Workplace reviews and discussion: 合景股份有限公司

The colleagues are very nice and really love group-buying.

People who aren’t short on money can go, because the pay is low, but it’s very easy to keep spending.

The chairman really likes to say that he personally takes care of everything. He comes into the office basically every day, and then there are endless meetings to attend. Most of the meetings have nothing to do with you, but he will still call you in.

You spend the whole day in meetings and can’t get any work done, so you can only do it after work—but they don’t pay overtime.

The company likes to ask you to do things outside your job duties in the name of learning. You are expected to know what you should know, and even what you shouldn’t know—you’re expected to be curious enough to ask. The company’s mission is to turn everyone into an all-around talent, so that ideally, no matter how people ask you questions, they can’t stump you.

There are two exams each year, administered personally by the chairman, but how well you perform does not seem to affect your salary.

I think the most astonishing thing is that when new colleagues interview, their salary is agreed upon in advance. The salary is lower during the probationary period, but after completing three months and passing the probationary period, when you ask to have the agreed-upon salary restored, the company will extend your probationary period for reasons such as claiming that you are not qualified enough. And this is not an isolated case—at least two people have experienced the same thing.

If you don’t care at all about working hours or salary, and you really want to know how shoes are made from start to finish, from nothing to something, then go for it!