Pros

The company’s only benefit: near-expiry products, usually expiring in about a week, or even the next day or on the same day.

Company dinners: 0–1 time per year

Year-end bonus: Not everyone receives one.

At most, regardless of your seniority, it is one month’s salary.

Other benefits: Besides near-expiry products, pomelo tea or company products are given at Mid-Autumn Festival.

Employee trips: None

Other bonuses: None

Spring banquet: None

Year-end party: None

Despite being in the food industry, the company provides no health examinations or subsidies for them.

You cannot arrive early for the interview, or you will be scolded.

The interviewing supervisor had a very bad attitude and secretly took photos, saying they were for record-keeping.

During the interview, they will ask whether you can cooperate with on-site activities.

Transportation subsidies for the northern region are basically nonexistent.

It is best to ask for an extremely high salary during the interview,

because there is almost no salary adjustment afterward—not even after passing the probationary period.

I was notified by phone that I had been hired and was told to open a bank account in advance.

I asked the company for an employment certificate or offer letter,

but was told that no such thing existed.

I replied, “Then at least send me an email through 104 notifying me of the offer, okay?”

In the end, I received no response at all.

On my first day of work, the owner and the owner’s wife had a very sincere interview with me, but it turned out to be completely false.

The company has an extremely high turnover rate.

Coworkers would resign before I even remembered their names.

Many people quit after three days or one week.

Almost everyone is replaced within about two months.

During the interview, they said the company did not like an overtime culture,

but that you could only leave after finishing your assigned work.

However, the supervisor liked to assign work right before the end of the day,

and would not sign overtime application forms.

If you take leave on Monday or Friday, you will be nagged about it.

If you know Korean and dream of business trips to Korea, forget about it.

Even if it is mentioned during the interview, in more than ten years no one except the supervisor has gone on a business trip.

After joining, I was assigned a position different from the one discussed during the interview.

The nice way of putting it is that they want you to learn everything; in reality, they want one person to do the work of two people.

It is common knowledge that the company is extremely stingy.

When the weather is hot, they are reluctant to turn on the air conditioning.

When you request stationery, they may lecture you, asking whether previous employees did not leave any behind.

Or they may say that your department does not need a utility knife and refuse to approve the request.

It is best to clarify the salary amount during the interview.

If you have Korean-language qualifications, clarify the level and the additional allowance.

Once you are sure you have been hired, ask for a written offer letter.

When receiving your first month’s salary, calculate it carefully,

as there are often shortfalls.

They may even claim that this was the amount discussed during the interview and that you heard incorrectly.

If you are lucky enough to endure it and get promoted,

congratulations—you will no longer be able to apply for overtime pay.

Many people work until 8 or 9 p.m.

When you are promoted, remember to clarify the salary as well.

Those who do not complain get nothing.