Workplace reviews and discussion: 地表最潮股份有限公司

The people working there seem easy to get along with and also seem very resigned to their circumstances (辛苦了).

I’d like to share my interview experience; it was quite something.

After submitting my résumé, I received an interview notification. Once the time had been arranged, I called to reschedule because something came up at the last minute. When I called, the person on the other end seemed not to know that I had an interview scheduled, nor what position I was interviewing for.

On the day of the interview, after I arrived at the company, a woman asked me to sit in a chair and wait (and, once again, didn’t know what position I was there to interview for). The company had no partitions at all; desks and miscellaneous items coexisted in the same space. Just as others have shared, the office looked no different from a warehouse.

During the wait, I wasn’t asked to fill out any forms. I simply sat there waiting, and, out of boredom, observed how the other people were working.

At that point, I gradually heard people discussing things (arguing) on the balcony behind me, and they got louder and louder (the people involved were Mr. Wu and a female manager). I could hear their argument perfectly clearly, and the female manager eventually started crying (an instantly awkward situation). By then, I had already been waiting for nearly 20 minutes and was considering leaving. However, the kind woman came over and asked me to wait a little longer while she reminded the manager that there was an interview. (I even said that if they were busy, we could arrange another time, but unfortunately they came out……….)

So I was interviewed in turn by the two people who had just finished arguing. First was the female manager. She had not yet recovered emotionally and had a face that looked like she had just been crying, so naturally she asked the questions rather perfunctorily. Then it was Mr. Wu’s turn. His main question was whether I could accept working overtime, despite the salary not being very high. He also seemed quite opposed to people with families (so why did he invite me to an interview in the first place?). When I showed him my work samples, he didn’t seem interested in looking at them seriously either. (His attitude was quite casual.)

This was one of the more ridiculous and speechless interview experiences I’ve had. I was lucky enough to see the office’s true atmosphere on the day of the interview. After just one visit, the image I had formed of Mr. Wu and this company instantly collapsed.