微音符有限公司

The advantage is that here you can temper your will and become a calmer, better person!

After leaving here, you can develop in all directions, because every day you have to deal with a giant baby who requires special education. So you can pursue a career in special education. And because the supervisor (aka the boss) enjoys being a constant liability every day, you often need to take on ten people by yourself, training you to handle the big picture alone.

Of course, it can also make you become someone who is easier to satisfy.

There are too many advantages to count!

The following is for Mr. Mai and Ms. Chang:

Since the company began operating, every time, the employees have collectively resigned.

A small company with fewer than eight people at full capacity can have more than a dozen people leave within just a few months. Mr. Mai and Ms. Chang, shouldn’t you take a step back and examine whether you, as the bosses, have fallen short in running the company?

Whether it is managing employees, the company’s cash flow, or even what the company actually wants to do at this point: Do you want to seriously continue pursuing contracts, or continue foolishly devoting yourselves to political figures?

As the bosses and managers, shouldn’t you think this through?

You always blame all the mistakes on former employees.

When you can’t win a contract, it’s the former employees’ fault; when you get blacklisted, it’s the former employees’ fault.

But think carefully: the company has been operating for almost ten years now. Could everything really be the employees’ fault?

If the boss knew how to properly maintain personal relationships instead of hiding in a dark sound-control room like a shut-in at every event; if the boss were sufficiently attentive, serious, and responsible when working, the company would not have ended up in its current state.

Be serious and responsible, okay? Don’t spend big money to save a little money while merely treating the symptoms instead of the cause.

Finally,

Although I’m not asking you to be especially generous, if you want to start a company and be the boss, you should understand that being a boss requires breadth of vision, and that you need to be magnanimous—not act like a petty, narrow-minded elementary school student who gives you the silent treatment whenever they get angry.

With such a narrow outlook, it is difficult to survive even in an ordinary corporate workplace. (We even joked privately that perhaps Mr. Mai could only start his own company because he couldn’t adapt to a regular workplace.)

As a former employee, this is all I have to say.

But I still sincerely want to tell everyone who has received an interview invitation and is considering going: Run, you deserve a better job.

Same as above.

Broadening your horizons—everything that happens at this company can turn your worldview upside down.

1. The boss has extremely poor hygiene, a very strong body odor, and halitosis that cannot be blocked even by wearing a mask, making it unpleasant to work.

2. The boss and his wife are extremely stingy. Not only are meals not reimbursed during business trips, but when submitting expense claims, you have to repeatedly follow up with the boss’s wife before you can get back the money you advanced. When traveling with the boss, you often have to pay for his meals (yes, you really have to pay for the boss’s meals), and he will not proactively repay you.

3. The boss is extremely emotional, politically minded, and very sensitive. Once he “feels” that your political stance differs from his, he will blow up, have his feelings hurt, and start freezing you out.

4. The boss gets bored with the old and is extremely fond of the new. He only likes newly hired employees and will look for opportunities to take newly hired female employees out driving, even though it is not actually required for work and is purely a matter of his personal preference.

5. The boss always likes to drive fast. When he is in a bad mood, he will even deliberately tailgate and harass other drivers. He drives fast while using his phone—not to handle work matters, but to scroll TikTok, browse Facebook, and watch YouTube. He clearly believes that other people’s children are expendable.

6. During interviews, he always makes all kinds of grand promises to attract candidates. Only after joining the company do you discover that everything mentioned in the interview was exaggerated by the boss. If the company goes bankrupt someday, the boss might consider applying to be an interviewer at another company.

7. The boss is always enthusiastic for only three minutes. As soon as anything displeases him, he abandons the project and dumps it on the employees, does nothing during the event, and then blames the employees afterward for not doing a good job. Meanwhile, the boss’s wife is blinded by love and endlessly tolerates her husband, resulting in the employees of this company always taking the full blame.

8. It is a very small company—there are only eight employees even at full staff—but 16 people have left within half a year. Why do you think that is?

If I had to give it a rating, I would absolutely give it a negative score.

The company keeps small pets, so when work stress gets overwhelming, you can go outside and observe mosquito larvae in a bucket, which is soothing for the mind and body; the company also offers the spectacular sight of “viewed horizontally, it becomes a mountain ridge; viewed from the side, a mountain peak”—truly a little National Palace Museum located in Shilin District 🥳

1. Even for making the slightest mistake, the boss will call you into his car. Regardless of his driving skills, the first thing the boss asks when you get in is: “Do you know why I asked you to get in the car?” He then starts emotionally manipulating you, and after lecturing you, begins berating other colleagues ☺️

2. Things are often delivered to vendors late, and projects are frequently fined because of late delivery. He never admits his own mistakes; instead, after the deadline has passed, he dumps the work on employees without telling them the deadline, then summons them for a harsh scolding, claiming that he worked overtime to finish it that night—only for it to later be discovered that he did not complete it at all ☺️

3. He assigns an impossible project. The employee works hard to complete it, but in the end, without informing anyone, he makes the project disappear. It was only after the employee proactively asked the organizer that they learned the project had never been submitted at all ☺️

4. His personal habits are extremely poor; people with mysophobia are not suited to this workplace! He is very good at making all kinds of watery, wave-like sounds with his mouth. Socks and trash are always scattered throughout the office. After finishing a cup of coffee, he does not throw it into the trash can, but instead places it on top of the trash can. The restroom is also a sight capable of inducing vomiting ☺️

5. He often complains about employees and takes credit for their achievements ☺️

6. You have to ask for your pay slip yourself, and the information on it is extremely unclear

If I had to give it a rating, I would give it the worst possible rating ❌❌❌❌❌

Does “the colleagues are nice” count? (Though almost all of them have left.)

