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Read the community guidelines1. Commuting hours are usually very punctual.
2. Gifts are given for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
3. Colleagues generally get along very well (except for the boss).
4. There is a wide variety of machines; I thought my assembly and electromechanical experience would be useful.
5. Occasionally, the company takes employees out for an upscale buffet.
1. Every day after work, you have to spend at least 5–10 minutes writing a work log. If you write too little, the boss scolds you; if you write detailed entries, he still asks you the next day what you did because he never reads them! It is a waste of time, and he also frequently asks you to report your work progress even when you have already written it in the work log.
2. Every morning, you have to place your phone in the phone locker, but his family and relatives do not have to.
3. The boss is so suspicious that he seems to have a real problem. The company occupies a five-story building and has more than 30 surveillance cameras—approximately 4–6 face outward, while the rest monitor employees inside the company. Even when he goes out for fun, he sometimes connects to the company’s surveillance system with his phone to check on things. If you have nothing to do and walk around, he immediately calls to ask what you are doing...
4. The boss has absolutely no trust in his employees. Although employees have access cards, they can only use them to clock in and out and move between the first and second floors. They cannot use them on any other floors. To take the elevator to the fifth floor, you have to go to the office to request permission or explain what you are doing; otherwise, you cannot get in and must wait for someone in the office to open the door.
5. The boss is very good at using persuasive talk and making empty promises. A salary of 30,000 is not the base salary—it is the total salary. He constantly tells you that he sees your efforts, and that if you work hard, he will give you a raise; or that if you help him make money, he will share some of it with you. I can only say: absolutely none of that happens!!!!!!
6. Bonus system: Normally, if a company advertises bonuses for the three major festivals, they should be given every year. At this company, however, it depends on the boss’s mood and whether he likes you. Of the three festivals, only the Mid-Autumn Festival bonus may (perhaps) (probably) (possibly) be given; the other two are basically zero.
7. Overtime pay is calculated based on the base salary, so it is very little.
8. The boss makes random promises to customers all day. Every employee tells him that something cannot be done this week, but he turns around and tells the customer that it is okay this week...
Then he asks whether people can work overtime, but many things cannot necessarily be completed just by working overtime. When they really cannot be finished, he blames the employees, saying that it is because we normally do not cooperate with overtime that nothing gets done, and blames everyone for always dragging things out until the last minute.
9. The boss does not distinguish between public and private matters. His sons also work at the company, but they spend all day doing nothing. Work starts at 8:30, but they arrive between 9:30 and 10:30; work ends at 5:30, but they leave between 3:00 and 4:00. When they make mistakes at work or design a machine incorrectly, they pretend not to notice. Then those of us below them struggle desperately to clean up the mess, and they turn around and ask why we are working so slowly.
10. In the morning, the boss sits in the entrance lobby. Do you think he is reading the newspaper? No—he is waiting for people to greet him. If you do not greet him, he scolds you. He also deliberately sits in the security guard’s position because there is a surveillance monitor in front of it, allowing him to start monitoring people from the moment they arrive.
11. Being late directly results in a 2,000 deduction from the perfect-attendance bonus. There is no grace period, no exceptions, and no way to offset it by taking leave.
(I have never been late, but I think it is somewhat excessive that there is absolutely no leeway or grace period.)
12. The salary-increase system is unclear. He uses promotions to give you a raise, but the increase is always fixed at 2,000. For example, if you earn 22,000 today and are promoted to team leader, your salary becomes 24,000. Then he tells you that being a supervisor requires a sense of responsibility and so on, and starts asking you to work overtime at every opportunity. In reality, you do the same work, but he compresses the time allowed even further (for example, a task that should take three days must be completed in one day after you become a team leader).
I can only say that working here creates a lot of unnecessary pressure. To summarize:
Work logs that you have to write every day even though he barely reads them.
Surveillance cameras everywhere.
Phones cannot be used (except during mealtimes and the two 10-minute break periods).
A bonus system where you almost never receive bonuses, or only see other people receiving them (if there is a bonus, it is 2,000).
He frequently calls you in for a lecture or gives you a speech about morals and principles.
Engineering schedules are constantly compressed, forcing you to work overtime.
You are restricted wherever you go (which is very inconvenient).
They expect you to know how to do everything, but even if you do, you will not receive a raise; they use promotions to create that illusion.
There are no employee trips (at least there have not been any during the several years I have worked here).
Punctual working hours
Team dinners depending on the boss’s mood (they only go to five-star buffets)
A boss who is very good at painting grand visions and has a strong need for control. There are cameras all over the company, and he will call the extension next to you at any time to ask what you are doing (even when abroad, he monitors through the cloud). Private mobile phones are not allowed at work, and everyone has to write a daily work log after work. If it is not detailed enough, he will scold you.
Reward and punishment system: What he says goes. Even official announcements mean nothing. If he likes you, he will promote you; if he does not, he can strip you of your rank at any time (and cut your pay).