1. The company’s interior décor is very beautiful, which adds quite a few points to the impression you get when interviewing.

2. A small minority of colleagues are actually quite nice—the proportion is truly very small.

3. There is a subsidy for buying a new computer; if you stay long enough, it becomes yours.

4. The company is located in the Tangcheng Park, with lots of food options downstairs.

1. All style and no substance (the company seems to prefer spending money on décor rather than paying overtime or improving benefits). There is infighting internally, surveillance cameras everywhere, high turnover, and you have to be very careful about what you say.

2. A certain small clique will joke and chat with you on the surface, but they are deeply calculating and manipulative. They may pretend to show concern while actually gossiping and mocking you behind your back. There is also a couple who would disappear together for a while during working hours; when they returned, you would notice that the woman’s lipstick had disappeared along with them.

3. Some department managers are very good at psychological manipulation or throwing their weight around. There is an unwritten rule that you have to leave late, and no one dares report overtime. On typhoon days, they will require you to work from home, but they will not pay you for it, haha.

4. I have seen several colleagues be forced to “voluntarily” resign. There have also been cases where colleagues who disliked each other came into direct conflict in the office hallway. The overall atmosphere is oppressive and tense; you cannot interact without wearing a mask, because you never know which manager or colleague might stab you in the back or even undermine you through under-the-table tactics.

5. If you are sufficiently calculating, good at managing upward, and stay long enough, you may have a chance to climb the ladder. Conversely, if you are too obedient or afraid to speak up, then even if you meet your work KPIs or achieve something, you may be forced to take a demotion and pay cut—and have it publicly announced to everyone. Just thinking about it feels discouraging and ironic. If the labor authorities came to investigate, they would probably find quite a lot, haha.