Workplace reviews and discussion: 正成貿易股份有限公司

Pros

It probably had what a three-section benefits package should have (this was around 2013 for me; I don’t know about later).

Cons

The company atmosphere was serious. Employees had to wear uniforms to work, and women even had to wear skirts (even if they weren’t in the sales department).

The salary left a deep impression on me. I stated the salary I wanted, but after hiring me, HR wrote down an amount that was actually NT$5,000 less, saying it was because of the probation period and that it would reach the agreed amount afterward. Once the probation period ended, they only added NT$3,000, then said that the higher-ups wouldn’t approve such a large increase all at once. Seriously? I stated that salary in the first place because that was what I wanted. Did you clearly report it to the higher-ups? Oh, apparently not!

Otherwise, how could there be such an excuse as “The higher-ups wouldn’t approve increasing it by NT$5,000 all at once”? (If you had reported the salary I requested from the beginning, the higher-ups probably wouldn’t have hired me—but you really wanted to trick me into coming to work.)

Daily, weekly, and monthly reports were all standard practice. Even KPI evaluations depended on how the higher-ups were feeling. There were many rules, and team spirit was emphasized heavily. There were lots of activities, and everything required a multi-step approval process that seemed never-ending~~~