Workplace reviews and discussion: 方客特有限公司

“When Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on a person, it first makes their heart and will suffer, their muscles and bones weary, their body hungry, their person destitute, and their actions frustrated. In this way it stimulates their mind, hardens their nature, and increases their abilities.”

I heard that the boss thinks I wrote the previous rant. After reading that, all I can do is laugh. Since the boss thinks they have done nothing wrong to anyone, then please continue feeling good about yourself. After all, the entire company is nothing more than a set of pawns for the boss to exploit. Indeed, there is apparently no issue of having wronged everyone. That said, regarding the boss’s ability to play dumb and brush off clients, I do recommend that all PMs study it carefully.

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I had no particular grudge against my former boss or former company, but since the boss wanted to call me out and say that I wrote the rant, then of course I have to come and complain a little. This boss really likes saying one thing and doing another: they told me to recruit people but gave me no budget; after I found candidates, they said there was no money to hire them. Whenever there was nothing else to do, they would ask me how much it would cost to lay off everyone in the company. During my one year there, they had me calculate it twice. I really had no idea what they were even operating. When an employee wanted to resign, they would say, “Oh, really? Why don’t you ask around and see who else wants to resign?” What kind of company boss would be this lacking in common sense? It was utterly absurd.

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I said I wanted to see the company’s financial situation—not highly detailed, but at least enough to know what percentage was spent on personnel. I asked for a year, and they simply never provided it, only saying all day that the company had no money. Where exactly did all the money go? I have no idea.