Workplace reviews and discussion: 奧倫國際有限公司

The company has a 1.5-hour lunch break.

Environment:

• The environment is very dirty and messy, with lots of mosquitoes and other insects (including cockroaches).

• You have to clean the toilets yourself. The toilet plumbing is extremely old, so it clogs easily (and is not regularly cleaned).

• During major cleanups, you will be assigned tasks that you have to do yourself.

• Because the boss is extremely stingy, the air conditioning will not be turned on unless the weather is very hot, causing poor air circulation. It is often stuffy or prone to unpleasant odors.

• The computers are desktops, at least second-hand (bought used from someone else), and often crash halfway through use.

Company culture:

• The turnover rate is extremely high.

• The boss often says there are SOPs, but there are absolutely no established SOPs! New employees are left confused, and even if you ask veteran employees, they will not tell you because they are afraid of saying the wrong thing.

• There is an underground boss (a senior employee), so be careful. It is very easy to offend them. No matter what you do, if they take a dislike to you, they will find ways to make trouble for you. They will readily make you take responsibility or sign documents (including documents from previous employees who resigned, so you become the next scapegoat).

• Colleagues often pass the buck to one another because they are afraid of being scolded by the boss.

• The boss wants you to regard the R&D department as one company and all the remaining departments as another company. Responsibilities and performance allocations are unclear, so you often end up taking the blame.

• They are extremely good at cutting costs! For example, advertising expenses, sponsored products, promotional pricing, and color printing are all watched closely by senior employees, who ultimately report them to the boss.

• There is a fixed annual salary increase of an absurdly small amount.

• Some employees frequently engage in petty behind-the-scenes tactics. Those who like to flatter the boss become the boss’s favorites, but you also need to watch out because they may suddenly badmouth you behind your back.

The boss’s personality:

• The boss is extremely frugal.

• If the boss asks you to chat, it is like a taxi meter that starts at one hour (I have seen it last four hours). You also have to pretend to be busy and work overtime; otherwise, the boss will think you have too much free time. They are likely to start chatting with you ten minutes before the end of the workday, and that also starts at one hour.

• Being harassed by messages after work is an everyday occurrence. The boss likes to chat with employees and will keep talking until they fall asleep.

• The boss loves to make grandiose claims, but often shifts the blame for poorly made decisions onto people who came before. From joining the company until leaving, you will hear the same things at least 500 times. During your employment, you also have to get used to the boss gossiping with colleagues about personal matters—both their own and those of other colleagues—revealing them without any respect for others’ privacy. There are sometimes also instances of gender discrimination and verbal humiliation, such as asking female colleagues why they are still unmarried at their age, or saying that a female colleague took leave to freeze her eggs.

• One person is expected to take on multiple roles. Work is unevenly distributed, there are many miscellaneous tasks, and whenever you want to properly complete one thing, the boss will interrupt you and call you into the office for meetings that never seem to end.

• The company uses pirated software, and the boss likes using all kinds of free software.

• Every month, someone will be found to scold. Please be especially careful before payday, before the Lunar New Year (the company usually does not pay year-end bonuses), and during the May tax-filing season, when you will usually be treated as a thorn in the boss’s side.

• The boss loves solving problems for free. Anything they see on Xiaohongshu, they will send directly to you and demand that you learn it, then pressure you every day about why you still have not learned it.

• After you resign, they will deduct money from your salary.

• Do not stay in the meeting room too long. It will make the boss think you are slacking off, and they will then look for an opportunity to attack you.

• They will suddenly bring up old issues after a long time has passed.

• They often think employees are not worth investing in and treat people as disposable chopsticks—after all, they can just hire someone new.

• They do not keep their word. They often promise grand plans, then start fantasizing again and ultimately fail to deliver.

• When you disagree with the boss, even if you offer suggestions, they will pretend to accept them and then ask you next time why you did not do them.

I urge all job seekers to choose your company carefully. If you have read this far and still apply for a job here, you are truly a brave warrior!!