Workplace reviews and discussion: 南一書局企業股份有限公司(總公司)

Chang Hong's facade is quite beautiful.

Nan Yi's southern factory is very ugly, looking roughly like an office from twenty or thirty years ago. The interviewing supervisor was a very slick person. Knowing that you had come down from northern Taiwan, he immediately said that they had previously had someone else come from the north as well, then asked whether that person had received a housing stipend—an indirect way of saying that they do not provide accommodation. The supervisor showed some contempt toward people who did not understand the reference-book industry; you had to argue your case forcefully before he would consider you valuable. Simply put, they could be considered a sunset industry: for each book, the government only provides the officially set printing price. The art editor's work has to take teachers' opinions into account, while the business supervisor has to consider the opinions of a large number of people, making changes again and again before the deadline. The interviewer looked down on people who did not have their own ideas, but he answered questions indirectly, making him seem very self-important.