Workplace reviews and discussion: 私立百博文理短期補習班

Job position: Design and Planning

Working hours: Monday to Friday and Saturday (half day)

I worked there about 5–6 years ago.

* The salary was quite good, and the expected benefits and year-end party were provided.

* Director Chen (a math teacher and design director) and Director Minghua (female) treated employees very well. You would want to wholeheartedly remain working with them.

* Although the job involved graphic design and reception duties, the company provided ample time for you to work and come up with design ideas. It was not overly demanding.

Rather than calling them disadvantages, they were more like difficulties ------ you need to be able to tolerate other people's negative emotions.

Example 1)

When I had just taken over the design position, I discovered that student photos from the various branches were missing. When I called to ask about them, I was scolded: “We’ve already given them to you so many times. Why do you keep asking for them?! Can’t you designers save files properly?!” Because the previous graphic designer had left without properly handing anything over, you had to endure being berated and make several more calls to request the files until you finally got them.

Example 2)

Once, while I was at the reception desk, I received an internal call from the accountant (Director Huang’s wife). She started scolding me as soon as the call began. I tried very hard to understand what had happened, but I couldn’t grasp the point because it was all emotional language. After scolding me, she said, “Talking to you is like playing a lute to a cow. There’s no point in saying anything to you!” and hung up.

Example 3)

It was during the enrollment period, so all the teachers were very busy. During a meeting, the boss asked me in a tone that seemed intended to humiliate me: “You do design work—can you help us clean the toilets?” I replied, “Sure.” When the boss realized they could not embarrass me, they moved on to other matters.

Example 4)

One day, I noticed that a homeroom teacher I had a good relationship with had red eyes, so I went over to ask if she was okay. She said that she was resigning, and when she discussed it with the boss in a small room, the boss not only scolded her but also insulted her parents. Later, after hearing that she was going to work in Tainan, where there would be less competition within the same industry, the boss finally let her go.

Case 5)

Later, a new graphic designer joined and learned alongside me. Once, she received a phone call and began crying. When I asked her afterward what had happened, she said she had designed elegant white envelopes for the company, but the accountant kept scolding her, saying they looked like funeral envelopes and would bring bad luck to the company!

As an aside: The teachers here were all very busy. One male homeroom teacher said that he ate only one meal a day—the meal he had after work, since he was not free to eat until 10:30 p.m.

The above reflects my experience from several years ago. I do not know what the internal environment is like now.