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The issue with the company’s senior management mentioned in previous reviews could already be sensed before joining the company. After all the terms had been agreed upon, HR suddenly called two days before the start date to inform me that, due to considerations by senior management, the salary would be reduced directly, with a considerable discrepancy from the original offer. This makes it feel like there are significant problems with the company’s internal processes.
Can't think of any.
Anyone considering joining this company should think twice—and then think twice again.
The office environment is poor and has fleas; several colleagues have been bitten all over by fleas, and it is extremely itchy.
The restroom is dirty and messy, with mosquitoes flying around everywhere; remember to bring mosquito repellent when using the restroom, or you will end up covered in bites again.
Relations among colleagues are pretty good, and everyone helps one another; aside from the senior employees, everyone gets along harmoniously.
The boss is the pitiful son who was exiled to the frontier by his family and has no real authority. His elderly father, who is now quite old (nearly 80), still has to review and sign off on documents.
The turnover rate is extremely high. There have been situations where two departments were each left with only one person.
The boss thinks he is a teacher and really likes giving employees lessons. He even creates a series of course materials.
He looks refined and polite, but is actually verbally abusive. He not only questions employees but also snaps at them.
He requires employees to rush to finish whatever he wants even on weekends, and everything must be “submitted for his instructions” (yes, he actually uses the phrase “submit for instructions”).
Also, polar bears must absolutely hate him, because he wants everything “printed out.”
He will not hold a meeting without paper copies. If you give him an electronic file, he prints it out, “marks up the document” on paper, then takes a photo and sends it back to you.
Meetings are not for discussing matters; most of the time is spent explaining things to him. If he does not understand, he gets angry and lashes out.
He also has difficulty making decisions. When asked for an answer, he replies, “I need to think about it some more.”
Then, when the schedule falls behind, he blames you.
He always thinks employees are stupid, lazy, and incompetent.
Regarding the extremely high turnover, he says: “They do not understand what Riyao wants and are not suited to Riyao.”
In short, a rich kid created his own kingdom and expects employees to speak the language he invented.
The senior employees around him orbit him and clap, saying how wonderful he is.
He likes to push people to their absolute limits, claiming that this is how their potential can be unleashed.
The problem is that he pushes them in the wrong direction, providing no help whatsoever with seniority or professional knowledge and skills.
And perhaps because he operates an OUTLET, he really likes squeezing suppliers, or refusing to pay after suppliers have already provided their services.
This puts employees in a difficult position, yet he says it is because the employees do not know how to negotiate.
All my colleagues are crazy
Easy to get along with
If we’re overwhelmed, there are alternative arrangements
We still get together for meals and chats even after leaving the company
The downside...
I guess it’s probably Taichung’s department-store industry’s
“Pagoda of Ningguta”!!
Here’s a bit of background on “Ningguta”
Ningguta was frozen over year-round. Wang Jiazhen’s *Miscellaneous Records of Things Seen and Heard in the Yantang Studio* states: “Ningguta is in the far north of Liaodong, seven or eight thousand li from the capital. The land is covered in thick ice and snow year-round; it is no longer part of the civilized world, and no one from China ever reaches it.” In a letter to his mother, Wu Zhaoqian wrote: “Ningguta’s bitter cold is unlike anywhere else in the world. From the beginning of spring until mid-April, gale-force winds roar like thunder and flash like lightning, making it impossible to see even a few feet ahead. From May through July, overcast rain continues without respite. By mid-August, heavy snow begins to fall, and by early September, the rivers are completely frozen. The moment the snow reaches the ground, it turns into solid ice; as far as the eye can see for a thousand li, everything is an endless expanse of white snow.” Fang Gongqian once said: “People speak of the road to the underworld, but if you make it to Ningguta, even ten underworlds would be nothing to fear!”
I guess only people who have been exiled
would stay here for a long time,
bound by the high salary~~
Same as above.
The colleagues get along well, and the atmosphere is good.
The boss is also nice in private.
But at work, the boss is just ____; no matter how many things go wrong, it is never his fault.
He forgets things that have already been sent for approval, then blames you for them.
Whether something has been signed off or not is basically the same, because he will forget or change things randomly.
Or if something sent for approval does not come back, he himself does not know where it is and will come looking for you.
Then he tells you that sending it for approval is not enough—you have to follow up constantly ^^ ((But as mentioned above, he will forget even after signing off on it. Over time, you naturally start to think: Why should I go to so much trouble to follow up?
Or he will suddenly ask you to add something, then say it is needed by next week. You have to produce it for him no matter what, otherwise it is your problem.
((It is also very common for you to actually produce it for him, only for him to say that it is no longer needed.....
The decision-making is chaotic, he constantly changes his mind, and he micromanages everything down to the tiniest details.
An example would be something like: “Move the left side of the design 0.5 cm. Ah, never mind, a little to the right. A little higher. Hmm... maybe a little more to the left. Actually, forget it—let’s keep it as it was.”
This is what happens every time something is sent for approval: move it a little to the left, send it for approval, have it returned; move it a little higher, send it for approval, have it returned; move it a little more to the left, send it for approval, have it returned; change it back to the original, then send it for approval again.
Everything has to be reviewed. He keeps making changes, causing delays, and then says it is the employees’ fault. He does not know how to manage projects.
Confirm the copy first? The images? Don’t be silly—it is all useless, because what he says is good is not really good.
Otherwise, even after something has been finalized, he will have a new idea a few days later and want to change it again.
Everything mentioned above applies to all kinds of things, such as copy, images, photos, videos, placing ads, key visuals, and anything else, no matter how big or small.
If you have the opportunity to join the company, feel free to verify these issues. Basically, managers at all levels—whether they have been there for two, five, or ten years—are all talking about the same problems.
The colleagues are actually all nice people.
They will help whenever there are difficulties.
The property belongs to Hongdian Construction itself, so they are not worried about losses at all.....
The lowest recorded daily performance was only NT$150,000–200,000....
That is also why, despite operating in Taichung for 10 years,
it was not built on particularly impressive campaigns or performance....
The turnover rate for sales/design/administration... and other positions
was once so high that nearly 10 people left within a short period.
The reason was that the person in charge had no relevant department-store experience.
Even when recruiting employees with department-store experience,
they often made judgments and decisions that left people dumbfounded.
If you are interested, please see the following news article:
https://money.udn.com/money/story/5635/3250508
Some colleagues are quite nice.
Some departments in the company have an extremely high turnover rate.
At one point, one-third of the entire office left in succession within a single month.
Insufficient staffing + mediocre compensation + complicated tasks = high turnover.
The main issue is that the company's management often changes decisions arbitrarily.
Trying to be conscientious at work is truly heartbreaking and exhausting.
Don't assume that just because it looks like a department store, everything is glamorous.
In reality, the sales performance cannot compare with counters at major department stores.