Pros
Convenient transportation, a five-minute walk from MRT Taipei Arena Station.
The work is very easy to coast through. A lot of people have no idea what's going on, so it's easy to bluff your way through.
Also, if you go out to buy lunch at 11:30, you'll often see that some people have already finished eating and come back.
The three traditional-festival and birthday bonuses aren't much, but basically, the benefits that should be there are provided—usually NT$1,000 in cash or gift vouchers.
1. The company relies heavily on fresh graduates; on average, one-third leave within a year.
2. Managers are basically all from sales backgrounds, including those in non-sales departments such as HR.
3. The HR director very frequently walks around saying that they are extremely bored and have nothing to do.
4. When you resign, you may be threatened with having to return your performance bonuses, and you are also required to personally train veteran employees to use new equipment; otherwise, they won't let you leave.
5. Taking advantage of young employees' limited experience, the company operates on the fringes of the law, assuming you won't dare sue. If you actually do, the company will immediately settle by paying compensation.
6. The information systems are unbelievably terrible, like something from the year 2000.
7. The head of the IT department has over 15 years of tenure and earns around NT$80,000–89,999 per month. Whenever there's a computer problem, they tell you to restart it, while also complaining to you about how exhausted they are.
8. The company is very proud of its training programs, but the content is basically teaching you to cross the street by stopping at red lights and going at green lights, as well as greeting older people when you see them.
9. Employees are also required to perform at the year-end banquet. The awkwardness level is 87%, and the company likes to objectify women, asking female colleagues to accompany clients in drinking.
10. The extra prizes at the year-end banquet range from NT$500 to NT$100, with some even worth NT$50—extremely stingy.
11. The year-end bonus is approximately two months' salary; it is no longer four months.
12. Performance bonuses are paid to you in installments—24, 36, or 60 installments—so to receive the full bonus, you have to stay until all payments are completed.
13. The bonus system operates like a pyramid scheme, so managers will keep hounding you because they can sit back and collect your bonuses.