When the workday ends, and when you resign.

This company is truly something. The boss has an excellent public image, but once you enter the company, you discover that things are very different behind the scenes. The founder is someone who believes he will always be a teacher (in reality, he has not held teaching or professorial qualifications for a long time). In particular, you must not call him “the boss” at the company—you have to call him “Teacher,” or he will get very upset. There is too much to say, so it is listed point by point below.

(1) The stated flexible working hours (start work 0800–0830, leave work 0530–0600) are only for reference—complete nonsense. Even if you arrive at eight, the boss will not let you leave early. In fact, it is difficult to leave at six even if you arrive at 8:30. The boss also likes to pressure employees into starting work early, and of course overtime cannot be reported.

(2) Absolutely, absolutely do not let the boss know that you can drive; otherwise, you will be the permanent driver. The boss often likes to leave late and will demand that you drive faster so he will not be late, but you have to pay the tickets yourself.

(3) You have to take the boss’s children to school and pick them up after school.

(4) Toilet paper cannot be used to wipe your hands or face. The boss requires employees to bring towels, and employees’ towels will even be taken (by whom? Ask the heavens). Please do not bring anything too good. Let this be a lesson to us all.

(5) Under no circumstances should you leave anything valuable or personal at the company, especially on your desk after work. The company has habitual thieves. Many people’s belongings mysteriously disappear after one night or one weekend, then turn up at someone else’s desk. When questioned, that person can only say, “I don’t know how it ended up here,” or “Someone put it on my desk.”

(6) Don’t leave things on your desk. Do you think they’ll be safe in a drawer? Wrong~ The habitual thief goes through the drawers too, leaving everything in a complete mess. Anything they do not like the look of is thrown away, and anything valuable is taken. The next day, they still pretend nothing happened. Truly magical! The company has security systems and cameras, but even those cannot stop this thief—a real reincarnation of Liao Tianding.

(7) Speaking of cameras, the boss installed two security cameras in the ceiling, but they could not show what the employees were doing, so he directly bought a Xiaomi security camera and placed it near the employees, pointed at them, saying it was for a research project.

(8) You have to clock in four times a day (using the time clock): once when you arrive, once before the lunch break, once when the afternoon break ends, and once when you leave. If you miss “even one” clock-in, the company thanks you for donating NT$50; the amount accumulates accordingly.

(9) Reporting business trips is extremely troublesome. There are several steps in total: first, fill out the company’s extremely long, self-made Google Form; second, post on the company’s public Facebook page that you are going on a business trip, where you are going, and who is going; third, if the business trip includes coming to the company, you still have to clock in—how cute. Otherwise, the company will once again thank you for your donation. These steps may have to be repeated many times each month. If you fail to complete even one step for a single business trip, the NT$500 perfect-attendance bonus is gone, and your salary may even be deducted. Truly virtuous.

(10) Toilet paper is not allowed on your desk (the boss will scold you directly), and fans cannot be moved around freely (the boss will put all the fans at your station for no apparent reason).

(11) Since the office is on the first floor, motorcycles and cars constantly pass by and it is extremely noisy. You get to breathe in exhaust for free, and there is also a lot of dust and sand (it would not be surprising to find a pyramid forming on your desk).

(12) The water dispenser is Pandora’s box. Do not open or clean it unless necessary; the inside is terrifying. Previously, the company cleaned it for the first time in nearly three years. The scale and impurities accumulated inside were so thick that they blocked the outlet and caused a short circuit. It took three hours of cleaning and two trips for repairs before it worked again. That water dispenser is truly legendary.

(13) Employees are expected to stay behind “voluntarily” to take out the trash. The garbage truck does not arrive until 6:30. If nobody takes out the trash, the boss gets upset and says, “This is everyone’s home—why doesn’t everyone do it automatically?” He then starts talking about his great achievements, such as cleaning the toilets and taking out the trash.