Workplace reviews and discussion: 桂格_佳格食品股份有限公司

Colleagues are generally easy to get along with, and everything else follows the Labor Standards Act.

The Taoyuan, Hsinchu, and Miaoli areas are all handled by the Zhongli office. If you apply for a sales position in the PX channel, the actual work is basically the same as merchandising; it is just called sales because that sounds better. The job involves visiting PX Mart every day, with four or five stores per day (covering Hsinchu is even more exhausting because the round-trip commute alone takes nearly two hours. After deducting a one-hour break, and with about an hour typically spent from arriving at the company until leaving, nearly four hours are taken up by fixed time. I really do not recommend covering Hsinchu). The supervisor often asks how much stock you replenished and how much you accomplished that day, and how long it took, and watches the timestamps on your photos every day. (If you visit fewer than three stores in Hsinchu, you will be severely reprimanded.) Management uses a merchandising-style approach to manage sales staff. I do not recommend this position to people with sales experience, because this supervisor has never covered other channels and only thinks that sales in other channels are declining while PX Mart improves every year (but you are not the one negotiating those amounts, so what is there to be arrogant about?). He has difficulty understanding other perspectives when discussing matters and only insists that you follow his way of doing things. When there is an issue, he tells you to find the team leader. Whatever you do, do not go to him—because he will not help anyway.

Working hours are 9:00–18:00 every day. Other colleagues usually return to the company at 6:30 (which is considered normal) or nearly 7:00 (if you return too early, the supervisor will ask how many stores you visited). After that, organizing the data and photos takes about another hour. The supervisor often holds meetings with you after 6:00 p.m. to review problems with your data. He usually does not review them with you in the morning, so when the review happens at night, you can imagine how late it gets. They do not clock out, so no overtime pay is generated. The longer the supervisor talks to you, the shorter your break time becomes.

This supervisor really likes chewing betel nuts, so if you apply for PX, you should recognize him at a glance. If your interview is not conducted by HR, you may have a chance.

Once, on National Day, the supervisor suddenly informed us that there would be a PX Mart Double Ten Day event the following day and asked us to provide support. Who would dare say no? Compensatory leave was provided, but the event had already been scheduled—it was really... I’m not even exaggerating.

Regarding leave, once I caught a severe cold and took sick leave. When I went to work the next day, the supervisor called me into a small room to talk and asked what illness I had. I said it was probably influenza, and he actually replied, “Not a sexually transmitted disease, right?” He said that since I could still walk and talk, why had I taken leave? I told him that coming to work would seriously affect my performance and compromise driving safety. He completely failed to understand and only replied, “If you take leave, no one will help handle your area.” He completely disregards employee safety and also engages in verbal bullying.

He often targets people rather than addressing the issue, so do not upset him under any circumstances.

There is often laughter in the other channels, but this channel has absolutely none—it is genuinely bizarre. If you want to join this company and work in this channel, I recommend avoiding Taoyuan, Hsinchu, and Miaoli. Other regions would be better. Your mood will be brighter and your outlook broader.