Workplace reviews and discussion: 悅笙企業有限公司

The salary is decent, and it’s close to the MRT station, so transportation is fairly convenient.

Starting work at 10 a.m. also helps avoid some of the crowds.

Everything the previous disgruntled employees said is true. My only regret is not seeing it sooner.

The company has been open for nearly 10 years, yet it still has fewer than five people, including her. You should be able to figure out why, right?

1. The boss thinks the sales staff are not proactive and work too slowly. After being there for just a few days, they ask why you still can’t find the products (it really is only because you’ve just started and have no idea how messy the store is). From the moment you arrive, they evaluate you by the strict standards applied to someone who has worked there for three months, and think that being busy and overwhelmed by the company’s workload is slowing down her progress.

However, they won’t let you know how dissatisfied they actually are, because they only criticize you privately: “So-and-so at another company is so capable and lively. Their salespeople can handle incoming stock, respond to customers, and do other tasks, too. If they can do it, why can’t you? People nowadays have such poor quality and problematic personalities.”

(I heard the above at least three times within just three months.)

It also feels like the sales staff turnover is very high.

2. As soon as you leave, they immediately criticize you to the handbag designer. They love making snide remarks, and if some minor incident unfortunately displeases them, they can talk about it for a long time. Even when they are scolding someone else, listening to it all day affects your mood.

3. The office environment inside the store is extremely quiet, making work boring, and it is poorly ventilated. On top of that, the office space is very small, and there is hardly any place in the store that isn’t crammed with things. Even the restroom and the tiny pantry are packed with clutter, making it unpleasant to look at. The lighting is very yellow, so your eyes feel uncomfortable all day. I really don’t know how they expect the designer to edit images and work with photographs; the colors they produce probably aren’t accurate.

4. The company’s files are extremely disorganized, and nothing can be found. Images of the same product are stored in three or four different places, and usually there is no source file to edit. There is no way to know which version is correct. It is probably because no one knows how many designers have been replaced (I really want to know).

5. When you are asked to create design materials, nothing is explained clearly. Only after you finish do they say what needs to be changed or added. Their sense of aesthetics is poor, yet they still think your work is not good enough. They like listening to the handbag designer’s opinions and will discuss things with her first, then ask you to revise the work over and over, or have her explain it to you. (There are only three people—why is this necessary?)

6. As a one-person team, you have to handle many tasks. Handover processes are unclear, and you often have to figure things out and find solutions on your own.