Workplace reviews and discussion: 上洋產業股份有限公司

In 2022, I received a phone call a little after 10 a.m. asking when I could come for an interview. The caller asked and answered their own question.

They directly requested an interview at 2:30 that afternoon.

On the ground floor, you need to exchange your ID card with the security guard first.

Take the elevator to the sixth floor. Then, the receptionist will give you a blank résumé form to fill out. Once you finish, hand it back to the receptionist, who will notify HR.

The entire process from handing it over to notifying HR took only about two minutes.

Next, HR will lead you to a meeting room, but the person interviewing you will be a manager.

HR only shows you the way throughout the entire process.

During the interview with the manager, the manager will first ask about the information you wrote above.

The manager will have their own copy and add additional notes to it. Basically, this manager expects you to ask them questions yourself and rarely takes the initiative to ask you other questions.

If you have encountered some very strange companies where questions are asked in a roundabout way, you should use that approach here as well.

Simple and clear questions are more practical here.

Basically, they will answer anything you can ask.

However, if your question is slightly complicated and involves two or three different aspects, they may lose sight of the main point and answer only one part of it.

This is an interview experience. It is placed under “Cons” simply because separating it makes it easier to read.

The following information is provided for reference; please judge for yourself whether it is good or bad.

1. The company has a one-hour lunch break.

2. They will require you to state a salary expectation.

3. They generally answer every question, but for overly complicated questions, they will answer only the first part (limited to job-related questions).

4. The company has parking spaces, but because there are too many employees, there are no extra spaces available for new employees.

5. The parking lot also has no rotation system. Basically, those who arrive first will definitely get to use a space, while those who arrive later definitely will not.

6. As for the warehouse, inventory is counted once a week. They will notify you that it needs to be counted, and you have to find time yourself to conduct sample counts.

7. Inventory counts must be error-free.

8. From the conversation, I learned that the company cares a great deal about mistakes—strictly enough that even typos can cause problems.

9. If your résumé does not include an autobiography/personal statement, this company absolutely will not review it.

10. If you make a typo while filling out the résumé, you are basically done.

11. They expect you to fill out the résumé as completely as possible. The more blank space you leave, the less likely they are to hire you.

12. They say they are results-oriented, but the actual situation is still unknown.

13. The salary is said to amount to approximately 15 months’ pay in total.

14. Perfect-attendance pay is included in the salary.

15. During the year, there may possibly be a salary adjustment in July. As for how much it will be and how it will be adjusted, you will only find out after joining the company.

16. If you ask about other benefits or things you need to prepare, HR will email you if you are hired.

17. I asked question 16 because they asked how soon I could report for work, and I answered that it would depend on how much preparation the company required from me.