Lots of snacks and afternoon tea—you’ll gain weight~

1. Extreme penny-pinching: The company won’t even buy basic Office software, yet repeatedly pushes the limits on fines under the Labor Standards Act, Minimum Wage Act, and Gender Equality in Employment Act.

2. Ostrich mentality: To prove to managers in other departments that I’m doing work, we have to make stupid spreadsheets. Is that manager just a decorative figure?

3. Out of touch with the market: A certain position requires professional skills (and the ability to work independently), but only pays around 40,000. Some job seekers directly retorted, “Even tech companies pay 42,000 to people with no experience; offering 40,000 is completely insulting to experienced workers.” Yet we still insist on searching for immortals with bananas.

4. Lecturing and deliberately difficult interviews: The manager’s interview style is intense (they love lecturing, excessively discussing personal privacy, and setting unrealistic questions to make things difficult). In this era of talent shortages, who would be willing to be treated this way?

5. All-purpose gofer: When I take sick leave, I still have to act as an alarm clock and remind the manager to help carry out the work. Why do I even need to take leave then? Should I just be the manager too? Haha.

6. Constantly changing directives—don’t even dream of having any SOPs or processes.

7. Department managers constantly kick the can down the road and shift blame; some people receive special privileges (for example, they don’t have to clock in or out).