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A (near National Taiwan University Hospital): “Hey, were you guys also made to work overtime yesterday? I’m about to become fresh liver—I was still helping the doctor handle that non-urgent upgrade patch at 10 p.m., even though he clearly said it would be fine to do it today!”

B (near Neihu): “You’ve got it easy. I was at that data center until midnight yesterday, and it was just to add a macro to my supervisor’s Excel file. He even said, ‘You’re fresh meat, so you should get more practice.’ I seriously wanted to call a ceasefire on the spot, go home, and slack off.”

C (near Nangang): “Do you guys feel like there really are informants inside the company? Last week I said, ‘Why am I the one who has to go on every business trip?’ Today I was assigned to Hsinchu, and I even have to pay the expenses upfront myself. Have I been tagged?”

D (near the headquarters): “I was tagged a long time ago. I’m on standby around the clock, never without my phone. At two in the morning, I get calls asking how far I’ve gotten checking the logs. I almost thought I was a bird, constantly being driven to fly back and forth, and I’m not even allowed to complain. Say too much, and you get put on the preliminary layoff list.”

A: “Exactly. These days, whenever I see the phrase ‘voluntary resignation,’ I laugh. I signed that agreement saying I have to stay for a full year after returning from a business trip before I can resign—or else pay a penalty with my life. Who came up with this ridiculous system?”

B: “Our supervisor is totally on the boss’s side. Last time the boss said we were going to introduce some kind of ‘smart AI operations and maintenance platform.’ I’d never even heard of it, but they wanted us to finish a demo within a week. I hadn’t even figured out the data flow before being forced into meetings. I’m seriously about to explode.”

C: “And we can’t complain too openly. Last time I bad-mouthed the supervisor in the break room, my timesheet was reviewed as ‘low efficiency’ the next day. If this keeps up, I might as well change careers and become a real liver doctor.”

D: “To put it bluntly, us rank-and-file workers are just fresh liver plus errand-running fresh meat, and we’re not even allowed to have emotions. The company wants obedient automatons; even leaving work on time gets you dirty looks from your colleagues. Let’s encourage one another and hope we can call a ceasefire and escape this war soon.”