineer at this Philippine site. I’m speaking from experience, so believe me.

The iOS colleagues, myself included, all came in with 100% fighting spirit, ready to start building our skills. Once we had fully developed our abilities, we could contribute to the company and show our friendliness. But—and this is the important “but”—the bosses above us (mainland Chinese managers/management) believe that iOS only wraps shells and makes white-label apps, and has no value at all. They don’t care about our technical growth and won’t seriously listen to the voices of iOS development engineers. Because—and this is exactly why—we are considered dispensable. We are just white-label app operators. Every time they said things like we should go through hardships together, we initially did exactly that. But in the end, what we got in return was being told that we weren’t serious about work or that we were unwilling to support our superiors. We supported you for several months, so may I ask: will our engineers be considered when you distribute the profit-sharing? There were originally eight iOS engineers; now only three remain.

1. Training: None.

2. Bonuses: Distributed according to the mood of the mainland Chinese managers/management.

3. Free time: None. (They repeatedly said that after completing our assigned duties—“which basically means wrapping shells”—we could do our own things, such as watch shows. But when we finished our work and did our own things, such as watching videos, we were criticized. For reference: 12-hour workdays.)

4. Do they listen to employees’ opinions? Yes. They loudly say that they hear us and discuss the issues, but then it goes in one ear and out the other. 666.

5. Is the salary high? No. We work 12 hours and are also doing tasks that operators would do. The role has already been distorted; personally, I feel that this is hardly different from insulting you. Hiring an iOS developer to do an operator’s work—666.

In the end, your fighting spirit is gradually reduced until almost none remains.

I realized I’ve written too much. The usual shortcomings have already been mentioned above, so I won’t repeat them here.

One sentence here: For young people with dreams, determination, ideals, drive, and ambition who are considering coming here on an overseas assignment as iOS engineers, someone who has been through it offers you this advice: think it over carefully.

Finally, my thoughts: disappointed, and then even more disappointed.