Workplace reviews and discussion: 群創管理顧問有限公司

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I couldn't really identify any advantages.

First of all, let me say that this company left me utterly amazed. Thank you to this company for giving me a better understanding of the warmth and coldness of human relationships XD

1. Interview process:

A researcher conducted the first-round interview.

They first showed me several proposals the company had written before. (Actually, this position wasn't really a planning position! The boss or senior researchers would find clients, and then help those clients apply to the government for subsidies. It wasn't really consulting either—it was basically a copywriter. And the forms for applying for government subsidies are quite standardized, so you basically don't need to worry about formatting or anything like that. As long as you have basic writing skills, you can do it XD)

After I finished looking at them, they asked questions such as: Why do you want to apply for this position? Do you know what the company does?

The researcher also told me that SPSS would be used, but afterward the boss said it wasn't necessary.

The second-round interview was with the boss (that is, the general manager).

He contacted me the day before and said he wanted me to truly understand the company's business, so he asked me to go meet clients directly the next day with him and several researchers. I agreed. (At first, I thought this boss was so kind—he was actually letting me observe like an intern first ><)

After we came back, he asked me to go “observe” for the entire week and actually “help” write copy. I would be paid for the hours worked during those days. The boss gave the same reason: he wanted to give me a chance to truly understand the company and the duties of the position. He said that many previous employees had said they could handle the job, but quit after two weeks because they couldn't take it anymore, so he wanted me to try it first, so I wouldn't end up staying only briefly. (Honestly, I should have walked away at that point... A company with a high turnover rate is not a good company.) He also wanted the employee supervising me and the other colleagues to evaluate my work ability and whether I got along well with them. However, I had interviews with two other companies, and I hadn't known in advance that there would be an observation period, so I told the boss at the time that I couldn't go “observe” that intensively and could only go for a few days or so. I also directly told him that, since I didn't know whether I would be hired after the observation period, I couldn't simply turn down the interviews with the other two companies. After hearing this, the boss didn't say anything like, “Oh, the observation period is actually very easy,” but just remained silent. (At that point, I actually felt that the boss probably didn't want to hire me XD)

When I got home, I told the boss that I really couldn't go observe before my interviews with the other two companies, so I hoped to go during the final three days instead. The boss immediately called and said that I had to go during the first three days, because if I went during the later days, the project would already be completed.

I told the boss that it really wasn't convenient for me to cooperate like that. (And I didn't know whether I would be hired. If the company decided I wasn't suitable, wouldn't that be a huge loss? I wouldn't even be able to properly prepare for the other two interviews.) I also asked him: Since there was still a probationary period, why couldn't he wait until I was hired and then evaluate my work ability and whether I could get along well with my colleagues during the probationary period? Besides, the observation period and the probationary period overlapped heavily. The observation period wasn't convenient for me, and the company would surely have new projects during the probationary period. I could prove my abilities then too! The boss just kept repeating himself, saying that the observation period and probationary period were different, that interviews at large companies had several rounds while our company didn't, so the observation period was a type of interview. (I remember replying to the boss: But large companies don't require me to go observe for an entire consecutive week and help complete a project XD.) He also kept emphasizing that he was paying me—it wasn't like he was asking me to work for free.

Eventually, the boss actually admitted to me that he had already found enough employees; it was just that the researcher thought I was good, so he thought he could let me give it a try. He also said that if xxx (a certain senior researcher) needed more help later, he would contact me again.

.........Basically, they were busier and wanted to hire someone as a temporary worker, hahaha. When I visited clients, a newly hired employee accompanied us. She casually told me that she had only started joining client visits after being hired. She was very surprised that I was being asked to help complete projects and accompany them on client visits before even being hired.....