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Read the community guidelinesThe environment is excellent. New brothers can simply put their heads down on the desk and sleep when they’re tired. When there’s nothing to do, they can spend the whole day browsing the web, watching livestreams, and playing video games. The supervisor only gives them a verbal warning when colleagues from other departments raise concerns. It doesn’t matter that the employee has little ability to work independently—when assigned a task, they can simply frequently pull a more senior colleague over to sit beside them and provide guidance, and get through it smoothly. They can even comfortably take a share of the year-end bonus. Where else can you find such a free environment?
Everyone’s benefits are being divided up by freeloaders.
People at the top can keep making mistakes, and those below just have to take the fall.
There's a saying: "If you can't solve the problem, solve the person who raised it."
Here, they don't just deal with the person who raised the problem—they deal with the victims too!
The controversial manager mentioned in the previous articles was recently exposed by a righteous employee who was involuntarily forced out, revealing some inside information (and this is just the tip of the iceberg). It was also made public to the entire company, causing quite a stir, right?
In the end, the company simply handled it quietly and brushed it aside. That manager was transferred to another department to continue serving as a manager, while the original department was forcibly merged with another department as if through a shotgun marriage. The innocent people below were forced to readjust to a new manager, a new team, and new rules. This is basically punishing the victims, isn't it! The person who should be punished is the manager who was transferred away, right?
A word of advice to the decision-makers in this one-person-rule company: Have you considered that this might make some people start planning to seek opportunities elsewhere? Or were you prepared for this all along, willing to wipe out an entire team to save one person?
The root of the problem has not been resolved, so the same thing will happen again. I'll sit back and wait for the show.
Likes meetings
The engineering department’s monthly engineering meeting really wastes engineers’ valuable time. Each group’s report is completely fanciful and has nothing to do with their work. The meeting content is then mostly just a very small number of people discussing similar matters, while everyone else is left aside, scrolling on their phones and watching the show for one or two hours. This monthly meeting should have been abolished long ago!
A company that really loves holding meetings
Recently, the pandemic has been worsening, but the weekly company-wide meeting is still held as usual. Employees' health is no match for the whole company gathering for a mass ritual!
The engineering department is divided into several teams, each with a different management style.
It depends on which team you join—the experience can be very different:
One team works efficiently, has a more professional manager, and sometimes requires overtime.
One team has a free-spirited atmosphere, with individuals managing themselves and little emphasis on working hours.
Another team loves holding meetings. The manager asks for progress updates in meetings every day and also frequently interrupts discussions, making it feel like they don't quite trust the engineers.
It depends on which team's manager interviews you.
The company is short-staffed, so the requirements are low—it’s not hard to get in!
Because the standards are low, the new hires who come in are also a mixed bag. Those with good qualifications or who realize something is off leave after just a few days. The ones willing to stay... are truly puzzling! Especially in the engineering department this year—a real oddball joined, and I was left speechless!
The work environment in the park is uncomplicated, colleagues in the same department get along fairly well, and overtime is hardly ever required.
Poor benefits: Bonuses have been replaced with gift vouchers, and company trips have been changed to partial subsidies.
Traditional practices: The entire company has a weekly meeting every Monday morning, and everyone has to clean the common areas before leaving work every Friday. Taking leave requires paperwork and going through the proper procedures. Executives surnamed Dong occasionally inspect the R&D department, and competitions are held every year that take up work time.
Strange atmosphere: Although colleagues from different departments work in the same office, they often act like strangers and do not greet one another. Some supervisors often chat and make coffee as if they have nothing to do; even when there is work, they take their time. When executives surnamed Zong hold meetings, they are almost always questioning or criticizing the engineers.