Ridiculous management team - Anonymous employee Capital Dynamics Employee Review

Dear “Anonymous” We were all once young and fresh like you. While we understand that many things can get on your nerves easily, you should never act impulsively. Be humble and open-minded. It is rather disappointing to see a lot of false, illogical, and contradictory comments and accusations in your review given that that you have only been with us for about 2 months (and half of the time you were working remotely due to MCO). It is too soon for you to judge us when we have barely known each other. While we at Capital Dynamics highly respect freedom of speech and heartily encourage constructive feedback or comments, we stand strongly against and condemn all forms of false claims and/or unfounded accusations. You strongly contradict yourself when you say your “colleagues are friendly and lovely who are always willing to help and 90% are fresh graduates” and that Capital Dynamics has a “brutal and inhumane working environment”. In any company, the working environment is largely determined by the people working there. If Capital Dynamics is such a lousy place to work in as you claim, why is everyone always willing to help and why are so many Generation Z working here happily? Further, as a fresh graduate and without any prior knowledge in investment, you are wise if you can take “criticism” as a learning opportunity to become a better translator. Moreover, your supervisor always spends time to proofread your translations and point out your mistakes. If we did not value your efforts, we will not waste our time in continuing to teach you and guide you. When you falsely claim that OT is very common, you must be working in a different company. At Capital Dynamics, there is no practice of OT as there has never been any OT since Capital Dynamics started in 1989. We do not believe in OT. Everyone is free to manage their work and timetable. What time you end up leaving the office really depends on your own time management in managing your workload. We have always bought dinner, snacks, and drinks for our staff when they have to stay back to meet any deadlines. Throughout MCO, the Company bought breakfast, lunch, and snacks every day for all our staff to keep the office and the people working in the office safe from COVID-19 exposure. Your unfounded claim shows how unfamiliar you are with the company and its culture. Capital Dynamics publishes a weekly investment publication where timeliness and accuracy are of utmost importance. Changes are eventually bound to happen after these articles are proofread and edited. However, most of the time, the changes involved are merely grammatical, which does not really affect your translation. You are always welcome to propose a better approach in line with the nature of our business and licensing requirements. Do not forget that Capital Dynamics is licensed by the Securities Commission and the Ministry of Home Affairs. As you have barely interacted with the management; it is puzzling to hear such comments from you. You are distorting the fact. When a deadline has to be met for work, you just have to make it, by hook or by crook. This happens regardless of where you work at. Welcome to the working world. You are distorting the fact and taking things out of context. Every employer wants a piece of work to be done on time and with top quality. While we understand that you are still rather new in translation, as a licensed and responsible investment advisor, we cannot sacrifice the quality and accuracy of our investment publication. Positive critiques are to help you improve, they are not scolding and blaming. We have always been open about our 5.5 working days. You are well aware of the working hours when you accepted the job offer with the company, why are you complaining? How often have you stayed back in your 2 months with us? Possibly once or twice as far as we can remember. We have never involved you in any such a meeting. Do not create a wrong impression and distort the fact when you do not know about the matter and have not participated in any of such meetings. The meetings are planned in advance. Moreover, we only involve those who display potential to be groomed for fast-track career development. You can come to office slightly earlier than reaching on the dot. Isn’t being punctual a good and socially responsible practice? Doesn’t an airline announce and apologise when a flight is late? We empower our employees (as you wrote, naps are allowed at any time and staff can dress whatever they see as appropriate). We trust all our staff can manage their work efficiently and use the company’s resources responsibly. We have never blocked the internet usage, whether it is to surf the internet, watch videos, or listen to music. Acknowledging emails from any colleagues with respect (not just the CEO) is basic manner and work ethic. As you wrote, you hardly interact with the CEO – gratitude ? Gratitude for what? Capital Dynamics is 33 years old. You have only been with the company for 2 months. Most activities cannot be held due to the pandemic. You are an impulsive person, jumping to all kinds of conclusions. Again, be humble. Any advice must make sense for it to be taken onboard. You are well aware of the company’s policy before you accepted the job offer. This policy exists as a safeguard in ensuring full compliance with all regulations and law as we are heavily regulated. So, is it fair to complain now? Eat while working and don't think about entertainment – please do not praise yourself so much. Interesting, in less than 2 months, you are already thinking of resigning. Again, do not make unfounded accusation. Our advice to you – please focus on your work performance. A staff’s confirmation is determined based on his/her work performance, not the length of time the person is with the Company. While your colleagues were confirmed much earlier or within the standard 6-month probation, some may require more time to prove themselves. Again, we have never involved you in such a meeting. In addition, with the many lockdowns, work schedule, including meetings, have been heavily disrupted, not just at Capital Dynamics, but all over the world. Be more considerate and responsible. While you can go on your dates, you should also bear in mind your responsibility as a translator for the company – you already know the work load and timetable. Your birthday fell on a Friday, and it was a publication day, the busiest day for a translator, which you are well aware of. Yet, we left the decision to leave early entirely on you. Are we not considerate enough? Whether a glass is half full or half empty purely depends on a person’s attitude. Similarly, a person’s attitude will determine how he/she treats the opportunity of being exposed to other job functions. A wise employee will treasure this learning opportunity to enhance his/her knowledge and add value to his/her resume. At Capital Dynamics, we like to equip our staff with as much knowledge as possible and always encourage our staff to never stop learning as knowledge often goes a long way. It is strange that although you work as a translator, you talk a lot about other positions. Again, do not make unfounded accusation. The Company always encourages ALL staff to share their opinions and ideas. However, it is not uncommon that only sound and logical opinions or ideas will be accepted. Capital Dynamics only wants to retain staff with the right attitude so that they can grow alongside the Company. During this difficult time, one should be thankful that he/she still has a job. If you are indeed so good as you claim, you should have been able to secure other jobs long time ago, instead of, in your own words, having to continue torturing yourself in this “brutal and inhumane” company. We are rather disappointed as we had expected you to be more open-minded, mature, and responsible and much less impulsive and not so judgmental; after all you graduated from a decent Beijing university. Advice to Translator: Be humble, be responsible and be mature – Please grow up.