Workplace reviews and discussion: 傳奇網路遊戲股份有限公司

1. A great stepping stone; after working here for about a year, many companies will think highly of you when you move on (of course, you also need to work hard to build up your portfolio or skills).

2. Afternoon tea once a week.

3. Spacious and beautiful environment; the restrooms are as clean as those in a department store.

4. There is not much in the way of gift money for the three major holidays, but being able to choose your own gift box is great.

5. The Christmas banquet is delicious.

6. The prize amounts in the year-end raffle are quite good.

1. As someone mentioned earlier, the manager is the type who likes to brag. They clearly cannot accomplish three things in a day but talk as if they did ten. Surprisingly, managers like this are still trusted and assigned a lot of work. As long as they are good enough at talking, they can make it look as though there is no problem even when they do a poor job. There are also those who desperately shift the blame onto colleagues and then pretend to be innocent. Even when they have clearly done something wrong, the manager acts as if they cannot see it and will never seriously value the people who are genuinely working hard.

2. The workplace culture is full of frightening gossip: after gossiping about others together, people gossip about each other too. Even the manager likes to gossip, without realizing that people are also talking about them.

Beyond being superficial, everyone’s character is tainted as well.

3. Taking leave is made extremely difficult. In addition to asking why you are taking leave, they will try to solve the reason you need to take leave, making you feel that there is no need to use your annual leave. When you take sick leave, the manager will keep messaging you to ask whether you are feeling better, and colleagues will tag you because no one is helping with the work (even when there has been a handover—everyone still insists on finding you). You have to stay online and check messages throughout your annual leave.

4. Someone mentioned overtime earlier. The allowance only starts after 8 p.m., but working hours are 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; by the time you reach 8 p.m., the amount should already be more than that. If you work overtime until 7:30 p.m., you get nothing. Everyone pretends to be busy. Even if you really want to report overtime, it must be beyond 8 p.m. to be eligible, and you cannot apply yourself—you need a designated colleague to submit the application (but most of the time they will say that you chose to work overtime voluntarily and it was not required by the company, so you feel embarrassed asking. I hardly ever work overtime, but I witnessed this unwritten rule firsthand).