Workplace reviews and discussion: 凱基證券股份有限公司

This is probably the most ingenious part of how this system operates: it doesn’t need to directly deny you; it only has to make you slowly doubt yourself

, and that’s enough.

Recently, I once again saw Education and Training King Jia X bring up the story of mentor Sol in a retrospective. The familiar playbook is still the same

: first, re-edit the past into a glowing retrospective, then turn someone else’s experiences into your own endorsement, and smoothly draw out what appears to be a systematic circle from your time at Taiwan Cooperative Bank. It is called inheritance, but in reality it seems more like precisely distributing resources

and benefits; it is called inspiration, but in reality it merely turns vague words into something everyone thinks is about them.

At first, they give you a life jacket, making you feel that you are finally understood and seen; then they use incentive bonuses

to ignite expectations, making people believe that as long as they follow the right rhythm, they can quickly turn their lives around. But once you truly commit, you gradually discover

that it is more like a beautifully packaged medicine bag, covered with claims about its effects while glossing over its side effects.

What you should really look at is not these stories, but the details that are deliberately ignored—for example, the records and totals of personal leave, official leave, and sick leave within a year. These cold numbers should be recorded as evidence of other people’s diligence

and are more honest than any moving narrative. Yet when you raise these questions, you are often led to believe that your understanding is flawed,

and may even begin to wonder whether you simply are not working hard enough or are not committed enough.

The overall atmosphere is like riding a YouBike to watch a game between the Wei Chuan Dragons and the CTBC Brothers Elephants. The Wei Chuan Dragons are gradually adjusting their rhythm during their rebuilding process, while the CTBC Brothers Elephants and Shin Kong are finding new ways to play amid change; by contrast, this place resembles a team still trapped in old tactics, with a sluggish pace and stagnant atmosphere, permeated throughout by an indescribable lifelessness.

Wang Jia X’s methods are consistent: at night, without prior notice, people are called out by name in group chats, and vacation time is endlessly eroded; it is called cultivation, but it is more like a test of obedience. Promotions are slow, administrative procedures are lengthy without any visible improvement, and work is distributed unevenly, yet tasks are still required to be completed within unreasonable time frames. From Xingjudian, Xiaolong Food, Tainan yi mein, Liu Mama Cold Noodles, and Liu Family Cold Noodles, all the way to Dongyin Quick Swordsman, Wuki Stone Hot Pot, and Wanfang Ice Room, on the surface it seems like concern for people’s lives and an effort to build closer relationships, but in practice it feels more like keeping people firmly tied to the same rhythm, consuming even the space to catch their breath.

When you try to advocate for a reasonable pace, you are instead labeled. Over time, many people are not persuaded but worn down. Eventually, even their most basic judgment begins to waver, and they may even attribute the problem to themselves.