Punctual working hours; the colleagues in the department are very nice.

Neither the PMs nor the department-level managers have technical backgrounds, so when they communicate requirements, they often view things purely from a business perspective. Whether something is technically feasible and how much time it will take usually has to be judged by the engineers themselves, after which they have to explain it to them.

Most of the time, they don’t mention their ideas at the beginning and say, “You R&D people decide.” Then, once it’s finally built, they complain that it doesn’t match what they had in mind, putting on a very reluctant “Fine, if this is how you want to do it, I can only accept it” attitude. (Hello, are we supposed to read minds? If you don’t say anything, how are we supposed to know that you like curry to taste like shit? 😍)

The communication cost is extremely high. You have to write code while spending time translating “technical language into non-technical language.”

The PMs don’t write any documentation. They keep telling us to inspect the logic and investigate the issues. Once would be understandable, but they repeatedly ask the same questions—and different people come asking each time. Can’t they sync internally even once?

Their awareness is very low and their inferiority complexes are strong, making communication exhausting: you state facts, but they hear emotions; you analyze the structure, but they think you’re insulting them.

In the end, we would all rather remain silent, because trying to wake up someone incapable of self-reflection is futile in itself. As a result, many systems ultimately go further and further off course 🙈

When discussing issues, they often don’t listen to the facts from beginning to end; they are merely defending their own emotional positions. Emotions always outweigh the truth, and positions always override logic. Even more frighteningly, they band together and feed one another’s paranoia.

The more rational you are, the more they think you’re cold. You’ll find that you’re not communicating with people—you’re fighting against their defense systems.

What’s truly frightening about this group isn’t “ignorance,” but “confident ignorance”!!!

If you unfortunately end up joining this company, my advice is: don’t get entangled, don’t try to educate them, and don’t insist on reaching a consensus.

Remember, you’re not a saint. Do as much work as you’re paid for. Doing nothing means making no mistakes; doing more means making more mistakes.

Run while you can.