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Read the community guidelinesThe colleagues are okay (within the same department only).
There are too many. Even people from different departments can cause trouble for PTs—seriously, unbelievable.
First point: I don't know which clueless salesperson took on a customer who requires 50 boxes of fruit to be delivered every two weeks.
I really have no idea which brain-dead person signed that contract in the first place.
And why doesn't the clueless person who signed the contract have to participate in any of the preparatory work for the fruit?
It clearly wasn't my contract, yet I have to help the exhausted people prepare, pack, and organize the goods.
That salesperson is definitely an idiot.
Second point: The colleague who orders supplies should, in theory, be responsible for the inventory of all the items for sale.
In that case, counting the inventory should be your responsibility, right?
Why does the PT have to help you count the inventory every time they pull out supplies?
The quantities and inventory should be correct when you count them yourself, shouldn't they?
Besides, you're a full-time employee. How is counting the inventory something the PT has to do for you?
We've already helped you pull out and shelve the goods, and we still have to help you count them. Do you know how troublesome and time-consuming it is to write the dates?
And another thing: Why is the inventory always out of sync? There have been several times when something was clearly out of stock,
yet customers could still place orders. Then I have to waste a lot of time looking for it, and still can't find it.
Then I have to ask you to cancel the item or replace it with something else.
Why have the inventory problems still not been fixed? This way of working is extremely inefficient.
Third point: I heard that a female colleague transferred from the translation department to the shipping department, though I don't know whether she's there for support or what.
Apart from printing order slips and calling delivery drivers, she may also be responsible for a small part of marketing, perhaps?
Other than that, I really can't see how busy this female colleague, who only prints order slips, could possibly be.
Once, another colleague of mine brought a stack of envelopes and asked you to help write on them, but you immediately said,
“Wouldn't it be faster if we divided them up for everyone to write?” and simply brushed the task off.
To be frank, I've also written and sent out more envelopes than you did back then, and I didn't say a word.
You're a full-time employee, and you don't have much to do. If you won't even handle a small task like this, what are you good for?
I judge people by how they handle small things. Whether or not you're older than me, I think your attitude toward work is terrible.
So I don't want to be nice to you. Besides, the two people who interviewed me were S and Mr. J.
Strictly speaking, I shouldn't even have to pick the orders you print, because you're neither my supervisor nor my boss.
Why should I pick your orders? In theory, all 1H orders should be picked, packed, and shipped by you.
That would be the most efficient arrangement, with everyone handling their own work at the same time,
rather than you only printing order slips and then deliberately standing at the front afterward to see whether anyone notices them.
I deliberately pretended not to know, just to see how long you would keep putting on that act.
Fourth point: This has less to do with my department and is something I've observed about many full-time employees at this company.
They often arrive late and leave early, and when there are consecutive holidays, they're very good at taking extra leave on the day before and the first day back.
What's even stranger is that there are three customer-service colleagues, positioned on the left, in the middle, and on the right. The two on the sides
are extremely dedicated to their work, while the one in the middle opened my eyes.
I can only say that from the time I entered the workforce until now, I've never seen anyone take one or two hours just to get water during a break.
I've often been in the kitchen preparing corn, and it takes over three hours, sometimes even longer.
Then I saw the middle customer-service colleague leisurely stretching, zoning out, chatting, and so on.
Oh, she even got carried away chatting. Otherwise, when I went downstairs to pull out supplies, I'd see her out and about, with no idea where she was going.
I'd really like to know how much monthly salary this middle customer-service colleague receives. This behavior is simply outrageous.
I'm very glad I don't have such a do-nothing colleague around me—someone who takes the company's money but only knows how to waste time.
Of course, I'm not specifically targeting anyone; I just think it's absurd.
Fifth point: The salary is paid incredibly late. On the fifth of every month, it isn't deposited until nearly 6 p.m., right when the workday is almost over.
Absolutely ridiculous~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sixth point: The refrigerated and frozen storage areas are cramped, which hurts work efficiency.
The company wants to handle fresh food products but isn't willing to spend money on better equipment.
The cost is borne by the customer-service staff, who then also have to waste money.
Simply put, this company has many employees who are like old-timers.
When things are busy, you see some people wandering around idly.
Some people cook noodles or other food while watching shows and things like that.
Different people are raised differently. I'm just a PT preparing for exams.
After three months, I'm getting ready to leave. I hope the PTs hired afterward have smooth sailing,
because this place is really awful. It is only suitable for those old hands who have been here since the company's founding,
staying on as dead weight and stealing a salary until retirement. Other than that, forget it.
Finding joy in hardship with good colleagues
1. The company is full of redundant staff. The engineers responsible for the company’s financial lifeline lack the necessary skills, resulting in countless bugs and poor quality. When issues are reported, they just beat around the bush and make things up all day—and the boss still believes them???
The IT manager wanders around all day without doing anything, the graphic designer only works according to his mood, and the marketing editor negotiated a deal that almost lost money and came back for everyone to criticize, yet still thinks he is great all day long. The senior photographer, the ultimate villain, often pretends to be familiar with newcomers as if they were close friends, but is actually fishing for information and secretly snitching. He stirs up trouble among colleagues all day long, seemingly afraid that things might be peaceful. He is the only long-serving employee in this company who is ostracized by the other long-serving employees.
2. The supervisors and boss have poor leadership skills, and work is distributed unevenly. Those with little to do can sleep and scroll on their phones all day, while those who are busy are worked to the bone all day. Even when concerns are raised, they are brushed aside. Apart from the basic labor and health insurance listed on the job website, none of the benefits are actually provided. A company that does not even hold an annual year-end party makes it obvious why its employees lack team cohesion.
3. Don’t take on more than you can handle. The boss often comes up with wild ideas and launches a pile of projects that exhaust the employees. The supervisors always say, “I don’t know” or “I’m not clear on that,” or else simply pass the buck and dump the work on someone else.
The e-commerce department also often greedily orders excessive inventory, which ends up unsold, spoils, and is thrown away—an enormous waste. Boss, don’t you know that there are still many people in the world who don’t even know where their next meal is coming from? Wasting food will bring consequences.
Overall, the problem is not the employees, but that the boss does not know how to manage or take care of them, and that the company’s business strategies and policies are started with great fanfare but abandoned halfway. It is already a miracle that the company has managed to survive until now.
Life is precious; don’t waste your time here
After being screwed over, I just treat it as bullshit.
I interviewed for their mobile app engineer position and was accepted that evening. Because of unemployment benefits, I hoped they could arrange for me to start next Monday after the reference check. Perhaps they were in a hurry because of their workload and wanted me to start a few days earlier. I wasn't happy about it, but I'm not the type to confront people head-on, so I reluctantly agreed. Then, on the eve of my start date—this morning—they said they were rescinding the offer due to considerations related to the nature of the work. WTF, TMD. I'm going to the labor bureau tomorrow.
The company is not large, with little organization or scale, and consequently not many formal systems either.
Although employees are required to clock in and out, no one really monitors it, and many people arrive late or leave early.
There is a high degree of freedom, and the work pressure is not particularly high.
The place is full of long-time employees who have completely lost their drive and vitality at work.
In a marketing position, you have to coordinate with other colleagues. The writing produced by the editors who have been there a long time is unreadable, the graphic designers work very slowly and you even have to deal with their moods, and business development is also extremely slow..........It is simply a lifeless company that does not make much money either. The fact that the boss has not laid anyone off is truly extraordinarily kind-hearted!
The interview was not particularly challenging
It simply involved asking about some experience
The environment was a bit cramped