Workplace reviews and discussion: 儷寶化粧品有限公司

Pros: Located on a very high floor; the office building is stylish; toilet paper is provided in the restrooms, which also have bidets.

Cons:

1. Parking nearby is difficult; even finding a parking space for a scooter is hard.

2. Although it is in the cosmetics industry and looks glamorous on the surface, at its core it is a traditional manufacturing company through and through. It has every problem that traditional manufacturing companies typically have.

3. It is a family business. Most of the people who hold real power are connected to the boss. The boss is a woman with many ideas, but her ideas change extremely quickly.

The second-most powerful person is the boss’s younger sister. The work pace is fast and she is impatient; whatever they want has to be produced for them immediately.

4. There is overtime almost every day, approximately 1–2 hours, with no overtime pay. (During the interview, the interviewer repeatedly confirmed whether I could accept working overtime.)

5. I heard that the year-end bonus is very poor. In one year, it was less than one month’s salary, and various evaluations had to be passed before it could be received. However, I left before I received mine.

6. Some positions require writing many reports and attending meetings from time to time.

7. Toilet paper is not provided individually. Everyone in the office shares one pack of toilet paper in the pantry area, and there are no personal trash cans at the desks.

8. There are many internal company procedures to go through. New employees only get their own email account about a week after starting, and various company-specific ERP systems, data exchange areas, and so on are gradually activated starting in the second week.

9. A particular mainland Chinese messaging app is used for internal company communications.

10. The employee turnover rate is extremely high. On average, people leave after staying for only about 1–2 years; those who leave sooner usually quit after just a few months. When I first joined, senior colleagues kept advising me to escape quickly.

11. The salary structure is also the kind that consists of a low base salary plus a position allowance, meal allowance, and perfect-attendance bonus stacked on top. Those of you with work experience should understand what I mean.