紅螞蟻圖書有限公司

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The favoritism is extremely serious. Coworkers love to gossip behind people’s backs. As long as you are not part of their little circle, for example, if two people make the same mistake, the person in the circle gets away with it while the person outside the circle gets scolded, and people will spread gossip about them everywhere. Or, as long as your behavior is something they cannot understand, they will talk about you—even if you simply leave work at a normal time, they will say that you are not dedicated to your work.

Neither the interview nor the onboarding process informs you that you are required to write reading reflections and reading-aloud reflections. You only suddenly find out during the monthly meeting. New employees do not have to write a reflection the first time, but after submitting one the second time, you may be unexpectedly called on to read it aloud. Submitting the reflection is mandatory, and your pay will be deducted if you do not submit it.

Even some supervisors do not act like supervisors and love to speak badly about others. They believe whatever the favored employees say. Many coworkers like people who are flattering or cute, such as new employees. If you are categorized as part of their small group, mistakes or careless work are treated as if nothing happened. But if you are not in the small group, even if you remain polite, they will gossip and speak badly about you behind your back whenever you make a mistake. There are also experienced coworkers who do not get along with them and are often targeted.

If you are accidentally injured at work, the favored employees will say behind your back that you have tarnished the company. They have no empathy.

1. In the interview, they only tell you a salary amount, but in reality it consists of a base salary + other bonuses.

The actual amount you receive will then have labor and health insurance premiums + welfare fund contributions deducted, so be sure to ask exactly how much you will take home.

The welfare fund contribution is turned into an annual year-end bonus and given back to you at the end of the year, lol.

2. Cleaning is done by employees on a rotating schedule, and they require you to sweep and mop only after work. Taking out the trash means emptying the bins in the men’s and women’s restrooms, the food waste in the break room, and the small trash bins next to coworkers’ feet. I almost thought I had applied for a cleaning job.

3. Access cards are given only to the “royal relatives” and longtime employees; everyone else can only ring the doorbell.

4. The company is in a remote location with absolutely no shops nearby. The nearest convenience store requires a “brisk fifteen-minute walk” to reach.

5. Employee benefits consist only of a year-end bonus made up of your welfare fund contributions + about three company dinners a year (and they are all at the same restaurant) + one box of two pomelos for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

6. The company culture is extremely traditional. There are no extensions on the phones, so you also have to transfer calls for other people, and everything is communicated by phone. Therefore, there is no way to verify who said something wrong or who misheard something—you can only be careful yourself.

7. There is a lot of noise; you will often think you are working in a traditional market.

8. The air conditioning was not turned on until May, but even after it was turned on in June, the office was still stuffy and hot as if it were not running. There are also no windows directly facing the outside, so there is no ventilation at all. Most employees bring their own small fans.

9. You have to wear a bright yellow polo uniform twice a week. Even office staff who never meet clients are required to wear it.

10. Even if you quietly do your work, the “royal relatives” may summon you for a meeting and demand that you “blend in with everyone.” Merely occasionally talking and chatting does not count. What exactly the definition of “blending in” is remains unclear to this day.

11. If the “royal relatives” take a dislike to you, they will accuse you of not doing your assigned cleaning duty. In reality, they could simply check the security footage to see whether you did it, but the “royal relatives” enjoy nitpicking, while they themselves can be late and skip their cleaning duties without consequence.

12. The monthly meeting requires everyone to sing two inspirational songs together and participate in a group motivational chant.

13. Neither the interview nor the start of employment mentions that you will have to write reading reflections and read them aloud. You only suddenly find out at the monthly meeting that new employees do not have to write a reflection the first time. Then, after you submit one the second time, you may be unexpectedly called upon to read it aloud. Submitting the reflection is mandatory, and you will be fined if you do not submit one.

14. There is only one restroom, which is extremely inconvenient. You also have to be quick when using it—the “royal relatives” will directly turn the restroom doorknob to remind you that someone is waiting in line. (I was subjected to this treatment after spending only two minutes in the restroom. I suppose everyone’s digestive systems must be extremely healthy to stay here for long.)

15. The lights are not required to be turned off during the lunch break, so even if you turn them off, someone else may turn them back on and wake you up, or you may be woken by other people talking.

