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Read the community guidelines1. The boss is very polite on the surface
2. The company has snacks
1. The boss is quite seriously emotional (I heard it used to be even worse)
2. When the boss dislikes you, they will do everything possible to make you leave
3. The boss himself really likes to nag
4. Has severe persecutory delusions and thinks that someone will steal their tickets
5. The company has an extremely high turnover rate; the average tenure is less than one year, and some people quit after just one day
6. During the interview, they said they were hiring due to expansion, but that was not actually the case—if they cannot retain their employees, how could they be expanding?
1. Snacks, refreshments, and drinks provided
2. Employee-priced tickets or complimentary tickets
√ The company has frequent staff turnover. There are interviews almost every day, and new hires often leave after only a few days. It is common for only two employees to manage the listings, shipping, and marketing campaigns across more than 20 e-commerce platforms, as well as purchase orders from other companies and retail customers. Even though the existing workload is already impossible to finish, employees are also assigned a pile of additional outside tasks. Every campaign generates nearly 1,000 orders, and each shipment has to be recorded on video, so we often do not finish packing until after 7 or 8 p.m.
√ Weekly/monthly presentations are always scheduled right before the end of the workday, and each meeting lasts one or two hours.
√ You also have to respond to messages after work.
√ I took over the work of a previous employee who had resigned after only four days of training. I still did not fully understand many things, but when I tried to ask how they had been done before, the boss scolded me.
√ The ERP system did not have all the necessary permissions enabled. Since there were many orders that needed to be processed quickly, I temporarily borrowed a colleague’s account to submit the orders. The boss immediately assumed that I was dumping my work on my colleague and harshly reprimanded me. Afterward, the boss did not even apologize or say, “Sorry, I misunderstood you.”
√ I forgot to clock out once, and the company immediately issued a warning in the group chat. I arrived at work half an hour early every day and had never left on time, but that one incident was treated as if I had no intention of working.
√ For expired tickets, even without the invoices or payment records, employees were forced to go to the hotel to request a refund. The hotel refused because the information was incomplete, and the boss even said that if I could not get the refund, I did not need to return to the company. This was a procurement matter—what did it have to do with a marketing specialist?
√ The boss insisted on dragging employees into rental disputes with tenants and making them handle the disputes.
I am very glad that I eventually left this work environment, where it was completely impossible to be happy. My coworkers were all very nice and helped one another (although this good coworker also resigned later). This is a high-pressure, long-hours job, so think carefully before taking it!
There is music in the office
The boss kept taking jabs at people.
He said that, in his eyes, I was labor, not talent.
The boss’s expression and the way he spoke were both really obnoxious.
During the interview, he answered a phone call and suddenly started yelling.
Because the boss asked whether I had any other questions about the job,
I asked a question about the work,
and he responded, “What the hell!!!”
Was I supposed to write out every detail of the job on five full pages of A4 paper for him to show me?
Are the bosses of Taiwan’s small and medium-sized enterprises all this obnoxious?
The boss is very superstitious and often goes to worship; you can eat the offerings (but I believe you can afford to buy your own).
1. The boss is very emotional <-------------------- KEY POINT
2. Meetings are held after work. Whenever there is a meeting, you will not leave work on time. There is one meeting per week.
3. You will be pressured to check and reply to his LINE messages outside working hours.
4. If you do not reply within one minute on LINE, he will snap at you and tell you not to waste his time.
5. He will tell you how capable the previous employee was and ask why you cannot do the same.
6. Clock in for work; take responsibility for your hours after work.