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Read the community guidelinesThe colleagues are all nice.
After working at the Talent Development Innovation Center for some time, I would like to share some situations and rules with everyone:
1. The turnover rate is extremely high.
2. For business trips, expenses within 5 kilometers cannot be reimbursed. Other transportation expenses are reimbursed based on the number of kilometers multiplied by $2.5, regardless of how you get there. This is different from the usual practice at most companies, where expenses are reimbursed based on receipts.
3. When clocking out, you must do so within 20 minutes after completing 8 hours of work. For example, if you clock in at 8:00, you must clock out by 17:20. If you go over, you have to submit an exception form, and there is a limit of two exception forms per month.
4. Timekeeping is done by logging into the system on a computer to clock in and out—you also have to start up the computer. I found this method of timekeeping a little difficult to get used to.
5. To receive your salary each month, you must complete a time and attendance report. This includes an overtime pay claim form, a business travel expense application, an attendance record, a holiday overtime approval application, and so on. The most time-consuming part is taking screenshots from Google Maps for every business trip, recording them in a Word document, and providing them as evidence for the number of kilometers.
6. If you report 8 hours of business travel, you cannot clock in or out that day. If you accidentally clock in or out, you still have to submit an exception form.
7. On weekdays, the first two hours of overtime can be converted into pay, while the third hour can only be exchanged for compensatory leave. Overtime on holidays can only be exchanged for compensatory leave. At the end of the year, any remaining balance can be converted into pay.
8. Leave must be requested at least three days in advance. Requesting leave one or two days in advance is considered temporary leave and will draw attention.
9. The work attire requires a shirt and dark-colored pants. Cloth shoes are not allowed, but you can bring your own indoor slippers to change into.
There are many other rules and systems like these. Everything must be done according to the rules, and there is almost no flexibility, whether in terms of procedures or work content. Any correction, even to a typo or missing character, requires a signature, so you must be extremely meticulous. People who enjoy taking on new challenges, have strong ideas of their own, or tend to be casual and overlook details may not be a good fit here.
The above is provided for reference.
People who are familiar with general office chores may not get caught even if they slack off a lot!
At least colleagues speak to each other politely, but behind one another’s backs they actually complain about each other. Whether that’s good or bad, I’m not sure!
There aren’t many demands to develop or improve specific skills, which is a great blessing for people who dislike change!
Full firepower ahead! The relatives-and-favorites among Dejian’s senior management (don’t take this personally—I’m only talking about certain people) better pay attention! And the same goes for certain colleagues who slack off and cause trouble ^_^
1. In the morning, you first have to spend 15 minutes sweeping the classrooms of students attending classes. This can help you develop the good habit of sweeping regularly, so the company is considerate in that sense. Unfortunately, after sweeping for so long, my home still seems to be just as dirty, so I guess the habit was forced on me.
2. The company completely doesn’t understand what marketing is about, and the colleagues don’t seem to understand it either?!
Once you start working here, you’ll find that every month, every week, and even every day, you may be doing more or less the same things. The growth curve is close to zero. For people who want to live a stable life, this might be an advantage, but here’s a joke for everyone: working in marketing while seeking stability is truly ironic. In any case, in the week after I left, I learned roughly as much at my next job as I learned here in a month. Take that as a reference.
3. The salary and benefits aren’t so low that you feel exploited, but if you want to climb the ladder, you really don’t need to come here.
4. Occasionally, there are events that require you to provide support, but if you later want to convert the compensatory leave into money, you may face many obstacles. Hey! You might ask whether this violates the Labor Standards Act? No—it doesn’t. The company is simply shameless, and it won’t accept it until you keep pushing and pushing. In the end, everyone just accepts the compensatory leave, so this really needs to be improved. Otherwise, one day an employee may really take you on, and you’ll be in for a lot of trouble.
5. There is no overtime pay! Even if you want to plan your projects better and try to achieve better results, sorry—the company will recognize your efforts and give you verbal support, but no other reward. Everyone, please maintain a decent work efficiency. Since the proposals are the same every time and you only need to make minor changes to the content, the work can actually be quite easy.
6. Occasionally, during meetings, you have to listen to people who completely don’t understand your position instructing you on how to work. If you try to raise the issue with certain senior managers, some colleagues with no drive or ambition will stop you, and then next time you’ll continue listening to senior managers complain about you. Consider it an example of poor problem-solving ability for everyone’s reference.
I hope this post performs well for SEO, so that newcomers who want to join Dejian in the future can see it. I’m not intentionally trying to bring down this company, but Dejian is indeed one of the companies most in need of improvement that I’ve ever encountered. Everything above is the result of my painstaking effort. I’m the kind of person who won’t bother you if you don’t bother me; give me the benefits I’m entitled to, and I’ll praise you to the skies. But if you give me practically nothing, I’ll definitely tear you apart. I’m saying this so that certain people can see the truth, rather than remain forever deceived by certain people who love putting on a show. I hope the company can continue to improve.
The overall work atmosphere is fairly good, and relationships with colleagues are generally pleasant (with a very small number of exceptions).
The capabilities of the people I work with are average. They are expected to be efficient, but they are not very careful in their work—in other words, they are all a bit careless...