I was there at Ruang Gulag for a very short time.

Was following my senior's advice (he's from a local startup which has this 'work hard, play harder' mentality and managed to gain a really decent reputation here so far) to learn more about other things at my age.

Pas training di Gulag sih ngomongnya "udah ga ada deh sepengetahuan aku buat budaya 'saya ga mau tau, kamu harus dapet paid sekian juta hari ini juga' disini". Jadi ya mikirnya sih at least they won't be pushing you too hard if you don't manage to reach the target, although you still have to aim for it since that's the jobdesk anyway.

Kalo soal jobdesk sih ya, sometimes I think a part of it is a bit unrealistic, IMO, since even if you are being placed in a cluster that's pretty much in the countryside (which was my case), you still have a relatively same target as those in the cities. Their spending culture over there is way differ with those from the city, and this issue is rarely being addressed well. Siswa di daerah punya culture sendiri, dan campaign materials yang ada rasanya terlalu kota besar-sentris.

Ada guide buat pitching kita di Gulag, but it feels like it is being made after a study of those customers that live in the big city (which has better access to internet, 'nuff said), rather than specific campaign for specific region. You have to figure out most of the things on your own, and honestly it's fun to figure out and do the problem-solving stuffs for that issue IMO, but the next part is the part when it becomes a bit of a bummer.

Kenyataan lapangan selalu lebih lucu sih ya. there's this "Kamar Bangsal" session for those underperforming crews. Isinya? You guess it. Some higher ups 'motivating' you to 'achieve' better. Karena itu ya hari libur dikorbankan demi mengejar paid. Treating your sales force which pretty much spend their time on the countryside road for months as sick people, telling them to enter this bangsal room, and view them as those who are in need of reprimanding and ocehan dan marah-marah as a way to solve their sickness? I honestly was quite tired listening to the rants and honestly it was just "I don't care kenyataan lapangan dan animo siswa di kelasmu tadi kayak gimana, paid is paid and I only care about paid. So get one ASAP you worthless Gulag worker" in its entirety.

And on next week, you have to visit another kabupaten and several schools on said regency again. Rinse and repeat.

A senior of mine never had the chance to visit her parents at all due to that. And another senior tetep dipaksa datang ama coordinator ke daerah padahal udah izin sakit di HRD (and approved) karena she had a bad case of gastritis. Why? "Well kamu belum dapet paid sama sekali pekan ini". These events were why I decided to 'fail' myself on their Gulag Mencari Bintang, although I could still pass the following weeks since I honestly enjoyed the jobdesk.

For a salary that's just a bit higher than UMK di salah satu kota terbesar di Timur, it's not worth it honestly. You are working essentially 24/7 since you are pretty much going to be on the road for weeks and even months. The jobdesk is fine, just your usual sales stuffs. But some part of the cultures are just... Something to be frowned upon at. Bangsal is just... A bit too much IMO.

If you get a great Gulag coordinator in your cluster, you'll be having a blast tbh. They can even back you up in Bangsal and other Google Meet meetings (and a coordinator in a certain cluster here actually does that, and his cluster is one of the well-performing one due to his stern yet positive leading style. His Gulag workers are both loyal and having real growth due to that), and you can build up your positive mood back in no time. If you don't? It's self-explanatory.