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The ten major offenses of an extraordinarily bizarre manager

1. The position described in the interview is different from the position you applied for. The interviewing manager completely decides what position to interview you for; it may also be that they cannot find anyone for certain openings, so they use other positions to recruit people for interviews.

2. During the interview, the manager gives you the impression that they are very considerate and genuinely have your best interests at heart. Whenever you have questions or difficulties, they enthusiastically help you think of solutions. But after you actually start work, they show a completely different face, giving you the feeling that they tricked you into joining first.

3. A certain department manager has a forceful personality, does not accept other people's opinions, and has unpredictable moods, getting angry at will. You never know when they will suddenly explode.

4. A certain department manager loves holding meetings and can hold several in one day. During meetings, the manager likes to pressure people aggressively but never explains things clearly, preferring to go around in circles and ultimately make you guess what they mean. They also often say something different about the same matter today than they did yesterday, contradicting themselves. It is difficult for a normal person to communicate with them; even when communication is forced, it feels like being lectured by a drill instructor.

5. A certain department manager likes to sow discord. They privately complain about other colleagues in the department, telling A that B is bad and B that C is bad. Every time they want to bad-mouth someone, they call the person into a small room, and each session lasts at least an hour. They want to create the impression that the manager is the only normal person in the entire department and that everyone else has problems.

6. A certain department manager has no relevant expertise yet can still be a manager. Whenever something happens, they hide, so just remember: you are always the one with the problem. The manager is perfect, the strongest, and always right.

7. A certain department manager makes all kinds of difficulties for subordinates during department meetings, but at company-wide or managers' meetings, they are a timid coward, flustered and at a loss.

8. Company events are semi-compulsory. Participants also have to perform, without receiving any compensation. If you do not participate, someone will use emotional pressure against you, saying that if you do not attend, the boss may be unhappy because you were absent and may target your department as a result.

9. When you encounter something unreasonable and tell the manager to follow the Labor Standards Act, the manager will tell you that only people who lack social awareness bring up the Labor Standards Act. I just want to ask who exactly lacks social awareness. It is like being robbed and reporting it to the police, then after the robber is arrested, they tell you that only people who lack social awareness report things to the police. I am curious what kind of bizarre logic this is.

10. When you submit your resignation, the manager will cheerfully say they understand and claim they want everyone to part on good terms. In reality, however, they will do everything possible to make things difficult, ordering employees preparing to leave to submit a large number of reports and plans—for example, requiring someone resigning in June to write the plan for a November event—and then, after that person leaves, reversing course and telling the employees who stayed to change this and that.

The manager mentioned in all the points above is the same person.

If anyone is as unfortunate as I was and encounters such a bizarre manager, my advice is: the sea of suffering is boundless, but turning back leads to the shore. Amen!