Workplace reviews and discussion: 七盟電子工業股份有限公司

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Here is my personal experience:

1. If you are not a relative of royalty or nobility and your English is not exceptionally good, it is actually not difficult to work for four or five years on the overseas business team at Seven Alliance. When I first joined, one of my subordinates relied on two major domestic distributors (of course, the company had assigned these clients to him). Because they needed RMAs, he had to drive over almost every other day. Naturally, during the weekly sales reports, he could calmly and confidently give a detailed report. First, he had substantial content to report; second, the orders placed by these two major distributors were definitely enough to satisfy the boss. Therefore, the company did not keep a close eye on him, and he did not need to write any customer-development emails to overseas clients. He worked steadily like that for four or five years, then resigned and left without a hitch.

2. Why do I bring up this person? Because he was one of the few exceptions. If you also want to get clients like those, you had better negotiate with the boss before the interview. If you foolishly do what I did—join the company, send an email, and ask the boss for them, thinking that what you are doing is reasonable and harmless—in their eyes, you are completely offending them. Of course, in the end, they will casually come up with some bullshit reason to fire you.

3. Negotiating before the interview is the smart move; it is the way to go. Negotiating after the interview makes them think you are an idiot, and they will use an idiot's justification to dismiss you. Don't forget: they are unreasonable wolves.