Salaries differ between southern, central, and northern Taiwan

As I recall: Southern Taiwan: 28,000

Central Taiwan: 30,000

Northern Taiwan: 31,000

The above salaries all include a NT$1,000 perfect-attendance bonus

The following applies to back-of-house staff.

On regular weekdays, working hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

There is a one-and-a-half-hour split shift in the middle: 2:00–3:30 or 3:30–5:00.

Weekend shifts:

Working hours:

9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

The period from 9:30 to 10 a.m. is unpaid (this is the key point).

So whenever the schedule is marked in red, you start work at 9:30.

Every time you work that shift, half an hour is deducted from your time—in other words, you work for free.

I personally heard that an employee once asked why this half hour was unpaid.

The 《company’s highest-level supervisor》 also said that, during the interview, it had been stated that weekend work from 9:30 to 10 a.m. would be unpaid.

You accepted this condition before being hired.

I personally was not informed of this during my interview.

If you want to work back of house, be prepared to accept half an hour of unpaid work.

Once you join, your salary generally will not change much.

Whether you are an experienced veteran

or a useless newcomer,

you all receive the same pay.

Unless you are promoted to supervisor, which adds NT$1,500,

there is no corresponding reward for working harder,

because among full-time employees like you, some have weaker abilities and slack off,

but their pay is the same as yours.

The reason is that, at this company, whatever your starting salary is after joining, it generally will not change afterward.

Also, during your first month, you are paid by the day.

The daily wage seems to be around NT$900, which is extremely low.

The employee pay statements are also written in a way that is difficult to understand.

It is obvious that the company deliberately writes them this way to evade taxes.

Regardless of your salary, the labor insurance coverage is based on the minimum wage.

This also means that if you resign before completing one month,

your pay will still be calculated as a daily wage—around NT$900 per day.

Each additional day worked means another day at a loss.

Accumulated leave and annual leave that you cannot use cannot be exchanged for money.

Unless you wait until the day you leave, when they are converted into money at around NT$900 per day.

The company’s profit-sharing bonuses do not follow consistent standards across stores.

The boss clearly does not want employees to receive them.

As soon as a store reaches its target, the sales-bonus target is usually raised the next time.

One store may have a bonus target of NT$3 million,

while another may have a target of NT$5 million, and so on.

The boss has already calculated everything carefully.

Usually, they will not let you reach the target.

The company has recently been opening new stores continuously,

but it cannot retain employees.

Many stores are seriously understaffed.

The company is also making quite a lot of money,

but it does not really want to pay the bonuses to you.

What do you think—is this related to us?

Overall, this company

did not make me want to work hard and sincerely for it,

because whatever your salary was when you joined, that is what it remains.

Even if you do a great deal for the store, you still earn the same as other newcomers.

Many other senior employees left long ago because they could not see a future here.

The promotion system is not clearly defined.

You can work there for a long time and still earn the same as a newly hired employee.

On weekends, half an hour of your pay is taken from you.

My sincere advice:

Only join this company if you can accept these conditions.

The above reflects my personal opinion; please take it as a reference.