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1. Freedom at work — decide on the overall direction during meetings; employees can discuss and decide on subsequent adjustments themselves, then simply inform the boss before implementing them. The boss prefers employees to have the authority to make their own decisions.
2. There are children around, so those who like children should enjoy it here. (I personally do not, so if you are in a design role and find it too noisy, you can ask the boss whether you can temporarily work at a nearby café to escape.)
3. Sometimes, when there are no cases requiring special execution, you may be so idle that you can secretly play video games at work.
4. The boss’s unpredictable surprises.
5. The coworkers are all young, and the work atmosphere is good.
1. The boss likes to divide people against one another. He excessively praises the employees he likes while harshly criticizing others, making you feel worthless.
2. Extremely multifaceted work. You have to do design, look after children, and help teach classes during the winter and summer breaks. You also have to plan courses and lead overnight camps during those breaks; the overtime pay is approximately NT$1,000 per day (some people like it because they think the camps are fun). Even teachers who do not teach regularly often need to interact with students and understand how to handle individual student cases.
3. No overtime pay, no overtime pay, no overtime pay.
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If you consider yourself someone who loves children and knows how to educate them, you can come. If you simply love children and want to be a teaching instructor who plays with them, do not come, because merely loving children without knowing how to teach will prevent you from doing this job well. You will endure a lot of criticism, gradually making you question whether you love children at all.
If you want to do design—design alone—do not come. The work here is extremely multifaceted. Besides graphic design, you need to know marketing and video production; you do everything yourself, handling everything end to end, and you also have to remember to post on the Facebook page!
Designers have it the worst. Every undesirable task ends up with them. Doing things well is expected, while doing them poorly means bearing the responsibility. Regardless of which coworker failed to do something properly, the designer is always the one who gets scolded along with them.
If you can accept so many challenges, you can come—but remember, absolutely, absolutely do not be overly sensitive, or the boss’s harsh words and bad habits will drive you to a breakdown. Of course, if you are a predominantly rational person, you can probably get along well with the boss.
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**For those considering applying: When dealing with the boss, actively engage in conversation with him; it is even fine to argue your case or have an argument. Also, you must report your work to him, because that is how he will come to like you. Good luck, everyone.