裕益汽車股份有限公司

Observations from four years here

1. The comfortable environment is good for those with families. There is little pressure, so you can have several more children.

2. The overall pace of work is slow, and subordinates are given plenty of opportunities to make and learn from mistakes.

3. Office staff leave work on time. On-site staff can leave when their work hours end as long as no overtime is required. There is plenty of time to use as you wish.

4. The products the company represents are strong. If you are willing to learn, you can learn a lot. You have to rely on yourself rather than others. No one is obligated to teach you; if someone is willing to teach you, that is truly a blessing.

5. There have been many capable and accomplished senior employees in the company over the years, and you can learn from them and gain very different experiences and knowledge.

6. There are regular department outings that help improve interaction and relationships between supervisors and subordinates.

7. Most employees are kind, simple, and warm-hearted. However, some people have problematic attitudes and like to stab others in the back.

8. The company has many exceptionally capable but low-key people. Once you get to know them, you can learn alongside them.

1. Many people who have been on-site or in office positions for 15–25 years rely on their seniority, do little work, and mainly give orders. (Some serious employees stop trying once they reach retirement.)

2. The personnel system has remained unchanged for years. People are promoted based on seniority regardless of ability, without evaluating whether they are suitable to become managers. There is an entry mechanism but no exit mechanism, allowing inferior employees to drive out capable ones. Promotions through examinations are also predetermined, with no clear standards.

3. People inside the company (including other entities in the same business group) love spreading rumors and gossip, especially about bonus amounts, personnel transfers, and promotion policies. News is often known before anything is officially announced.

4. There are many cliques, both on-site and in the office. Department heads favor their own people; those who are not part of the group are left idle, assigned odd jobs, neglected, or bullied.

5. The company is run as a one-person show, and people speak according to seniority and rank. Otherwise, you will be pushed down, verbally attacked, and eventually met with eye-rolling.

6. Staying in the comfort zone for too long makes employees rigid. They do not seek to change their methods or learn. They often talk about how things were done in the past, talk endlessly, and push work around because they are afraid to take responsibility, making them unable to handle high-end work.

7. If you are capable and know how to work, you will be worked to death. When a senior person in another department says they cannot do something, they will naturally come to you. Once you touch the task, you cannot get away from it, and your department manager will not intervene. They may even say they are giving you more opportunities to learn and that it is good for you. If you refuse work outside your scope because you are new, you will be labeled negatively. (In other words, do not be too smart.)

8. Senior middle managers are highly jealous. They are afraid that someone may be more capable than they are, are afraid to teach, and block information. They only teach their own followers.

9. Salaries are not high, but bonuses are substantial. The personnel system is outdated and unchanged. Before joining, your previous years of experience will be put into a formula that results in a low salary. (Do not rely on connections; prove yourself through your own ability.)

10. You need to know how to read the room. Be sweet-talking, flexible, and polite. You must be obedient and never complain, whatever the issue. Otherwise, many people who seem nice on the surface will pass on what you said, modifying it along the way before reporting it to your supervisor.

11. Do not seek recognition or emphasize your individualism. The environment does not allow you to stand out too much; the person who sticks their head out is easily struck down. Unless you are truly so capable that even these people find you impressive, do not rush to shine. People getting shot down is common here.

12. The company has rules and procedures, but they are applied selectively. Managers may not follow them and may even break their own principles or change direction constantly because they are afraid of being the bad guy and afraid of changing the status quo. This causes people who cannot stand watching it to leave or transfer departments. Many managers, including women in management, know that problems exist but do not want to devise solutions or make improvements. They would rather avoid conflict and, when a major problem occurs, downplay it and suppress the matter.

13. The environment tends to seriously marginalize capable people, whether on-site or in the office. People are afraid of being replaced or of disrupting their existing comfortable lives. After becoming accustomed to the comfort zone, they lose their motivation and their ability to learn. They prefer to do less rather than take on more, simply waiting for their pay. When bonuses are paid, they gossip about who received more, without reflecting on what they themselves have done.

14. It is best to keep your mouth shut and talk to coworkers as little as possible about anything beyond work, especially commenting on others. In particular, do not offend the “abbot”—someone who has a close relationship with the top boss. There is no one here you can truly trust as a friend. The company culture makes employees selfish; they only push work away and protect themselves. Few people think about doing what is best for the company.

15. People here love comparing seniority, and many immediately ask which military-service class you belonged to. They use 30 or 20 years of experience to pressure younger employees. In reality, when you look closely, it often means they have spent 30 years learning one thing, not 30 years learning many things and skills. Their work is at the level of someone who has been in the workforce for only two years. (The truly strong people in the company can absorb and develop real expertise over the same number of years.)

16. Some employees like pointing fingers and criticizing others while forgetting to look at themselves. They compare every little thing and are overly concerned about details. Even when people are absent, they criticize them behind their backs. (Perhaps they simply have too little to do.)

Summary:

Every colleague who leaves under normal circumstances seems to have the same experience. The communal, equal-share way of life here is comfortable, so it easily makes people let their guard down. After staying too long, they lose their drive and become disconnected from companies outside. Many people cannot leave the company and can only drift through life here. Unless you still have value to offer, if you do well outside, people here will be jealous; if you do poorly, they will say you deserve it. It depends on how you define and position “work” for yourself. Every company has its problems, but the key point is that company culture is not created by employees—it is shaped by the company. Whether you want to become competitive or remain in a comfort zone, you must decide for yourself and choose what kind of person you want to become in the future. This place is like a chicken coop where a free-range chicken is suddenly put among a group of feed chickens. The feed chickens will eventually find a way to kill the free-range chicken. In other words, capable people cannot survive here; instead of becoming alert and improving, the people here use other methods to drive them away because they would disrupt the existing ecosystem of comfortable survival. There is no problem with learning things here; it depends on your own attitude and how you adapt.