南一書局企業股份有限公司

1. The business department has assigned parking spaces.

2. Salaries are deposited on time on the 10th, with no delays or arrears.

1. Administrative efficiency is too low. When applying for something, you still have to fill out the form manually and send it by email.

2. The company has a strong culture of sycophancy. Good results are attributed to the supervisor’s effective leadership, while poor results are blamed on the sales staff for not working hard enough.

3. Supervisors handle matters inconsistently and inefficiently. When problems arise, they start shifting responsibility.

4. There are no holiday bonuses. When the company organizes events, sales staff have to pay their own money to volunteer (and those who do not participate are subject to retaliation later).

Paychecks are paid on time, and office staff get public holidays off.

At the time, I worked in the Digital Development Department, a department that seemed forward-looking and full of prospects. However, what usually makes a job exhausting is not the work itself but the people. Colleagues came and went, but the supervisor held a long-term position. Having a manager who cannot communicate with others is basically enough to leave you physically and mentally exhausted.

When I was there, there was a female supervisor who was not very tall, had small eyes, and fair skin. If you join the company and the department head happens to have the surname Lin and matches the physical characteristics described above, that will be the starting point of a life-changing ordeal.

When instructions are unclear, if what you do does not meet her expectations, the only outcome is to be humiliated. The way to make your days slightly easier is to flatter her more frequently. The supervisor has a poor memory, but if she misunderstands you because of her own memory, she will still throw a tantrum. If you explain it to her afterward, she will only respond with an “oh” or “mm” attitude. The same thing will happen again later.

Sometimes you may wonder whether you are working for a supervisor or serving a queen with princess syndrome.

(During interviews, they should probably screen out overly outspoken people. I found that the colleagues in this department all shared the trait of being easy to get along with. Yet these strengths in dealing with people and conducting oneself in life can make you doubt whether they are actually weaknesses in a toxic workplace, because soft ground is usually destined to be dug into more deeply.)

There is nothing particularly wrong with the company itself, but you need to join the right department. This department has a very high employee turnover rate, but it may be a family business, and the standards it applies to managers are difficult to evaluate by the standards of ordinary companies. All I can say is: if you are thinking of working under that supervisor, think carefully.

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The HR representative from one of this company's subsidiaries left me somewhat stunned during the interview. They abruptly ended the interview without observing even the most basic etiquette.

I also find it truly remarkable—not to speak ill of them, but they lacked even the most basic courtesy and did not even provide a basic introduction to the company.

They did not mention the benefits either. Truly remarkable.

1. The editorial department offers stable compensation and does not withhold salaries.

2. There is an attendance bonus.

1. Don't even think about holiday bonuses.

2. Performance bonuses are not paid to people who later take unpaid leave.

3. With the implementation of the new Labor Standards Act, more rules have been introduced to avoid paying overtime, for example: Saturday overtime is “recommended” to be compensated with time off, and if you have to work on Sunday, Sunday is shifted to become a regular working day, and so on.

4. There is an attendance bonus, but it is hardly worth the trouble—it is less than a day's wages.

5. A textbook is basically handled by one editor, which provides more opportunities to hone editorial skills than at other competitors.