During a celebratory banquet for TVB’s high-rated drama series Triumph in the Skies 2 <衝上雲霄II>, TVB’s Executive Chairman Norman Leung (梁乃鵬) announced his plans on reforming lacking corporate cultural in a scheme called the TVB Family Culture. Hoping to establish a sense of belonging to its artists and staff members, Leung stressed that the TVB family culture project will work on promoting more opportunities for their artists, as well as issuing more reasonable working hours and salaries to their employees. At an event for Praisage, an online community that has users post positive reviews or comments on a staff member or brand, Sheren Tang (鄧萃雯) weighed in on her thoughts about TVB’s new culture makeover, saying that though she is happy for her former overworked colleagues, she is unable to perceive a fully-integrated TVB family culture in the near future. She said, “It’s going to be a long road to achieve that. It’s good to have a start, but TVB’s a large company. It has its own political system, and you can’t just change that right away. When people leave, it will take a lot of convincing to bring them back.” After shooting of TVB’s Beauty at War <金枝慾孽貳> last year, Sheren was very vocal in expressing her disappointment with TVB’s poor script-writing practices, complaining that scripts were often re-written the last minute. Shooting for the 30-episode drama took a great toll on her overall health. The two-time Best Actress winner also added, “I feel like the executives do not really understand what their employees want. Mr. Leung said filming would not go overtime and production would not start with an unfinished script. Why? Just having to deal with these concerns alone can affect the employees’ morale and health. How can the company improve this way?” Creds: Oriental Daily
