方貝廣告有限公司

There is free coffee to drink. The first floor has roof racks, luggage carriers, various pickup truck accessories, a tire section, and a retail sales area for rooftop camping tents. The side entrance leads to the modification-parts section, so you can sometimes come downstairs to browse products from major brands.

Working hours are half an hour shorter than at most companies, and you can usually leave work on time.

The job title is “E-commerce Graphic Design and Management Specialist,” but the daily work consists of more than just listing products, monitoring six online stores, processing orders, and creating graphics. You also have to organize the extremely messy files on the company’s hard drives, archive a large number of photos of completed modifications, and post them to the various social media pages. It is the kind of job that can make you increasingly irritated.

However, the boss often complains that the marketing department seems to have no idea what it is busy doing every day!

The boss also complains that the marketing department is too passive and does not proactively propose more things the company could do.

The boss says, “Our sales have dropped a lot over the past few months, especially for roof racks. Many platforms don’t even have the products listed, so no wonder we’ve been losing so much money lately. Revenue in June was only two million, which means we need to review that quarter. Online marketing hasn’t been done well.”

The boss keeps complaining that the work is not diversified enough, that we are not expected to be all-rounders capable of doing ten things at once, that too few products have been posted, and that online exposure is insufficient—so sales have declined.

The boss also says, “I’m not putting too much pressure on you. I said you should get familiar with things gradually, and I haven’t asked you to work overtime. Going forward, you should also visit places like the Chengde commercial district and Carrefour to see how stores promote their products.” We are also required to write daily and weekly work reports, and whenever overseas suppliers release or do something, we are expected to follow suit.

In the end, it is the same empty promise: “If the company makes money, we’ll all receive bonuses—50,000, 100,000, and there may even be opportunities for promotion! But right now, sales have fallen this much, and we still have a lot of work to do.”

Therefore, the boss is clearly trying to exploit employees. Recently, the boss also brought in a friend who only joined the company in April to serve as the marketing department supervisor, and holds 10–15-minute meetings every morning to track daily work progress.

The software used by the company is not limited to the Adobe suite; the entire Microsoft Office suite is also pirated! Shortly after opening the software, a message appears saying, “Don’t risk the security of your files. Get genuine Office.” It’s ridiculous that the company is registered as an “advertising company.” Haha.

There is internal conflict between departments. As mentioned above, there are communication problems regarding work between the marketing and retail departments. The boss also often has poor emotional control, frequently speaking loudly and even shouting at the retail department.

Although one advantage mentioned above is that working hours are relatively short, the lunch break has also been shortened to only half an hour. The company additionally prohibits employees from going out to buy lunch at noon, claiming that if something happened, the company would have to handle it as a workplace injury. Therefore, employees can only order boxed lunches collectively through the company—but must pay for them themselves—or bring their own lunch.