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1. Although having a responsibility-based work system is common in the industry, the pay is not proportional to the work, which is a major point of criticism, especially considering the physical effort and time employees put in—even during the learning stage.
2. The director has poor emotional management when dealing with employees and vendors, especially when money is involved; the way these matters are handled is difficult to commend.
3. There is no effective training system, comfortable work environment, or systematic approach to design and site supervision… Basically, it is impossible to work here for long!
4. Even if employees occasionally dine together… it does nothing to improve work-related or overall quality of life… It is merely an illusion that employees are being treated well on the surface.
Cats are cute
1. Employees handle all the cats’ cleaning, while the boss only plays with the cats when he comes back.
2. The compensation package is already written on the résumé used for the interview. During the interview, verbal tactics are used to make people mistakenly believe that both sides have reached a consensus, only for the boss to reveal after you join that “we never agreed on the salary,” thereby lowering the salary amount.
3. The boss is extremely emotional, whether dealing with suppliers or employees.
4. More time is spent on Photoshop than on CAD because the boss does not want to spend too much money on 3D drawings and simply asks employees to make the modifications.
5. The drawings are not reviewed before meetings, and things are changed haphazardly on-site without understanding the situation. Even if something was discussed and agreed upon before the meeting, it is still changed on-site.
6. There is no overtime pay, and the hours are limitless. In any case, it is a responsibility-based system that works you to death.
7. The boss is not very familiar with CAD yet likes to make random changes to drawings, often messing up configured systems or destroying the entire drawing.
8. The boss has no spatial or lighting concepts for the drawings and can only understand them after they are composited into rendered images.
Cats are cute
I have interviewed with many companies, both large and small.
For the sake of those who come after me, I decided to leave a review.
First of all, I was rather dissatisfied that the interviewer was not the boss.
If I were willing to join the company, I would still have to wait until my first day of work to find out what the boss looks like and what kind of person they are.
The person who interviewed me was a designer around my age. As soon as we sat down, we just stared awkwardly at each other, not knowing what to say.
If this person has no experience as a supervisor, why was I interviewed by this designer?
I was also very puzzled that my educational and professional background and portfolio had not been reviewed before the interview.
If your company has no intention of hiring, please do not send interview invitations indiscriminately.
Do not waste each other's time.
I hope this review can help those who come after me.
The design assistant is pitiful; you’ll want to complain to them more so that carrying out the work isn’t as frustrating.
I’m a partner, and it’s clear that the design assistant and the designers who are just starting to take on projects have received no training at all.
This makes it very difficult to carry out work on site; communication is extremely poor, causing delays, unclear instructions, and complete chaos at the site.
When the designer isn’t on site, the contractors still have to explain the reasons to the client. The designer doesn’t understand the contractors’ techniques,
and even has to dump the work on the contractors. They call the contractors at midnight to discuss the drawings.
Your superiors may be putting pressure on you, but we also need rest. Employee training needs to be strengthened.
The designer constantly says, “I’ll ask the director,” no matter what the situation is. It’s really unclear how much flexibility the designer has to work independently and make decisions autonomously.
No one works like this.
The design assistant is pitiful; you’ll want to complain to him more, which makes carrying out the work less frustrating.
I am a partner, and it is clear that the design assistants and designers who are just starting to take on projects receive no training at all.
This makes it very difficult to carry out work on site: communication is extremely poor, progress is delayed, instructions are unclear, and the site is chaotic.
When the designer is not on site, the contractors still have to explain the reasons to the client. The designer does not understand the contractors’ techniques,
and even has to dump the work on them. They call the contractors at midnight to discuss the drawings.
Your superiors may be putting pressure on you, but we also need rest. Employee training needs to be improved.
The designer keeps saying, “I’ll ask the director,” no matter what the issue is. It is really unclear how much flexibility the designer has to work independently and make decisions autonomously.
No one works this way.
The company cats are very cute
1. The company is hard to find, located in an old apartment building with no sign.
2. The interview process was not very friendly.
3. The interviewer did not give the interviewee an opportunity to ask questions.
4. It was apparent that the female director was forceful and spoke directly. The hierarchical relationship between the employer and employee was clearly adversarial.
5. The entire interview felt like an attempt to intimidate the interviewee.
For example:
"Even if we pay a design assistant a little over 20,000, I feel like it's throwing money down the drain, because what can you contribute to the company if you can't do anything?"
"You should be grateful that the company is giving you an opportunity to learn."
6. Perhaps I was not a good fit for this company, which is why I had such a negative interview experience.
7. The above reflects solely my personal impressions of the interview and is provided for reference only.
Forced overtime without overtime pay