Workplace reviews and discussion: 富民運輸股份有限公司

Located by the coast, with no convenience stores within a 5-kilometer radius—and of course, no delivery either. Perfect for anyone who wants to keep their distance from the world.

One day, I dreamed that I had traveled to the Kingdom of Yelang.

The imperial court had six major departments. One day, four ministerial positions suddenly became vacant, and the ministers resigned one after another with remarkable unanimity.

Many travelers come to a sudden realization about life after visiting and decide to start a new chapter. In a very short time, you can experience the true face of this country: scarce resources, complicated tasks, remote commuting, and a peculiar atmosphere that makes it impossible for any normal person to find a reason to stay.

The logic behind promotions and task assignments is truly unique. As long as you perform well in Position A, you will soon be invited to support Operations B and C, which will gradually become part of your daily work. And the salary? It remains at the standard for Position A, steady as a rock.

If you are good at smiling and nodding, delivering tactful platitudes, and personally transmitting rumors and gossip to the emperor in real time, the elevator of promotion will be specially opened for you.

Here, promotion has nothing to do with ability. It depends on your talent for relaying messages, fabricating stories, and putting on a performance.

The meeting system is a cultural spectacle that all travelers love to talk about. It is said that if you enter the meeting room at noon, by the time you come out, night will have fallen and the stars will have shifted; both your physical and mental energy will be completely drained. The discussions cover everything from macro strategy to sweeping routes, with abrupt topic changes that leave you dazzled.

Meetings routinely last at least four hours, with frequent real-time interruptions, people joining on the spot, and casual extensions—practically an endless workplace ultramarathon. There are no breaks, and dinner is not provided. If you make a phone call or reply to messages during the meeting, you may be challenged on the spot: “Do you not want to attend the meeting?” But if you fail to answer a call and it results in a customer complaint, you will be questioned: “What were you busy doing?”

Whether behavior is right or wrong never depends on the circumstances, but on whether it conforms to the emperor’s wishes. Even more distinctive is the communication style: formally called a meeting, it is actually a large-scale performance of obedience. Meetings are not held to solve problems, but to make Duotong feel sufficiently respected and in control. If you boldly offer a suggestion and the result does not suit his taste, you will be refuted until you are left speechless; but if you choose to quietly observe, he will angrily slam the table and ask: “Are you all just watching a show?” For the first time in your life, you realize that both silence and speaking up can be treated as crimes.

Being belittled is part of everyday life, workplace PUA is the common language, and nitpicking is a daily ritual.

So everyone learns: you must not say too much, nor too little; it is best to say exactly the right amount. Unfortunately, no one knows what “exactly the right amount” is.

The national vision is also grand. Its slogans include calls to catch up with Taiwan’s Silicon Island (excluding salaries and benefits), claims that salary levels are not bad (there is no hurt without comparison), and declarations that AI is the trend of the future (with no training, but requiring practical application), along with the all-purpose maxim: “I have a strategy” (which changes constantly and is impossible to predict), among other visions of the future.

There is direction, but no goals; figure out how to achieve them yourself. What matters here is insight, not processes; attitude, not conclusions. The local emperor personally directs craftsmen laying bricks, and if the wall ends up crooked, it is absolutely not the local emperor’s fault. As for why the foreman is not giving the orders, that question is too technical for you to ask. The entire system operates according to one stable, unchanging principle: if the results are good, Duotong had a broad strategy and farsighted vision; if the results are poor, you failed to grasp the essence of the strategy and executed badly.

Duotong often “encourages” veteran ministers to retire after accomplishing their mission, yet almost everyone who leaves is newly arrived talent. A talent gap has become routine—but there is no need to worry, because the key to the system’s operation has never been talent, but manpower that obeys and makes the right declarations.

I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night. Fortunately, it was only a dream.

If you love the stage, excel at improvisation, and naturally see the world through an optimistic filter, the Kingdom of Yelang in your dreams will let you perform to your fullest.

If you prefer rational communication, normal systems, and clear goals, don’t dream. Study hard and learn from others.