The working hours are relatively flexible, so you can arrange them yourself.

I worked as a graphic designer at this company for nearly four months, and I had been there the longest (?)

The job basically covered everything under the sun, from materials for beverage shops and lifestyle-goods shopping websites to items for foundations, images for older adults... everything!

The following is just my personal opinion (my blood-and-sweat experience):

1. Salaries were often paid late, or sometimes only half was paid.

The boss would say it was because cash flow was tight and ask whether you could accept receiving it in two installments... Never agree! Once you agree, your salary will be paid in two installments every time afterward! This is what I heard from an employee who worked at a beverage shop.

2. No labor or health insurance:

During interviews, the boss would say, "We have group insurance. If you need labor and health insurance, we can arrange that too. Everything follows the Labor Standards Act~"

After I took the initiative to ask them to enroll me in labor and health insurance, more than NT$4,000 was deducted from my monthly salary for the premiums. The boss had no intention of paying the portion the company was supposed to cover and made the employees bear all of it (I consulted the Labor Affairs Bureau, which confirmed that this violated the Labor Standards Act). When I argued with him, he would say, "All of this was explained during the interview," and basically just flatly deny any responsibility!

3. Disrespect for professional expertise:

A former coworker and I once made business cards for him. It would have been bad enough if he had simply disliked the design! He actually took the files directly to a printing shop and had someone else modify them. He would also say, "The printing shop finished them in less than a day. Why did you take so long?" My coworker and I were both completely dumbfounded...!

Not to mention that we were also asked to make extremely ugly images for a certain pro-KMT politician. One of my fellow graphic designers quit because of making these images for older adults! Other coworkers were also fired for reasons such as not working fast enough or having a bad attitude.

He would even ask us to steal photos from the internet. When told that they were copyrighted, he would reply, "Really? How come I didn't know?" He was obviously just playing dumb! He would also tell us to download the design software ourselves.

It was only after I resigned that I discovered that more than NT$4,000 had been deducted from my salary in a single month for labor and health insurance premiums. When I called to argue with him, he turned around and berated me, saying that I had not been working during working hours, and threatened to post surveillance-camera footage to an online whistleblowing forum... among other things. Before that, he had already been withholding my salary and those of my former coworkers for more than two months. His entire attitude was so awful that it was unbearable!

My salary was NT$23,000 plus NT$2,000 for perfect attendance, only NT$25,000 in total, but the boss always considered it a very high salary! He liked hiring recent graduates because he knew they lacked experience and did not understand the realities of the job market. He would make them do all sorts of odd jobs unrelated to their work. Once, he even asked one of my fellow graphic designers to package sugar packets XD

The employee turnover was extremely high. In the short three months I worked there, five coworkers came and went. Apart from me, the longest-serving person was fired after less than a month, while the shortest stayed for only three days before quitting! After coworkers resigned, the boss would keep badmouthing them, peppering his comments with profanities, which made people very uncomfortable!

In short, I’m amazed that I managed to hold out that long. My recommendations: 1. If you want to experience a toxic old-school boss; 2. if you want to improve your arguing skills; or 3. if you want to practice being submissive, you can give this place a try!