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Read the community guidelinesI honestly can't think of any.
For the first few months after you join, they treat you very well and praise you every day. Then they show their true colors, launching all kinds of meaningless personal attacks, maliciously undermining your confidence, and afterward telling you to keep it up.
They don't care whether your workload is beyond capacity. First, they tell you to handle multiple cases at once to see whether you can manage. When you really can't keep up and ask whether someone can help share the workload, the boss will even scold you for not saying so earlier.
There is no overtime pay, and there certainly aren't any opportunities for promotion. The boss's wife has too much free time and will occasionally come looking for trouble.
The only advantage is having weekends off and leaving work on time (when there are no events).
The boss really runs the office according to their mood. Every meeting can turn into a reprimand session, with no point ever being made and everyone's time constantly wasted\b. Even the smallest issue can lead to personal attacks. In this workplace, the boss is the system. New hires receive no training whatsoever, and colleagues undermine one another—passing the buck whenever possible and avoiding work whenever they can. It is emotionally exhausting.
For newcomers, it’s actually not bad at first. There are opportunities to gain experience, and it’s a training ground for stress testing. The colleagues are very friendly and highly capable, and there are many opportunities to work on China-related matters.
The salary and benefits are really not very good—quite low. Be extremely careful not to step on the boss’s or the boss’s wife’s landmines (for example, minor details at work). Pay attention to the lunchbox dishes and prices, the venue layout and seating, and the procedures. Anything reported to the boss must also be extremely detailed to avoid having your wording picked apart. The mental pressure is truly enormous. You often have to switch between both sides (the association/company), and meetings frequently turn into the boss’s lecture sessions, criticizing young people for treating work as if they were just playing house. There are many nuances to watch out for; otherwise, be psychologically prepared for a very difficult experience.