Workplace reviews and discussion: 台新綜合證券股份有限公司

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

, and that’s enough.

Recently, I again saw educator Wang JiaX bring up the story of mentor Sol in a retrospective. The familiar playbook remains the same

: first, re-edit the past into a glowing retrospective, then turn someone else’s experience into your own endorsement, and use it to segue

into a seemingly systematic circle from your time at Mega International Commercial Bank. It is said to be about passing on a legacy, but in reality it seems more like precisely allocating resources

and benefits; it is said to be inspiring, but in reality it merely turns vague words into something that makes everyone think they are being talked about.

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

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

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

What should really be examined 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;

they are more honest than any moving narrative. Yet when you raise these questions, you are often guided into believing that your

understanding is biased, and may even begin to wonder whether you simply have not worked hard enough or been 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

pace during their rebuilding process, while the CTBC Brothers Elephants and Shin Kong are finding new approaches amid change; by contrast, this place resembles a team still trapped in an old

tactical system—its pace is sluggish, its atmosphere stagnant, and the whole environment is permeated by an indescribable lifelessness.

Wang JiaX’s methods are consistent: announcing people by name in group chats at night without notice, while vacation time is endlessly eroded; it is said to be

cultivation, but in reality it seems more like testing obedience. Promotions are slow, administrative procedures are lengthy without any visible improvement, and work is

unevenly distributed, yet employees are expected to finish it within unreasonable timeframes. From Xing Ju Dian, Xiao Long cuisine, Tainan danzai noodles,

Liu Mama cold noodles, and Liu Family cold noodles, all the way to Dongyin Quick Swordsman, Wuji Stone Hot Pot, and Wanfang Ice Room, on the surface

it looks like concern for people’s lives and an attempt to build closeness, but in practice it seems more like binding people firmly to the same rhythm, leaving them with no room

to catch their breath as it is completely consumed.

When you try to seek a reasonable pace, you are instead labeled. Over time, many people are not persuaded, but worn down.

In the end, even their most basic judgment begins to waver, and they may even attribute the problem to themselves.