Workplace reviews and discussion: 南一書局企業股份有限公司(總公司)

It seems there aren't any.

1. Senior management only talks and does not actually do anything. They only look at the results, not the process. So when something goes wrong, you have to take the blame yourself. Also, because of the recent pandemic, senior management couldn't go out for “social engagements,” so they held “social engagement meetings” directly in the company's meeting rooms instead, and afterward required employees to clean up. It was truly outrageous.

2. They also use the pretext of company downsizing, verbally saying, “The new curriculum has come to an end, so there is no extra work to assign,” in order to lay you off. In reality, it's more like, “Your salary is too high, and you have no further value to us. Get out!” It's a disposable, use-you-and-throw-you-away mentality.

3. There is no overtime pay, and working overtime beyond regular hours is the norm. Many people often work until midnight or even dawn. If you ask for overtime pay, they will use “You are under a responsibility-based work system” to shut you down. In reality, all of this is illegal, and they have never reported the responsibility-based employees to the competent authorities.

4. Most supervisors are idiots or incompetent; there are very few capable ones—probably few enough to count on one hand. All day long, they only use forms to chase you for progress or change insignificant errors, while failing to catch the actual mistakes. They also routinely outsource proofreading and error-checking to external teachers, but the teachers they find are just as incompetent. Basically, the things they identify are either correct as originally written or the teachers themselves calculated them incorrectly.

5. A cadre at a certain location in southern Taiwan was even more incompetent. They said they wanted to change something, but when it caused a problem, they simply pushed the blame onto the editor in charge, resulting in the editor's salary being docked and even their performance rating being lowered. In the end, the editor was forced to resign. (Then they hired someone new again.)

6. There is absolutely no such thing as training. You have to figure everything out yourself, and whenever you make a mistake or cause a problem, they put the blame directly on you. They cannot retain experienced employees, and the turnover rate is extremely high.

7. The performance evaluation system is completely opaque. You have no idea what your performance rating is, so everything is decided by the people above you.

In short, after staying there for quite a long time and seeing all sorts of things at Nan-I, all I can say is that Nan-I is beyond saving. Fresh graduates should absolutely not come here; anywhere else would be better than Nan-I.