Workplace reviews and discussion: 新漢股份有限公司

Large company with friendly HR staff.

Disrespectful toward applicants; benefits and salary are based on the lowest possible standards; denies applicants’ past achievements; and, in order to suppress salary offers, treats candidates with more than four years of work experience as if they were blank slates.

The position I interviewed for was “Event Marketing Planner.” This is provided as a reference for anyone preparing to apply for this position or for a marketing department position at this company.

The entire process took three hours. At the beginning, I was asked to write two lengthy English press releases and letters. During the written test, the HR manager interrupted me and began the interview, asking detailed questions about my past work experience. When I asked questions, the answers were irrelevant and filled with rambling. In the end, because the manager was in a hurry, they even recited a string of incomprehensible jargon as if reading from a script. I then continued writing the press release, but a woman came in and interrupted me for the second time. Without introducing herself, she began an English oral test. She spoke very quickly and also stumbled over her words, asking professional questions such as whether I understood what factory automation involved.

I then waited for approximately 40 minutes before the marketing department manager appeared. Wearing a mask, the manager asked some basic questions while repeatedly making distracting habitual filler sounds and sitting with arms crossed, giving off an arrogant, condescending attitude. The manager did not even look at the press release I had spent time writing. Regarding event planning, the manager asked, “What are the systems and wooden boards at an exhibition venue?” I honestly answered that I did not know. The manager then seemed to deny the possibility that I could perform the job. Based on the questions and answers with personnel from the two departments, they said on the one hand that an industry background was not required, while on the other hand they had built a high wall against applicants without an IPC industry background. Finally, the manager again emphasized that my salary expectations were too high and hurriedly stood up to leave before I had finished asking my questions. This was extremely disrespectful. I recommend carefully considering whether it is worth spending time with this department of the company.