Workplace reviews and discussion: 德翔海運股份有限公司
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The entrance is imposing, and the reception desk is very eye-catching. There’s a hospital next door, making it convenient to get an IV nutritional infusion if overwork causes high blood pressure.
I applied for a finance manager position. When I arrived, I first took an English and Excel test. Then I waited about 30 minutes for the HR manager to arrive. She said a lot of nice things, all just to ask me to please wait a little longer—and then I waited another 1.5 hours. I went to the large conference room for an interview with the empress dowager for about 15 minutes. The conference room door was not even closed, but apparently nobody dared or wanted to pass by.
I asked her why the finance and accounting department had so many openings at the same time, and why the turnover rate was so high (you have to get the details clear before you can lead the team XD). However, the empress dowager blamed everything entirely on the previous employees’ abilities and poor English. She said Dexiang is a Hong Kong–based company, so it places great importance on English; financial statements and tax filings all require English, as well as an understanding of Hong Kong’s relevant financial, tax, and company laws. This was extremely amusing—how could someone hiring a junior in Taiwan expect them to be familiar with Hong Kong regulations?
She also asked about foreign-exchange hedging methods and strategies. But her concept of hedging was simply buying dual-currency deposits or exchanging the money back when it felt like the time was right. When I explained things like FWDs or swaps to her, she complained that complex foreign-exchange products were no good. A very adorable concept of hedging.
The large conference room and the building’s façade were very luxurious, but the finance and accounting office seats looked quite old—and all the seats were empty. Sure enough, they are seriously short-staffed.
In short, if you want to see tall, attractive women, you can go drink coffee at the entrance. As for the interview, probably not XD