Workplace reviews and discussion: KPMG_安侯建業聯合會計師事務所

If you’re not an auditor, there really don’t seem to be any particular advantages.

I applied for a secretary position in a department that handled audits. During the interview, the boss said that this was a newly created position, but after I joined, I realized that probably wasn’t true. I feel they said that because they were afraid they wouldn’t be able to recruit anyone.

The secretary in the same department who trained me was extremely experienced. I learned from her for about a week, and after that, she completely let me fend for myself. At first, when I didn’t know how to do something and asked her a question, she would answer in an extremely impatient tone, or constantly lecture me in a tone that made me feel like I was the world’s biggest idiot. None of what she said was relevant, and she never answered my questions, so asking her anything felt like a complete waste of life. If I was lucky enough that she was willing to teach me one day, but I did something differently from her way—whether while doing it or after I finished—there would be another round of life-wasting lectures. Also, if I made a mistake or any minor error while doing something for the first time, she would absolutely be the first person to rush over and scold me. Although it’s understandable to be reprimanded when you make a mistake, she would immediately report my error to the boss in an exaggerated way, making the boss think I was an idiot. What she didn’t mention was that it was my first time doing the task and no one had taught me how to do it. Most importantly, even after all of this happened, she still wouldn’t teach me. She would simply take over my work herself, so the boss would think: “Wow, our senior secretary is amazing. She handles everything so well and even has to clean up after the new secretary. Why is the new secretary so stupid and unable to do anything?”

Also, because I didn’t major in business, I asked during the interview whether that would be an issue and whether the job would involve many related tasks. They said it wouldn’t. But after I started, I unexpectedly had to work with tax and financial reports—something I was seeing for the first time in my life @.@—and was criticized for being slow at handling them. Then, because I had to prepare presentations for the boss, all of the content was related to finance and business. I had to find everything myself, and if I genuinely couldn’t find something and asked someone, I would get eye rolls and an impatient response.