Claimed to be very generous with pay, but only that one time during the interview.
A company with very poor fundamentals and systems.
When facing customer inquiries, they almost always temporarily pull someone in to make up the numbers and keep up appearances.
It also happens that the actual job responsibilities differ from what was described in the interview (of course, they expect upward compatibility -.-)
The best time to negotiate salary at this company is at the initial interview.
Because the person conducting the interview may also have been temporarily pulled in to keep up appearances and may not understand things very well,
and because they urgently need people,
they are relatively more willing to offer better pay (because if they don't, they won't be able to find anyone and the position will be left unfilled).
The boss really likes to talk about money, money, money, share how good they are at making money and investing, and say that the company is very generous with pay.
But in reality, they are reluctant to spend even small amounts of money. How can anyone believe that they are really generous????
But after joining, it is very likely to be endless upward compatibility, and they absolutely refuse to give raises.
Several generous conditions mentioned during the interview all fell through:
1. The company has no clock-in system and flexible working hours → In reality, the end of the workday is pushed very late. Even if you start work late because you left late, you may still be required to submit one or two hours of leave (they sounded lavish during the interview, but in reality they nickel-and-dime everything).
2. Comprehensive training → In reality, for several months after joining, there was no time for training because they were rushing projects, including project training.
3. Unlimited supply of cookies and snacks → In reality, they only bring out some cookies from the Ghost Festival offerings in July to make up the numbers; at other times, bring your own snacks.
A very petty and narrow-minded company.
Because the company is reluctant to spend money, it tries its best to make employees use their own resources.
The supervisor also likes to use workplace influence to get employees to support them privately.
For example, if they want to take on a project in a certain industry and know that an employee has previously worked in that industry, they keep hinting that the employee should help make connections and bring in projects, putting it nicely as “internal entrepreneurship.”
For example, they encourage employees to go around saying good things about the company and leaving positive reviews (but if it really were a good company, this wouldn't need to be hinted at, would it? -.-)