It depends on the period.

Early period (Minquan East Road): Work was not subject to many restrictions, working hours were quite flexible, and benefits were generously provided. There were few employees, so team cohesion was fairly strong.

Middle period (Nanjing Fuxing): Salaries were paid on time, plus overseas company trips.

Late period (Neihu): None.

Boss:

Early on, he painted many grand visions but gave preferential treatment to relatives and close associates, leading to a loss of talent. He had somewhat poor control over his emotions and would roar at people for no reason. In the end, he drained the company, was caught, went to another company to serve as a vice president, and even came back to poach employees, leaving shareholders with a mess and taking them for a ride.

Senior management:

Basically, about 90% of them were the boss's golfing buddies, classmates, or people who had lent him money. In terms of ability and connections, they might have had some of both, but their abilities were basically unrelated to this industry. As a result, their decisions were the kind that would leave even an intern scratching their head. Since they lacked ability, from beginning to end they merely went along with the boss (simply put, they flattered him). In meetings, they would voice all kinds of wild ideas, then throw them to subordinates afterward, and finally blame the people below them. Midway through, they said they wanted to establish SOPs, but whenever problems arose, they would each hide as if they were dodging debt. Naturally, all the punishments were shouldered by the people below. Framing and shifting blame onto one another was probably their daily purpose at work. From beginning to end, they never made the company much money; they only gradually exhausted the dividends earned in the early period, while still claiming they were incredibly capable. To show just how terrible they were, here are a few examples:

1. Senior executive surnamed J: From beginning to end, he never seemed to know what selling points the games he signed had. Every title he signed lost money. He talked on the phone every day, as if afraid the whole world would not know. Whenever there was a real problem, he blamed this and that, never considering where the fundamental mistake lay. His favoritism toward certain departments was extremely obvious, and when it came to flattering the boss, he was probably number one.

2. Senior executive surnamed Jiang: At first, he said he would do livestreams to sell gift bundles, but the entire livestream studio consisted only of employees. After making a lot of noise but producing little, he simply went to another department and lived happily every day. He spent working hours smoking on the first floor, making TikToks, calling people to discuss day trading, and arranging mahjong games. It was completely unclear what purpose he served at the company.

3. Senior executive surnamed Chen: A senior executive who joined in the middle-to-late period. He carried a little notebook into the meeting room every day. He could not even tell Google and Apple apart, yet he was part of the decision-making level. When handling the company's office relocation, he spent a great deal of money on design, but again hired relatives. Nothing much came of it, and in the end they simply continued using what others had left behind. Eventually, he fled along with the boss, and from beginning to end it was unclear what he had been doing at the company.

4. Senior executive surnamed M: An executive who rose up from operations. He was not very temperamental, but lacked the sense of responsibility expected of a supervisor. Whatever the boss instructed, he would agree to, and when problems arose, he would quietly push subordinates forward to take the fall.

Middle managers:

Basically, the middle managers at this company were just messengers. Since the senior executives each acted as though they were incredibly capable, middle managers had neither the authority nor the courage to speak up. As long as they could deal with upper management and avoid getting themselves into trouble, that was enough.

Frontline employees:

The current state is that everyone is waiting for bankruptcy. Most employees spend their workdays simply waiting to clock out. They open something work-related, but in reality watch YouTube or browse game forums beside it. They clock in and eat breakfast in the morning, smoke a cigarette and chat after eating, then wait for lunch. After lunch, they smoke a cigarette and wait for the group-order afternoon tea, then arrange a group outing to buy coffee and take a walk. They return to their seats, watch videos, and wait to clock out. “Don’t know if there’s anything to do; if there’s nothing, don’t bother me” is more or less the current situation.

The company is now so broke that it has begun laying off large numbers of employees, because the money earned in the early period has been completely squandered by those supposedly brilliant executives. The stock was delisted, while the CFO remains firmly in his seat. By mid-2022, the financial statements showed very little remaining, yet they still stubbornly launched a Japanese-style game. Revenue was so poor that it was worse than running your own private server. So if you want to go work there, I think you should hurry. You would basically have nothing to do and could enjoy an easy ride, and before long you might even receive severance pay—what’s not to like?

P.S. You guessed correctly: I was the one who got laid off (I wasted a long time of my youth watching a company get run into the ground, like a prime-time TV drama).