Workplace reviews and discussion: 紅人創意有限公司

The facilities are very good. However, because there is no one specifically responsible for them, employees have to handle the hardware and software themselves (which takes time).

I’ve been away for quite some time, but I’ve still decided to write this down and share it with everyone… Those who don’t believe me can go find out for themselves…

I was shocked by the director as soon as I joined, because the way he referred to himself was unlike anything I had encountered before. He always used his own name as the subject, but after about three weeks, you get used to it. But in the end, you realize that the frightening part is that you’ve actually gotten used to it……

The company accepts almost every project, regardless of whether anyone is available to do it or whether there is enough time. Unless a deadline is about to be missed, coworkers generally do not help one another, because everyone is already struggling to finish their own projects and no one has time to deal with yours. This leads to a very strange situation: some people cannot complete their work, and once the director finds out, he orders those who can do it to jump in and help. As a result, the people who cannot do the work can always leave on time, while those who can do it work themselves to death.

I remember one time when I was helping a coworker with a drawing (it was due the next day). At around 8 p.m., he said to me, “I can’t do it, and I’m not able to help here either, so I’m going home first.” Although that coworker has also left the company, I believe this was not an isolated case (he was a full-time employee, not an intern), because during the time I was there, at least five people were hired (including interns), and not one of them was able to provide any help.

Incidentally, interns were unpaid and received only a daily transportation allowance (you can imagine how low it was).

Finally, I’m not really trying to target anyone personally, but this was the first time I had encountered a manager (director) like this. To start with something positive: sometimes, when we worked overtime, he would buy meals for everyone.

From the moment you joined, you were divided into two categories. The first consisted of people he took a liking to; the second consisted of people he regarded as thorns in his side. Even those he liked would eventually be driven crazy by some of his comments, such as, “I could finish this in seconds.” Yet he himself could not do 3D work, so most people ended up becoming thorns in his side. Then his words would become genuinely unpleasant: “You seem like someone who has never studied,” “If you mess this up, I’ll fight you to the death……” But everyone was very nice, so at the time we just listened and let it go.

What was even stranger was that he would ask you to change things that the client had already approved, because before presenting them to the client, he would tell you, “Although you worked very hard, in XX’s [his name’s] eyes, this is only worth 70 points.”

Then some people may wonder why I haven’t mentioned the boss at all. It’s because the boss is simply a nice person who loves to paint grand visions.

If anyone wants to hear more, leave a comment below and I can answer your questions one by one. I can say that everything I mentioned above is something I personally saw, heard, or experienced. Why do I still want to come here and post this after leaving so long ago? Because in my current job, certain moments or things people said will sometimes flash through my mind, and I feel grateful once again that I left. I don’t believe that working in this industry means sacrificing your life, giving up your personal life, and selling your dignity. Coworkers and supervisors at a company should be on the same side, working together to create the best possible work for the client (perhaps that is what he had in mind, but his approach was wrong).