Workplace reviews and discussion: 台灣美聲企業股份有限公司

No advantages were found during the interview process.

The interviewer did not introduce the company, job responsibilities, or benefits at all.

My time was wasted. The position was for an assignment in Shanghai, and the interviewer was a woman from mainland China.

The job posting on 104 clearly stated the salary range, and my résumé also stated my desired compensation, which was within that range.

However, when I was asked about my desired compensation, the interviewer immediately replied, “That’s impossible!” as soon as she heard the amount.

She then casually said she would submit my résumé again and abruptly ended the interview.

If the company cannot afford that amount, why list it in the first place, and why invite me to an interview? Did they even look at the applicant’s résumé?

What’s more, she actually wanted to use my salary in Taipei as the basis for the salary for an assignment in Shanghai.

One is domestic employment and the other is an overseas assignment—how could they possibly be the same? Not to mention accommodation and meals, airfare, income tax, and other considerations.

Even more ridiculous, when I objectively explained the prevailing compensation for Taiwanese employees assigned overseas and the cost of living in Shanghai, she interrupted me and said that there was no such market rate—that her own company did not offer it. I replied that other companies did!

I would advise job seekers to assess for themselves whether they want to waste their time on this.