Are there any?

My job title upon joining was Trainee Manager, but I was put in charge of a store after less than a month of training. The training was incomplete, and there were many things I was still unfamiliar with. Whenever I didn't know how to do something, I was reprimanded; whenever I made a mistake, I was reprimanded. In the group chat, they claimed it was, to put it nicely, about identifying problems, but as soon as there was an issue, they would directly @ you and start lecturing you. To put it nicely, it was lecturing; to put it bluntly, it was verbal abuse. In any case, as soon as you joined, you were treated as a low-level employee, regardless of whether it was your fault.

They would reassign you whenever they wanted. If a supervisor didn't like you, they would make you work at different locations. I was transferred three times within two months. The rules kept changing, and people who didn't know how to flatter their superiors were simply doomed—they would deliberately make things difficult for you. They called it a performance bonus, but I never received one even once. The targets were constantly adjusted. They believed that sales at a good location should be high, but as soon as I was transferred and someone else took over the location, the target was immediately lowered. Doesn't that just mean they disliked me?

Typhoon days don't count as double pay; you only get compensatory leave. If you want the money, you have to wait two months, and you can only exchange it for money if you haven't used all your leave. Yet on typhoon days they still insist on making money. The shopping mall announced that it would close at five, but they still required us to work until five before closing out the register. There was no one shopping after noon. Did the supervisor know? No, because the supervisor was in the southern part of Taiwan, where the typhoon had no impact and the weather was sunny and calm. They had no idea that when we rode our scooters home, we were practically being blown along by the wind.

Then they wouldn't let us sell out of croissants early. They would rather waste them than reduce costs. After the waste increased, they asked us why the waste rate was so high. What the hell—wasn't this what you required? They weren't even on site, yet acted as if they understood the situation perfectly. Looking at the several large bags of croissants thrown away every day, I would silently say to myself, “It wasn't me who wanted to throw them away. It wasn't me who wanted to throw them away. If there's a problem, take it up with the company.”

At work, no matter how busy we were, we still had to check LINE. Pop-up stores didn't have a phone, and part-time staff didn't dare check LINE either. If they checked it, they were accused of slacking off; if they didn't, they were reprimanded. Whenever something happened on a day off and they really couldn't reach the on-site staff, they would just go to the site themselves. In the end, they would still ask why it had been handled so badly and why we hadn't contacted the on-site staff to deal with it.

They said there would be another interview after three months, followed by a salary adjustment depending on the circumstances. But before three months had passed, I was being transferred from place to place. Subordinates who had a better relationship with the supervisor had already had their interviews and been promised raises, while I was still waiting. They were also half-hearted about handing over their work, and even made sarcastic comments like, “I could choose not to take over the location, you know.” When it was finally time for my interview, they then said I wasn't performing well and that my salary might be reduced. That subordinate was much more proactive than I was, so I directly confronted the supervisor: “They already told me they don't want to take over the location. It doesn't matter to them whether they learn the handover work.” The supervisor froze on the spot, apparently thinking I couldn't see that they had a closer relationship. It was obvious they intended to give that person the location while pretending otherwise. So people who know how to flatter their superiors really do have an advantage.

I didn't expect to be able to write this much. Above all, I feel that there is no human warmth here. I once had a fever of nearly 39°C, but I wasn't even allowed to take leave because there was no one available. Yet I happened to see you go help at a high-performing location that day. I guess when a location has poor sales, they don't even care whether the staff live or die.

There are so many things that the list would be endless. Anyone looking to add more negativity to their life should come work at August Bakery!