三顧茅廬_紅廚國際有限公司

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This was my first job after entering the workforce. After handing over my duties with the previous employee, I was not given any work to do (I was the only person in that position). Every day, I could only struggle to create work out of thin air, such as coming up with hypothetical layouts for the company, and show them to the manager. The manager always commented that they were very good, but I still had no actual work to do. After one or two months, HR called me into a small room for a meeting and asked me to resign. I was very inexperienced at the time, so it came as a devastating shock. I felt incredibly embarrassed and just wanted to escape. So when HR asked me to sign a “voluntary resignation letter,” I signed it without thinking. Of course, this was illegal, but I was inexperienced and felt I had no grounds to object. I will never forget this for the rest of my life. This is a terrible company that bullies newcomers. I have not eaten at San Gu Mao Lu ever since.

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Thoughts on the Brand Design position in the Planning Department

Basically, it’s a very superficial company where you constantly have to put on a performance to maintain a superficial harmony, because there are many informants in the company and everyone comments about you behind your back. People who like to talk nonsense or chat at work need to be especially careful. The job involves joining many LINE groups, as well as adding coworkers on LINE. If you like posting on your LINE timeline, you need to be careful, because if the boss happens to see something they dislike, you’ll lose points. You should probably stop posting game-sharing content too (yes, the boss really does have nothing better to do than look at your updates, including whether you’ve changed phones or merely thought something was funny and reposted some vulgar post; they’ll even gossip about it with your department manager and include it in your overall evaluation).

You get criticized for chatting, and called cold if you don’t chat. If you finish your work and don’t work overtime, you’re accused of lacking team spirit. You might as well let them do all the talking... The Planning Department manager often works very late, with records of working until 3 or 4 a.m. It may be because there’s a manager with a slave-like mentality who loves living at the office and perhaps has no warmth at home, leading to this result. Under the previous department managers, the Design team had no overtime records at all. Then a new manager arrived, and suddenly everyone had to stay and work overtime with him... Previous employees also said that whether you work overtime largely depends on the department manager.... As expected, a good manager leads you to heaven, while a bad manager also leads you to heaven—but the kind after you’re dead～～

There is a record of violating the Labor Standards Act and being fined, so attendance at franchise exhibitions comes with compensatory leave, but regular overtime still does not. You clock in under an attendance system, but once work ends, it suddenly becomes a discretionary-work system.

If you want to learn how to deal with people, you can go there—but first ask yourself whether you want to become the kind of person you hate.

If you want to learn how to get things done, unless you’re very interested in understanding what tricks the franchise system is playing, you’re better off skipping it.

Even a simple design piece will be revised 9,981 times by the boss as a matter of course. They also love imitating another brand’s work without saying so explicitly. After completing a design, making another version that looks very similar to that brand’s work has a high chance of getting approved.

There is no overtime pay, but for the sake of departmental solidarity, you’re expected to stay and work overtime—even if there’s nothing to do. When employees from other departments leave on time, if you also leave on time, you’re considered rebellious, and then they’ll say the Planning Department is a disorganized mess. The department manager will ask whether you want to work overtime... (Strangely, the only department that always works overtime is the Planning Department.)

In summary, if you love putting on an act, don’t need to do your work particularly well, and can avoid causing problems, you can go there. Ideally, you should have no family, parents, or friends—no ties and no worries—like Ko P’s aides, staying and working with the department manager until the early morning before going home. If you can work unpaid and accept having your pay deducted according to company policy, welcome aboard.

Alternatively, if you aren’t afraid of this system, believe that finishing your work should mean being able to leave on time, can resist emotional blackmail, or have a strong enough heart to be prepared to make today your last day at any time, you’re also welcome to take on the challenge.

The HR team and colleagues are all pretty nice.

Thoughts from a brand visual designer:

To cut to the chase, if you’re someone who takes time to produce quality work and needs time to think of innovative ideas and create designs, this place probably isn’t for you!

Design work is always requested very urgently. For example, after a meeting in the afternoon, they may ask whether you can produce a draft before the end of the workday~

Whether it’s designing a social media post or a holiday greeting graphic, there will often be more than ten rounds of revisions. To get something out quickly, they may simply tell you to follow the reference image and make some minor changes; that approach has a very high chance of getting approved.

Basically, there isn’t much room for coming up with innovative ideas. They often ask someone to work on a design without clearly explaining the style, then after several versions say they want a different style~ You can end up doing all that work for nothing, and they might choose the first version in the end.

Also, supervisors or the boss may have the misconception that resizing the graphics and text for Facebook or Instagram should be very quick~ as if it could be done just by moving a finger.

Moreover, there is no one from before to hand over the work. When you encounter a similar design project, you have to look for previous examples or ask colleagues who worked on it before, then slowly figure it out yourself.

If you work overtime, you will generally be given compensatory leave instead~

In summary, if you want to create new designs with some of your own style that you can include in your portfolio, or if you feel that you need some time to do design work, you should think carefully about whether this is suitable for you.

On the other hand, if you want to train yourself to develop ideas and produce designs quickly, and you’re not afraid of being chased by deadlines, you’re welcome to join.

All the interviewers were very polite; it felt like a casual chat.

There was a colleague inside who is my friend. Later, I heard that the reason I wasn't hired was because I'm not gay==

There are really quite a lot of gay colleagues there…

The work is simple to learn, but it is only suitable for people who want to pad their résumé. It is not a stable job.

The turnover rate is extremely high. If the boss takes a dislike to you, they will fire you directly, regardless of how hard you usually work.

There are also many informants who will label you.

If you are looking for a stable job with opportunities for growth, please do not waste your time coming here.

Oh, and if your supervisor dislikes you, they may ask you to revise a design a hundred times and then choose the first version, making you work overtime inefficiently—and there will be no overtime pay either.

Think it over carefully.