1. No workplace boredom

It’s like watching a TV series—there’s an endless supply of personal gossip.

2. Challenges in interpersonal relationships

The mid- and senior-level core team drinks and has fun together every week, so figuring out how to join the inner circle is quite a darkly challenging endeavor.

3. A sense of glory

The team leaders all have an inordinately strong sense of glory, brainwashing employees with the notion that 17LIVE is a large enterprise and a leader among startups, and so on.

1. Absolutely no management mechanisms

You follow the process required by your supervisor and submit the paperwork, only for the recipient to cancel it on the grounds that “someone else is already handling the same project.” When you ask the recipient’s supervisor, they say that isn’t the case. You raise it as much as possible, raise it again, and then the submission is rejected again. You ask your department supervisor to coordinate, but they tell you to coordinate with the recipient’s supervisor yourself? Everyone is waiting for them to resolve their personal feud before anything can get done.

2. Unfair evaluations

The cumbersome evaluation system is full of loopholes, and even the supervisor can’t answer questions about it. After an unfavorable evaluation, there are no supporting measures—just endless interviews. The workload remains unchanged, and after the interview, your personal gossip gets spread by HR.

3. Endless seat changes

The organization is reshuffled every two months, and you get a new direct supervisor every four months. All of these decisions are made suddenly and without warning.

4. Boring work

It’s like working as a miner: after digging out one mine, you keep waiting for the company to sign another mining business deal. Your supervisor then tells you to keep digging in the barren mine. When a boulder blocks your path, you ask the boss to arrange for professional demolition workers, but get a response like, “Just keep digging around the boulder—the target for the end of the month is still the same, okay~”