Workplace reviews and discussion: 肆意設計有限公司

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I just resigned. I had only been there for less than six months before quitting. The senior colleague was right—I shouldn’t have come. After joining, I regretted it.

During the six months I was there, there wasn’t a single substantial design project. We were just designing things for our own amusement. The supervisor was also not very good at expressing his ideas; even my three-year-old brother can explain things more clearly than he can.

About once a month, a woman would come to a room in the company and stay there for several hours. She was probably a contract employee. She directly asked me, “Why did you come to work for this company? Don’t you think the atmosphere is strange? Didn’t you search online before coming here?”

The office was full of products supposedly meant as styling references. They were dusty, sticky, and dirty. To me, they were garbage—no, worse than garbage. Even the things in my cabinets at home were more worth referencing.

The boss sometimes went out to solicit business, but honestly, there was hardly any performance to speak of. It felt like he was just going out to loaf around. I might as well have sold insurance; at least I could have helped pay my own salary.

At work, what I hated most was discussing design with the boss. His design ideas were simply far too outdated. I wouldn’t say he had no brains, but he came close. When he had nothing to say, he would ask me, “What do you think?” I directly replied, “Can you be an employee?” He said, “I’m the boss,” leaving me speechless instead.

Through the cloud files, I saw the work of previous designers, and it was actually quite good. There had been at least five former colleagues, but I wondered why I had never met any of them—because they had all resigned. What a shame.

Recently, he asked me, “It’s almost the end of the year. Do you have any plans for the company next year?” I directly replied, “Are you the boss, or am I?” Is this something the boss should be asking an employee?

When I submitted my resignation, the boss said he would give me a raise. I told him, “It’s not about the money; it’s about you.” Then I decided to establish a design company and compete with him for clients. I could definitely take them, but I knew he didn’t have any clients.

So I want to urge everyone: before making any decision, be sure to think it through carefully three times.