Singapore has a problem with work.

After news broke that Sharon Au, who is now working in France, was reprimanded for sending emails at 8 PM, an article immediately appeared on Today to remind us that the notion of “after office hours” is not—and will never be—a thing in Singapore.

Outside mainstream media, discussions erupted over why is Singaporean work culture is so toxic and absurd. Is it because bosses don’t understand what “work-life balance” means? Or are bosses compelled to be assholes because Singaporeans are unproductive at work and are content being a salaryman?

But perhaps we don’t have to look far. Job ads, far from being an innocent solicitation, encode so many of the dysfunctional practices in our corporate culture today. We examine 7 types of job ads that exemplify what is wrong with the way that we, and corporations, view work today.