Able to leave work on time
After a typhoon day is announced, the company requires employees to check the wind and rain conditions the next morning before deciding whether to go to work. Before leaving home, a colleague reported that the wind and rain were severe, but the supervisor only asked whether there was flooding. When the colleague said there was not, the supervisor replied, “That’s good then,” and said we still had to go to the office as usual, handle the work, and only then leave early. When training new employees, they say to ask questions if there are any problems, but senior employees and supervisors are very obviously impatient with employees they dislike. Their instructions are often unclear, causing new employees to make incorrect judgments, and then they blame us for not doing things based on “I thought” or “I felt.” Throughout the learning process, they basically treated me with a “negative” attitude. There was so much work that it was impossible to finish it all, leaving me overwhelmed. When I brought this up with my supervisor, the supervisor simply opened their notebook and told us that they had even more to deal with, and that we should arrange things ourselves. I also remember that once, during an especially busy period, I made a mistake and was loudly berated and blamed by the supervisor in front of everyone. I then wanted to ask a senior employee how to resolve it, but was immediately snapped at: “Are you asking me what to do now?” I really needed an answer and wanted to resolve the problem quickly, but in that difficult situation, besides panicking, I did not know what to do. Incidents like this happened repeatedly, making me feel that the workplace culture was that a more friendly atmosphere—though still with more work than could be completed—was only possible if the supervisor liked you. Otherwise, no matter how much effort you made to get up to speed quickly, as soon as you made a mistake, you would be criticized as if you were completely incompetent. This work experience only made me feel that I was terrible and useless.