1. There is no clear promotion system and no future prospects.

2. The workspace is small and always cluttered. Wires, batteries, books, and other items are left lying around everywhere. The meeting table was just organized last week, but by the following week it was cluttered again.

3. The company is small, generally with no more than 10 people. The boss’s wife simultaneously handles human resources, accounting, administration, planning, execution, and sales. There are no professional HR or accounting staff.

4. During the interview, they said overtime pay was provided, but in practice it was not.

5. Labor insurance wages are underreported.

6. The company’s benefits are average, salary growth is extremely limited, and there are no holiday bonuses or year-end bonuses.

7. The company’s basic rules are not communicated unless you proactively ask, and there is no training.

8. The boss is delicate and sensitive, with a somewhat bad temper. He often argues with you over minor details in what you say, expects employees to guess what he is thinking, and tends to go around in circles when speaking. He likes to boast about his past achievements and inquire about employees’ political leanings. If you disagree with him on any matter, he may terminate your employment because he feels that he cannot communicate with you.

9. In addition to termination, as mentioned above, he may also transfer you to a position completely different in nature from your original work simply because you have offended him.

10. He frequently complains to each employee individually about other employees and shows them the conversation records of the people he is complaining about.

Convenient transportation

1. The company owner has accomplished nothing and his way of doing things causes employees a great deal of difficulty. He repeatedly fails to complete the work that is his own responsibility. Only when things are urgent and clients are pressing does he tell them, “I’ll send it to you shortly,” despite the fact that it has not actually been completed—or has not even been started. He then simply dumps the work on employees and gives them extremely unreasonable deadlines, or does not state a deadline at all, apparently assuming that employees will know that anything without a specified deadline must be completed immediately. He also fails to allocate work according to employees’ workloads, frequently resulting in excessive workloads.

2. The company’s handling of the pandemic was not sufficiently rigorous. When the owner’s wife tested positive, the owner acted as if it were no big deal and even ignored government epidemic-prevention regulations by going out during the period when he was required to self-isolate. After returning to the office to work, while the pandemic situation was still serious, he coughed without wearing a mask inside an office where employees were present.

3. The company’s compensation is average, with very little salary growth. Overtime is not paid; employees receive only compensatory leave. It seems that only after working there for a certain number of years and proactively bringing it up is there a chance of receiving overtime pay.

4. The company environment is poor and filled with all kinds of miscellaneous items. The owner has poor hygiene habits: Socks he has taken off and food containers left behind after eating often appear near his desk. After using the restroom, he always leaves without cleaning up, because all the “clouds” remain in the toilet. When employees use the restroom afterward, they often experience considerable visual discomfort.

5. The owner gives unclear instructions, is difficult to communicate with, and has bizarre logic. Employees often need to guess what he is thinking; otherwise, they easily step on his countless and difficult-to-understand land mines. Staff must possess psychic abilities.

6. The owner is focused on political cases and is in a politically sensitive and fanatical state. He obeys the political figures he serves without question, agreeing even to unreasonable requests from them, and then requires employees to carry out unreasonable tasks.

Located on the first floor, so there are no stairs to climb.

(1) The company has no prospects for development. The boss and his wife are constantly focused on small, immediate gains, and will spend a lot of money to save a small amount. There are problems with financial management, including instances of delayed salary and labor insurance payments. Employees are not informed in advance; they are only notified on the evening of payday, without being asked whether they agree.

(2) The boss lacks ability and is stubborn and self-righteous. However, whenever something goes wrong, he completely shifts the blame and responsibility away from himself.

(3) The boss’s wife is capable in business, but blindly follows and idolizes the boss. As a result, some projects that could clearly have made money instead end up operating at a loss.

(4) The company environment is poor, like a warehouse. Smelly socks and used tissues are thrown all over the floor. There is only one restroom, and the boss occupies it frequently. After using the restroom, he does not flush away the mess properly, so going in there can often be a shock.

(5) During the interview, they said the company mainly handled projects related to arts and culture, but after actually joining, the reality was completely different. I later discovered that the boss says this in every interview to attract applicants’ interest.

(6) The company’s compensation and benefits are average, and it tests the limits of what is legally permissible. The violations are difficult to document and therefore difficult to report.

Finally

The boss is involved in politics. If he discovers that someone’s political stance differs from his, he will lose his temper :)

Flexible working hours and lunch breaks

1. No clear promotion system

2. Endless overtime

3. No dedicated accounting or HR positions (both are handled by the owner's wife)

4. Seriously understaffed (the company is all women; events involve a lot of physically demanding work, and one woman is expected to do the work of two men)

5. The company environment is not very good; it feels like a warehouse

6. Although the flexible working hours and lunch breaks are supposed to be an advantage, the actual lunch break is basically always less than an hour. Once everyone finishes eating, they automatically start working, and overtime is often required

7. No overtime pay, only compensatory leave. Moreover, no one proactively explains this when you join; you have to ask colleagues to find out how to apply

8. The owner and the owner's wife are both very subjective and have bad tempers (I can't say much more about the details)

9. Labor insurance is provided at a lower salary level than the actual salary

10. The company presents itself as organizing events in the cultural and creative industry, but in reality, these make up only a small proportion