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The colleagues were generally quite kind, especially the lady who handled general administration and HR. During my first two days, I kept her extremely busy. On my very first day, I was inexplicably added to a bunch of groups. The general manager asked me to organize some materials, only saying to compile the information, but the materials were incomplete and inconsistent, with duplicated or missing information. There were more than 20 documents (each was generally over three pages), and I was asked to finish organizing them before the end of the workday. That was really asking too much—was I supposed to work overtime on my first day?

The second day was even more astonishing. Another colleague, apparently from the R&D department—I didn’t even know who she was—was called with me to a conference room, and I had no idea what they wanted to do. It seemed to be related to bidding for something, because documents had to be prepared and uploaded to reserve a slot, with the materials to be prepared gradually, or something like that. Anyway, I was an outsider, merely an assistant helping prepare and organize the documents. Only after arriving at the conference room did I find out that there were another 20–30 documents to organize. Yes, messages had been posted in the group, but because I was organizing the previous 10–20 documents, I simply had no time to carefully review what had been sent in the group. More than 20 documents in the conference room were all printed and organized by me, and then, after suddenly learning about the additional 20–30 documents, I continued printing and organizing them.

Even though I was the one busy working, our general manager said to the director of the Business Division, “Didn’t we hire an assistant? Why are we still so busy?” He only stood there giving verbal orders, then anxiously walked in and out, going back and forth between the office and the conference room. The director of the Business Division helped with stamping and sealing the documents, while the general manager actually yelled at me in the conference room, asking what was still missing and which company each project belonged to. It was only my second day, and I didn’t even understand what I was handling yet. I only knew that I had to print out and organize the documents and help print and photocopy the materials. I must have printed around 300 pages!

I felt that everything I did was for the company and the department, but is it really right to take out one’s emotions on others like that? On what grounds? Still, thankfully, two days was enough. Everyone, please think twice before going for an interview at this company! If you are unfortunately hired, think twice—and then think twice again!