When I was still inexperienced and interviewed there, I wrote down an expected salary of around NT$23,000. The interviewer looked surprised and said, “You’re asking for NT$23,000 right off the bat???!! We start at NT$19,000~”

Then they smiled brightly and said, “But we provide meals and a housing allowance, and you work Monday through Saturday~”

This is one of the scenes I’ll never forget. I learned that writing down NT$23,000 as my expected salary was apparently a very unreasonable thing to do.

Regardless, I went to work there with enthusiasm. I quite liked the work itself, and they did give time off in lieu for overtime, although the overtime pay was a bit low.

Not having two days off per week was really exhausting too (though I think they have that now).