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The colleagues are easy to get along with. After staying there for a while, you realize that this is actually just someone trading on their seniority.
When you go in, there is just a pile of goods, like a large warehouse. The office is one section inside, and when the weather is hot, they do not provide air conditioning, so you have to bring your own electric fan. The computer hardware is barely usable. You even have to purchase office supplies for the desk yourself before you can claim reimbursement. As for the office chairs, there is even less to say—they are almost broken but are still being used. Next, I’ll describe the job duties: During the interview, the position was described as combining sales assistance and accounting. After starting, it was far beyond what I had imagined. At first, the supervisor guided me through bookkeeping and issuing invoices. Once I became familiar with the work, I realized that it was completely disproportionate to the salary. Besides organizing orders, the sales assistant’s duties included doing miscellaneous tasks, taking out the trash, and chasing after the garbage truck. Starting on the 20th of each month, you had to handle the accounts receivable for nearly 100 customers and issue invoices. Before the 20th, you had to process returns—nearly 100 boxes’ worth. Then, while doing the bookkeeping, you also had to handle shipping customers’ new-product orders. In short, once work started, there was no time for tea, and even less time to use the restroom. Sometimes, when rushing to finish the accounts, there was not even time to eat.
The main point is that the supervisor only listens to people who have been there a long time and is completely unable to properly examine why new hires never stay.