16. Employees who do not work in the warehouse may still be required to help out there. You also have to work overtime to help during inventory counts.

17. Coworkers will directly open other people’s drawers to take things. Touching other people’s belongings is normal at this company, and employees are required not to lock their computers with passwords, so others can directly open your computer. I was genuinely shocked to encounter a company with so little privacy and absolutely no awareness of information security.

18. At the end of the year, everyone is forcibly required to participate in the “Little Angel, Little Master” team-building game. You have to spend money buying gifts for coworkers, and if you give too little, people will criticize you. It is utterly ridiculous.

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1. The workload keeps increasing over time. Although I was hired for job A, I was later expected to learn job B. At first, I was told I would only be providing support, but eventually job B became the main responsibility.

2. The favoritism is extremely serious, and my coworkers constantly love to talk behind people's backs. If you do not fit into their little clique, for example, if two people make the same mistake, the person in the clique will be fine, while the person outside it will be scolded and talked about all over the place. If your behavior is simply something they cannot understand, they will also criticize you—even if you just leave work at a normal time, they will say that you are not dedicated to your work.

3. The company violates the Labor Standards Act. The so-called year-end bonus is actually accumulated by deducting money from employees' salaries as a purported employee welfare fund.

4. Employees have to clean: taking turns sweeping and mopping the floors and cleaning the toilets. You cannot start cleaning early before the end of the workday; if you do, people will talk about you.

5. Everyone has to write a reflection every month. If you do not write one, your salary will be deducted. (This is not mentioned during the interview; new employees do not have to write one during their first month.)

6. I do not understand why we have to sing at the monthly meeting.

1. New graduates can gain some experience. Working at a book distributor allows you to understand the operating models and marketing practices of publishers and bookstores, but you should not stay for too long.

2. The longer you work at any job, the heavier the workload becomes. However, when the warehouse is short-staffed, administrative departments (such as editorial) are pulled in to help pick books. Helping out when you are not busy is no problem, but when you are busy, you have to help another department and then find time to do your own work—unless you find a way to refuse with an excuse.

3. Many colleagues like forming cliques. Even one supervisor does not act like a supervisor and likes badmouthing others. Many colleagues enjoy flattering people or being nice to popular or cute newcomers. If you are considered part of their clique, mistakes or sloppy work are treated as if nothing happened. But if you are not in the clique, even if you remain polite, they will gossip and speak badly about you behind your back whenever you make a mistake. Some senior colleagues do not get along with them and are often targeted.

4. It is a family business, and some colleagues are relatives of the boss.

5. One supervisor handles matters relatively fairly, and working under him is generally fine. However, because it is a family business, some people like to put on a supervisor's airs: when they make a mistake, nothing happens, but when you make one, they lecture you.

6. There are violations of the Labor Standards Act. The year-end bonus is actually paid from the employee welfare fund, and the monthly welfare contributions do not provide any benefits to employees.

7. Employees have to clean: taking turns sweeping and mopping the floors and cleaning the toilets. You also have to wait until after work to clean, all to save the cost of hiring a cleaner.

8. There are many miscellaneous administrative tasks, but you can be exposed to various types of books.

9. Favoritism is severe. You have to adjust to the interpersonal relationships yourself, and employee turnover is not low.

10. It is near a hypermarket area, so buying things at noon is very inconvenient. The lunch break is one hour, and employees with scooters still have to ride out to buy things.

11. Be sure to ask clearly about the salary and benefits.

12. You have to wear a uniform, and the uniform is very ugly. At the monthly meeting, all employees must sing a song before the meeting begins.

The company is very cool; even on scorching summer days, the indoor temperature should be under 25°C without turning on the air conditioning.

The company’s address is very difficult to find, and the inside is basically a damp, gloomy warehouse.

At the beginning, you have to write a psychological test that they claim is patented.

But after you write it, they question whether you simply filled it out randomly.

They even said that your test was made up nonsense.

The job bank listing said they were looking for a marketing planner, but it turned out to be a booth staff member setting up at various school campuses.

You have to make the posters yourself, the monthly salary is 26,000, and you have to cover transportation expenses for the booths yourself.

The interviewer looked down on university students and thought that young people nowadays were all there to scam money.

Then why did they invite me to interview for the job? They just wasted my time and fuel money.