Workplace reviews and discussion: 惇陽工程顧問有限公司

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I interviewed there last year and wanted to share my experience for everyone’s reference.

My basic information is as follows: I graduated with a master’s degree in land administration from a national university, but I had already been working for two years before pursuing my master’s degree. At the time, my salary was 29K, and I had also handled quite a few cases—approximately nine in total.

The interview was conducted by a female manager. The first thing she said was: “We don’t pay overtime. Everyone here is on a responsibility-based system. We’re looking for comrades-in-arms—people who are willing to go into battle and fight alongside us. So we’re looking for warriors who are mentally prepared and ready.” She continued: “Our salaries have a RANIG level system, and each level has its own responsibilities. If you’re at 23K–25K, your responsibilities are to handle clerical work, organization, and basic data processing. That’s the level for an ordinary university graduate who has just graduated. At 25K–28K, you should be able to handle and organize the chapters of a service proposal without requiring the manager to filter and check every detail. At 29K–32K, you should be able to independently handle an entire proposal, including its illustrations and so on. At 32K–36K, that’s the manager-level salary range. You’re expected to take full responsibility for a case and give presentations yourself. For someone at the 29K level, we might occasionally let them give a presentation, but if you’re at the 32K level, you must be capable of presenting on your own. We’ll only stand beside you and watch, or we may not even need to attend—you should be able to handle everything independently. Where do you think you belong?”

When I was about to respond, she looked over my résumé and said, “I think you should be at 29K.” However, I had written 32K as my expected base salary for a master’s degree. I told her that I didn’t think 32K was particularly high, and she immediately replied: “Do you think your abilities are at that level? I looked at your experience. You’ve handled quite a few cases, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the standards at your previous company were the same as ours…” and so on. During the discussion, she said something even more astonishing: “All right, since you insist so strongly on 32K, then we’ll go with that figure. We’ll adjust it after your probationary period. Whether it goes up or down will depend on you.”

I was so speechless at the time that I only remember the parts that left the deepest impression on me. When I walked out of her office—which had glass partitions—I saw a small area where people were working. The atmosphere felt very oppressive, so I immediately left the company.

Overall, it was a very strange and uncomfortable experience. However, this was only my personal interview experience, so I’m sharing it for everyone’s reference.