Workplace reviews and discussion: 環球購物中心股份有限公司

The Banqiao store is very close to the MRT. That's about it.

The problems started with the head office.

They like to pay homage to events held by other department stores, but never learn how to do it properly. The systems are constantly changed back and forth, with multiple versions of the same event. From time to time, they also add last-minute promotional activities without caring whether the branches are understaffed or able to handle the workload. Every meeting is just a group of managers revolving around one empress dowager: when she is in a good mood, everything is fine; when she is in a bad mood, everything has to start over. The branches are even worse. People with absolutely no relevant experience can be promoted to managerial positions. All you need is to be good at flattering others, shameless enough, and skilled at spouting nonsense. Since you are not the one carrying out the work anyway, you can just throw out any brainless proposal and put it into practice. When something goes wrong, you can then lead everyone in criticizing it. If someone is disliked or cannot make her look good, they will do everything possible to get that person removed, spread rumors everywhere, and spend all day doing nothing but gossiping about others. Apparently, the people who are able to stay are mostly like this—and they are all managers.

If you have good ideas and genuinely want to get things done, there are other places you can go. I have never seen such an awful and disgusting company, yet they loudly promote themselves as a “happy workplace.” Well, I suppose that makes sense, considering how many thick-skinned people there are.