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Read the community guidelinesThe atmosphere between senior employees and supervisors is harmonious, with occasional group dinners.
The environment is clean and aesthetically pleasing.
Applied for a senior planning position.
The pressure is very high. New hires are expected to get up to speed quickly, with no patience, no time, and even less systematic training.
If you do not already work in the design industry, it is very difficult to endure.
Many supervisors consider things that are common knowledge or basic and will not teach them properly, simply putting new hires on the job.
If you do not meet the standard the supervisor has in mind (the standard is never clearly stated—you have to gradually ask about it yourself, and if you cannot find out, it is considered the new hire’s problem), you will receive strict instruction.
In addition to managing projects for external clients, you also have to act internally as the communication bridge between clients and designers.
Quoting prices to clients and negotiating with them are also part of the planner’s work, while maintaining good relationships with clients at the same time.
It is a position that requires you to simultaneously read the minds of supervisors, clients, and designers. It is simply too difficult.
The supervisors repeatedly remind new hires that March and April are the busy season and will be very busy and exhausting, asking whether you are really prepared.
They also keep reminding you that most clients are major technology companies with many demands and expectations of the company, so you need to be mentally strong enough.
The actual experience is not “the client has many demands, and we will work together to handle them,”
but rather “the client has many demands, the supervisor also has many demands of you, and you must prevent the company from losing the client.”
It is recommended that you have relevant experience in the design industry before joining, as it will help you get up to speed more quickly.
(After joining, if you observe carefully, you will notice that the previous planners did not stay long; working for six months to a year counts as being senior.)
By the way, the supervisor said that the design industry generally does not offer a full year-end bonus.
Even though the company’s business partners are all major technology corporations, there is no year-end bonus—but the boss drives a BMW.
In the end, they used a very uncomfortable approach to explicitly and implicitly indicate that I had not passed the probationary period and wanted me to resign voluntarily.