Hmm... let me think...

1. The superior focuses on the person rather than the matter. Those who receive favor are revered like gods; those who do not are despised like dirt.

When the company encounters problems, everyone is asked to offer ideas during meetings. On the surface, employees are encouraged to have a team spirit and solve problems and create results together. Naive as I was, I actually believed it at first.

The truth is, good suggestions and practical solutions will never be adopted! Unless you happen to say exactly what a certain X has in mind and want to do, and happen to have been born with a silver tongue, while also possessing the ability to elaborate on matters that could have been expressed concisely into a rambling, repetitive stream of nonsense. Follow this pattern a few times and, first of all, congratulations—you have successfully become a certain X’s favorite ^^ 94 loves this kind of thing~

Once you successfully become the favorite, everything you say and do can be treated as a model. A certain X will tell everyone to learn from you. At this point, your farts smell sweet and even your feces are edible; ni 94 is definitely your soulmate. You really understand the situation, communicate well, and have a trust rating of 100. If you have reached this stage, you really are amazing—your position is secure ^^

After that, things become easier. When everyone is asked to raise questions in a meeting, you do not need to add any useful suggestions of your own. Just rephrase and repackage the company ideals that a certain X wanted to achieve in the previous meetings, and you can effortlessly gain +10,000 HP ^^

Oh right, I forgot to mention: a certain X is obviously extremely petty toward employees. If you are an unfavored employee, I’m sorry, but no matter how meaningful your work or how much extra you contribute—even if you simply keep your head down and make no mistakes—it will all be 100% ignored or targeted, or you will be deemed not to have created high value for the team. Even achievements that surpass your previous results are considered only what you should have done! OK, fine~ You say that creating value is what employees should do anyway, but when management issues mindless, endlessly circular instructions in such a toxic environment, I’m sorry, but I cannot go along with it!

2. The company has no clear work procedures, resulting in low efficiency and unclear division of labor.

I believe it is true that small companies need to gradually establish their systems, but the prerequisite is that the company genuinely wants to establish them……

A certain X and a certain Y constantly say, “We need to work hard to establish systems,” but that is merely a false gesture. Don’t be fooled, clever people. Anyone who actually tries to establish procedures will be told that they lack flexibility, are poor at interdepartmental communication, or are not suited to the workplace. No wonder the company has been operating for so long while its financial situation still has room for improvement!

3. Avalon among coworkers: Who is a minion? Who is a villager? It is impossible to tell!

Coworkers wear masks and pretend around one another. If you are lucky, you may encounter villagers who support each other; if you have not prayed enough and are unlucky, just wait to be smeared by a minion! After all, you know that in this company, being assertive and cold-faced only puts you at a disadvantage—and if you also happen not to be favored by management, you are immediately eliminated. Bye-bye, no need to play anymore ^^

Here is the more advanced version: suppose a dispute occurs and a certain Y is at fault while the employee is innocent. The minions still have to cling to the stronger side, like watermelons, in order to preserve their positions in the company. After all, they will be believed only when they later report to a certain Y and seek sympathy ^^

The recruitment site says, “Our coworkers are all very nice! There is no room for scheming here.” That is absolutely just self-promotion. Especially a certain Y, who controls everything, big or small, in the company—a smiling tiger x1. You will not realize when you have offended her, nor when she has smeared you behind your back. Apart from her, I cannot think of anyone who loves scheming more.

4. The most important thing about coming to the company is not working; it is managing the superior’s emotions.

A certain superior has poor emotional-management skills, so please have plenty of patience.

5. A certain X has a lot of room for improvement in comprehension.

For the same issue, please explain patiently, speak slowly, and repeat yourself infinitely many times. Otherwise, a certain X’s notoriously poor comprehension cannot digest and absorb it immediately. #poorcomprehension#goingincircles#illogical#unabletogetthepoint#toomuchnonsenseleadingyoutoworkpastquittingtime—this is all perfectly normal. These are the best synonyms for a certain X.

6. I have question marks about the company’s business strategy and development direction.

To be honest, I have been here for some time, and I really am not sure what the company’s current business policy is.

Is it, like the slogan online, planning to move into the mainland China and Southeast Asian markets before 2016? They have been shouting that until now and are still shouting it.

Or is it simply selling off all the inventory of products that were brought in because they were mistakenly (?) thought to be bestsellers, and calling that 94 great?

For additional context: products brought in sell an average of five units per week (?)—that probably counts as an A-grade hot-selling product at this company, ha.

Although it claims to be an e-commerce startup, in practice the only things approximately related to e-commerce are operating the website backend and selling products on major platforms and social media. There are no engineers in the company, so its development in the e-commerce field is extremely limited. Without e-commerce development, the company is, at most, a startup distributor. If you want more opportunities to develop and learn in the e-commerce field, sorry, this place is not suitable for you.

7. As for benefits, just take what you read online with a grain of salt.

Year-end bonus: question mark

Additional training subsidy: question mark

8. After work, nothing other than keyboards and mice may be left on the desk. Figurines (X) desk calendars (X) plants (X) pen holders (X) stationery (X)

Books (X)….. (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)

Every day after work, you also have to submit a work (lián) log (luò) to the boss. I thought I was attending a cram school for repeat exam takers, or some kind of Spartan prep school.

Everyone also has to take turns being the duty person. Sweeping and wiping desks are the basics. Suppose you have an urgent matter and leave right after school…oh! I mean after work, and come early the next day to sweep. Before long, you will hear a certain X say: “Everyone, please clean more seriously and put some thought into it. I am observing who cleans seriously and who does not ^^” I’m truly sorry—I thought we had all applied to be office staff ><

9. After work, late at night and in the early hours of the morning, you will be repeatedly @mentioned to handle work matters, which has seriously become harassment.

10. The company is extremely disrespectful toward former employees, pinning blame on them while the company itself simply brushes its hands clean and bears no responsibility or fault whatsoever.

There is far too much to list……

To be honest, what I fear is not the company making mistakes, but that after issues are reported upward and the company discovers its mistakes, it has no intention whatsoever of adjusting or correcting them. It simply lets them rot, has no willingness to face the problems, or ignores actionable suggestions.

The “we’re a team” rhetoric has been reduced to a slogan. Anyone willing to waste their youth is welcome to feed the young master rice cakes, play games with him, and happily sit around waiting for payday on the 5th.

A certain X is blinded and cannot see that the so-called right-hand person, a certain Y, is actually a cancerous tumor in the company. Their judgment is also highly questionable.

Although these words contain some embellishment, I urge everyone preparing to submit a résumé, preparing for an interview, or even considering accepting a position: please think three times!

Please consider: Why has this page received a steady stream of mostly similar negative reviews ever since the company was founded? Why, even after the company replied, “The company will carefully review and improve based on your feedback,” has the so-called “review and improvement” still not appeared? There is no smoke without fire, and no fire without smoke. I believe everyone has a certain capacity for judgment, so why use your precious time to make a guaranteed-loss investment and stake everything on one gamble?

I’ll be watching to see how the company develops in the future.