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).
There is a group meal every month
The supervisor often argues and confronts others in the office, making a very poor impression on people nearby who overhear it.
There are a bunch of unimportant procedures. Procedures should be optimized, not piled up to the point where they hinder people from getting things done.
The supervisor never reflects on themselves. During the interview, they said, “The company gives you eight hours; is it right for you to spend two hours learning?”
They do not look for answers on their own. They only ask the supervisor after they have looked for an answer and still cannot solve the problem, yet they use this as a reason to say that your work is below expectations.
They also use verbal threats: “Should I tell the boss that you’re really not okay?” Is this workplace bullying? It seems more like emotional blackmail.
They do not understand how to lead people or win their hearts as a supervisor. No wonder the people under them quit after only a day or two.
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This company is seriously problematic, and the biggest problem is the boss himself.
1. Frequently changes decisions without warning
2. Wants to make money from anything, whether reasonable or not
3. Makes grand promises to employees, but in reality there are almost no salary increases and no bonuses
4. Makes employees work overtime without pay
5. Discriminates against middle-aged and older people; those over 50 have no chance of getting an interview
6. Frequently bullies employees through his authority. Although his own ideas are changed back and forth, employees are the ones held responsible
In short, he is the emperor and he is always right; everything wrong is the employees’ fault. They deserve to be fined, deserve not to receive bonuses, and deserve low wages. Only people with an extremely strong submissive streak can stay working there.
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The company has a high turnover rate and is constantly posting job openings on 104.
There is absolutely no internal structure, and job responsibilities are unclear.
When problems occur, they only blame employees for not doing their jobs properly.
You often have to rush urgent projects, and answer phone calls after work and on weekends. They are very good at making grand promises—things like performance bonuses—but after working like a dog, you end up with nothing.
The office provides snacks, and the work is not very difficult.
The company is internally disorganized, and incidents involving violations of laws and regulations occur one after another. There is a fair chance that personnel matters and salary will differ from what was agreed upon, and salaries are not paid on time.