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Read the community guidelinesThere is afternoon tea.
At this company, you need to be very good at flattering people. So if you aren't, I'm sorry, but no matter how capable you are, you won't be valued or given important opportunities, because the boss consistently favors the same few people. Even if some people are not very capable, they can still hold high positions and enjoy an easy life. Also, if you unfortunately end up with a manager who has poor emotional control, you will be subjected directly to workplace PUA.
They really like organizing meaningless activities that make you feel as though you're wasting your time and your life. If you genuinely want to grow, I recommend not staying at this company and compromising your principles for a meager salary—you might even break your back doing so.
There are afternoon teas and birthday parties (they haven’t been canceled for now; the boss has said several times that they should be canceled).
It depends on the department, but genuinely good managers are extremely rare; most of them are......
The boss is extremely pro-China, and is not very good at managing emotions either. According to the boss, they have bipolar disorder, and may have an episode at any time if they don’t take medication.
Basically, for all company activities that are nominally voluntary, anyone who dares not to participate will be placed on a blacklist; it is also recommended to observe the situation before participating in voting activities. Although they are nominally democratic votes, anyone who votes for an option that is not the boss’s preferred choice will also be placed on the blacklist.
Basically, you won’t learn much. As long as you know how to flatter people, you can get by very, very well.
This is a company that really likes holding meetings. Meetings often last one or two hours or more, and they occur extremely frequently. Any project is also changed back and forth all day long.
At this company, the boss is the emperor and the heavens; you have to learn how to flatter and curry favor. Please don’t believe any grand promises or nice-sounding words.
Most importantly: run! This company is in a sunset industry, its performance has dropped sharply, and it is currently also very short of money, but the company continues to think that its transformation has been very successful. In addition, if the boss feels that they don’t need you, they will use various forms of cold violence and public verbal abuse to make you resign voluntarily. Unless you are really short of money, it is recommended that you go to a better company with more opportunities for development.