Hello everyone, I’d like to know whether this company is beginner-friendly or hell-level. Please do me a favor: read the story below before deciding whether to go to the interview.

Last year, senior B had just graduated when he received a recruitment notice. On the phone, HR Lynn said, “We have a position in Singapore that would suit you well. Please come for an interview.”

Senior B was full of anticipation. However, after the interview, Lynn suddenly changed her story: “The Singapore position has been filled, but we have an opportunity in another location—a project in Tianjin. Would you consider it?” After hesitating for a while, he eventually agreed.

Li Fan arrived in Tianjin, but he soon discovered that he was unfamiliar with the place and that the work environment was intensely stressful. Treated as a second-class employee, he worked late into the night every day without overtime pay, while the workload was astonishingly heavy. The international work HR Lynn had promised—working with the team to maintain and optimize systems related to investment management—actually became an endless workload and a life consumed by work. He called back to ask colleagues Xu✠Long and jack for advice about sending the materials, but they said they had not looked at them. They told him, “The overtime culture here is an unspoken agreement. If you don’t work overtime, people will instead see you as not hardworking enough.”

Another senior went to Thailand on a “business trip” for a so-called “international LLM core application project,” but reality left him deeply disappointed. The accommodation was poor, and the other company did not provide sufficient support. The local partner company had established no clear rules or protections regarding their work and safety, leaving him completely helpless. The senior called Taiwan to report the situation to Li✠Yu and james, but received only a lukewarm response: “This is a challenge. You need to learn to adapt.” As a result, Li Fan’s situation in Thailand grew increasingly worse, and contact with his family and friends gradually ceased.

In the end, the senior lost contact. HR Lynn and the other colleagues seemed to show little reaction to his disappearance, merely discussing it behind his back: “Perhaps he simply chose to give up. Who knows?”

He became a warning bell for those who came after him: Don’t be deceived by a glamorous exterior or a momentary temptation. The reality of the workplace is often harsher than it appears—more like a mirage than anything real.