Workplace reviews and discussion: 力中國際有限公司

Most colleagues are pretty nice. The company environment is great: the restrooms have bidets, the sinks have hot water, and providing sanitary pads in various sizes is very thoughtful. There are bonuses/gifts for the three major holidays, overtime pay (office staff hardly ever work overtime), and generous year-end banquet bonuses and profit sharing. There are also afternoon tea and snacks from time to time. It’s a company well suited for taking it easy until retirement.

I joined the company as a UI designer. When I first started, things were still operating normally, but simply because I knew how to use AI, I was assigned all the vehicle-body sticker cutting and large-format printing work—and I was the only person responsible for it. As a side note, the vinyl cutter was bought from Taobao, and occasionally, when it’s in a bad mood, what it cuts will make you want to scream.

Back to UI: at first, I worked on developing an app. Later, the fire department’s budget was cut, and the project was abandoned. Then I was assigned to design an internal maintenance webpage for the company. That also went nowhere. After that, the boss asked whether I wanted to transfer to administration, saying the salary and benefits would be better. Although I didn’t really feel much difference after transferring, the administrative colleagues were all very nice. However, administrative work is extremely miscellaneous (maybe that’s because I lacked experience), and some tasks that I felt shouldn’t belong to administration were also stuffed into the administrative scope because the boss thought administrative staff were more detail-oriented?

Back in UI, the boss’s younger brother was essentially the app manager. Sometimes, when I explained things to him professionally, he would respond, “Just do what I say,” showing no respect for professional expertise. He always treated professional work as if it were very simple. Communication often went in circles; he was unclear and rambling, frequently asking questions without stating the subject, as though he thought everyone could read minds. His ideas also constantly changed from one day to the next. We would often make revisions over and over, only to end up returning to the original version, which was a huge waste of time. He also couldn’t remember what he had said, so he told us to write down his words and the date on paper, only to deny them later himself???

In short, this company doesn’t need UI/UX designers (unless the fire department comes up with another budget). It only needs a graphic designer who will follow orders. But a graphic designer won’t learn much after joining. Still, if you feel you already have enough experience and just want to take it easy until retirement, this is a pretty good place~