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1. Most colleagues are fairly easy to get along with
2. The office location is very convenient for transportation
3. There are quite a few food options nearby
4. Parking is convenient; there is a paid parking lot behind the company
1. The company frequently changes its decisions, and the boss’s mood is unpredictable
2. On the surface, it is a fashion brand agency, but in reality it operates with a very traditional industry mindset (a family-owned business structure, closed-off, with unclear promotion policies)
3. People are hired based on personal preferences; ability is useless. You might as well learn how to flatter and deceive senior management who do not understand the business (an intern who spent less than a year at a well-known advertising agency can come here and take on a position at the managerial level)
4. Extremely unfamiliar with the industry and operates entirely according to the boss’s personal preferences and arrogance (if you genuinely want to understand the fashion industry, joining this company will only set you back rather than help you, because everything you learn here consists of misconceptions)
5. The salary is pitifully low.
6. Overtime hours cannot be converted into pay during the same month; they can only be exchanged for compensatory leave (whether you can actually take the leave is another matter)
7. If your job requires contacting and coordinating with vendors, congratulations—you will develop an impressive ability to haggle shamelessly. You can bargain the company into becoming notorious in the industry, squeeze vendors dry, and drive them to the point of putting the company on their blacklist.
8. Because of the nature of the work, if any products you handle are damaged or dirty, you have to pay for the loss out of your own pocket (you can look up the average price of one of the agency’s products)
9. The company’s promotional sale events attract a complicated mix of people. There was once a theft at a sale in which merchandise worth several hundred thousand was stolen, and the company required all sales associates on duty to reimburse the full retail price (Having to pay over a hundred thousand just for showing up to work—exciting, right?)
10. The entire company is made up of outsiders to the fashion industry. In areas such as sales, marketing, and public relations, people in the industry find its practices laughable. If you want to become one of the people everyone looks down on, you are welcome to join.