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The following is a combination of my own experience and information shared by colleagues from other departments.
Salary & future prospects (none):
There may be an opportunity to make enough to get by.
Apart from selling visions and sentiment, the boss will not offer anything more.
I heard from the sales team that they suggested to the boss increasing bonuses to motivate everyone to strive for better results. The boss said it would be better to hold a cold-calling competition instead, with the champion receiving one certificate (preferably with a Qiaohu sticker pasted on it for me).
So most outstanding colleagues choose to leave, and then, you know the rest.
Management:
Whenever the boss comes up with something on a whim, you will be expected to carry it out.
Two days later, he himself no longer knows what he is doing. Most absurdly, he is not even very good at using the company system he created himself. (Otherwise, how did you invent it?)
Leadership:
According to colleagues who are still employed, the company's performance has declined significantly, but the head of sales presented himself with an Outstanding Employee Award at the company banquet. (I am confused.)
Assignments are extremely vague and completely disorganized; the exact words in the supervisor's head are treated as instructions. Even when they are in Chinese, they still have to be put through AI translation to be understood. (A translation company whose Chinese still needs translating?)
Communication:
If external business is not involved, colleagues are generally easy to get along with and fairly straightforward.
During conversations, supervisors ask about colleagues' private matters, such as where they go after work and their relationship status, and then tell them to prioritize work or say similar things, which is uncomfortable.
More than one colleague has said that when a certain supervisor loses control of their emotions, they use words like “bullsxxt” or words beginning with “f.”
The boss basically has no ability to communicate across departments. Due to this lack of ability, information between departments is often out of sync, causing all kinds of conflicts. (You can't wake someone who is pretending to sleep?)
Work execution:
Basically, every department often ends up wasting another day's work whenever the boss changes his mind.
These supervisors fail to realize that they are going around in circles and wasting everyone's time. Many former colleagues chose to leave because they felt communication was ineffective, and then, you know the rest.
Turnover:
There are endless cases of employees being told to leave on the same day. On one occasion, someone who had been fired that day was asked to give a speech to everyone at the monthly meeting. I felt embarrassed for them from my seat, let alone how the person involved must have felt.
Human resources:
HR often fails to answer the question asked and does not read or respond to messages. They also fish for information by asking which supervisor you dislike, even after you refuse to answer. They will ask again in another round of fishing within five minutes, which is extremely off-putting.
Whether the company violates labor laws:
Search for “company name + labor law violations.”
Then you will know.
Conclusion:
If you...
Want to make money, this is not suitable for you.
Want to work with a smart boss or supervisor, this is not suitable for you.
Hate ineffective communication, this is not suitable for you.
Hate doing work for nothing, this is not suitable for you.
Hate being asked about your private life and having information fished out of you, this is not suitable for you.
If you
Have more tolerance than Guanyin, this is suitable for you.
Plan to work with people who go around in circles and want a stable salary, this is suitable for you.
1. Most colleagues are easy to communicate with, and everyone gets along well.
2. Flexible working hours and location, with a high degree of freedom.
3. The company places great importance on employees’ physical and mental well-being and is willing to adjust work arrangements based on employees’ health conditions.
4. The department provides regular training, and you can feel the manager’s dedication to nurturing new employees.
5. Smooth communication with my direct manager.
1. I have been with the company for nearly a year. I can feel the company’s efforts to become more organized and systematized, but progress has been slow to materialize.
2. The company-wide training held each month lacks a review mechanism, with the expectation that everyone will remember all the content after a single session.
3. The current workplace is a shared office, and we are often disturbed by employees from other companies.
The work is fairly straightforward, but the direction or the organization/business operations can change quite easily.
Turnover and internal communication—I don't know whether they have improved now.
Flexible hours and freedom
Colleagues are generally easy to get along with
The company location is convenient for transportation
The high employee turnover basically reflects that the company has various problems: it cannot retain talent, and the boss is good at selling dreams but not at leading people. In terms of management, it basically has all the typical problems of a small company.
1. The hardware and software are inadequate, so everyone makes do with what is available.
2. Work responsibilities are unclear, so people who are kind or capable end up being worked to death.
3. The salary is nothing special—you won’t starve, but you won’t be well-fed either.
The company is unwilling to invest in good employees. How can it improve?
4. Policies keep changing, and no one knows who the boss really is.
Basically, this is a company that hopes to develop machine translation, but so far its profits come from conventional translation, most of which is done manually. The quality is unstable and the process is time-consuming. In theory, machine translation has a lot of potential, but that potential belongs only to companies that actually develop it. Given the current staffing, all one can do is laugh.
If you’re someone who wants to challenge yourself, you can give it a try during the current poor economic climate. It’s very easy to get an offer.
1. Colleagues are easy to get along with
2. 15 days of annual leave each year
1. The company has absolutely no organization to speak of, and its management personnel have little management ability or complete understanding of the company's operating procedures. They often do whatever comes to mind, making the entire team constantly busy like headless flies. Almost all capable colleagues have also resigned (or been laid off)! The longer you stay, the more you feel that the company is stagnating, and you cannot see any future for it.
2. The company markets itself externally by promoting AI translation, but it is essentially a traditional translation company's internal operation. Nearly 90% of the work relies on manual processing, and the system is extremely difficult to use. The company has said it would overhaul the system two or three times, but each attempt ultimately came to nothing, leaving employees constantly wasting time on inefficient tasks.
3. The company's salaries are relatively low, yet it wants to hire highly capable people. The company likes employees who are willing to work overtime voluntarily and work for it for free without pay the most.
4. The company offers few benefits. Very few of the benefits listed in its 104 job advertisement are actually provided, and I have never even seen the group performance bonus! Although the company has a coffee machine, employees have to bring their own beans.....
5. The company claims to have transparent policies and communication, but it conceals operational problems and suddenly lays off employees. Job seekers should be careful!
1. Most colleagues are easy to communicate with and get along well with
2. Most employees are highly professional and can perform their responsibilities well
3. Pleasant work atmosphere
4. There are people to discuss things with while working
1. The company’s managers are unclear about the products and ways of working, and often make decisions without fully understanding the situation
2. The managers are often absent from the company but receive high salaries
3. Policies and business directions change frequently, and the company’s positioning is unclear
4. The company promotes policy transparency, but as an employee, I do not feel it, resulting in a great deal of uncertainty
5. Promised bonuses were not delivered; the year-end bonus was said to be one month’s pay, but the amount received was less than a full month’s pay, with no explanation
6. A large number of employees have resigned or been laid off without warning within a short period, yet the company says there are no operational problems. There are fewer and fewer people whom one can trust to do their work well
7. Management applies multiple standards based on personal preferences, creating divisions among colleagues
8. Employees are not placed in the right positions
9. The work environment is fairly good, but the rodent problem is not addressed
1. Colleagues were easy to get along with, and the engineering team was highly skilled. Everyone was very close-knit, but nearly all of the easygoing employees have been laid off or resigned.
2. There is high profit potential if the product performs well.
1. Layoffs were carried out without warning. After being notified on the same day, employees were required to leave that day. Initially, the severance pay was not calculated according to the Labor Standards Act. After calling to negotiate and informing HR that I might file a complaint with the labor bureau, the severance pay was calculated according to the Labor Standards Act.
2. The year-end bonus was paid late. When I asked about it, I was told that there had been an administrative error. The bonus was ultimately paid in full.