1. The workload is not heavy, and overtime is uncommon. Two departments are more likely to require overtime, while in most other departments, employees clock out and leave as soon as their scheduled hours end.
2. If you work overtime, you receive compensatory leave (you can request payment only after exceeding a certain number of hours), and requests are generally not blocked.
3. The work pace and environment are fairly comfortable, but it still depends on the department and supervisor. In favored departments, group orders, playing video games, and watching videos during work hours are tolerated. In unfavored departments, even eating may be reported, and you may have your holiday bonuses cut and your raise blocked.
1. The salary agreed upon is reduced during the three-month probation period (by more than 2,000). Neither the deduction nor the existence of a probation period is disclosed proactively. Even with good performance, the probation period will not be ended early.
2. The company is managed like an elementary school. Departments have to take turns cleaning during their own work hours, and a hygiene patrol team has been organized to conduct inspections and regular meetings.
3. If you are in an unfavored department, you have to work hard to build good relationships with other departments to avoid being given a hard time. However, your supervisor may casually destroy the relationships you worked so hard to establish.
4. Because of the company’s outdated culture, mobile phones may not be used during work hours, even for business purposes. If the boss happens to be walking around the company and sees someone using one, they will criticize that department at the managers’ meeting. If you are unlucky, your supervisor will then reprimand you and say that even work-related phone use should be avoided when the boss is around, rather than explaining to the boss that the employee’s current duties require phone use.
5. Be extremely careful! Office politics and scheming do happen here. People may praise you to your face but spread rumors about you behind your back, and may even lie outright.
6. The company has the typical problems of a traditional family business. Handover procedures and training are not very complete or systematic, so you generally have to proactively ask questions while working. However, there is a 70% chance that you will be criticized or scolded when asking.
7. There is no flexible grace period for starting work. Even being one second late results in a deduction equivalent to half an hour’s pay or leave, and all leave is taken in half-hour increments.
8. Remote work depends on the department. Some departments require employees to report their work progress every hour.
9. Raises are small and occur only once a year, usually amounting to a few hundred dollars. Despite this, there are two performance reviews each year. Due to the pandemic and new business initiatives, there have been no raises for two years, and there probably will not be any opportunities for raises in the near future. If you want a stable, secure life, it is recommended that you negotiate upfront for the salary you would be willing to stay at until retirement.