Workplace reviews and discussion: 龍騰文化事業股份有限公司

Normally, a second interview is required.

However, she may schedule both interviews on the same day, in which case you will not have to make a second trip.

At first, HR comes in. The initial questions and answers are concise and effective, which leaves a good impression on her.

Partway through, she starts repeating herself and going in circles. The most obvious issue is that

she mentions that there are so-called “inner circles” within the company, which are actually just groups of long-term employees who work together. She makes it very clear that if you cannot squeeze into the group of long-term employees, you will definitely be ostracized at this company.

This ostracism is the kind that can even interfere with your normal work. As long as you do not assimilate, they will make it impossible for you to perform your regular duties.

When asked about benefits and compensation, she says they are the same as what is written on 104, then says that the company’s benefits are excellent and that I will definitely be satisfied, but still refuses to elaborate.

Only after repeated questioning does she reluctantly mention one or two things.

The first is that they provide three meals a day.

The second is that after completing a certain number of years, there is a travel subsidy, but the rules are completely different from what is written on 104.

When she briefly brought up the repetitive questions, the questions she asked at that time were:

1. Please state one of your strengths and then one of your weaknesses.

2. What impact would this have on your work?

My answers were:

1. Whether a trait is a strength or a weakness depends on one’s perspective.

My strength is that I am somewhat stubborn, which allows me to focus on my work. I will definitely finish a task properly before leaving. If something urgent comes up and I must leave immediately, I will still bring the task to a clear stopping point so that I can conveniently continue it when I return or hand it over to the next person.

2. This strength is also a weakness, because I focus on my work. If someone wants to chat or talk about something unimportant, I may not respond because I need to stay focused on my work. This may make my relationships with coworkers less positive.

HR then made an expression that seemed to say, “What are you talking about?” and tried to brush it off with an extremely perfunctory attitude. She indicated that if I did not understand, she could describe it in greater detail, but even after I explained it, she still looked confused.

More problematically, she asked for my zodiac sign (illegal).

Article 5, Paragraph 1 of the Employment Service Act states that, in order to safeguard equal employment opportunities for citizens, an employer may not discriminate against a job applicant or an employee on the grounds of race, class, language, ideology, religion, political party, place of origin, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, appearance, facial features, physical or mental disability, zodiac sign, blood type, or former labor union membership; where other laws contain explicit provisions, those provisions shall apply.

According to Article 65 of the Employment Service Act, violating Article 5, Paragraph 1 is punishable by a fine of no less than NT$300,000 and no more than NT$1.5 million.

Citing these legal provisions is intended to let job seekers know that interviews should only include questions related to professional qualifications, rather than allowing unscrupulous employers to collect your personal information.

After HR finished, the supervisor took over. The supervisor focused on my past experience and wanted to know whether I was capable of handling the job.

The questions were all basic, so you only need to perform normally.

Here is a summary for everyone’s reference.

Pros

1. The salary is entirely base pay; they do not underreport it to evade labor and health insurance, and the salary is straightforward rather than being padded with a bunch of allowances.

2. Three meals a day are provided.

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Cons

1. Closed-minded, with its own “Longteng logic”; any normal person would find this logic strange.

2. The company does not have small cliques—it has one large group. If someone takes a dislike to you, you will not be able to continue working there.

3. In July 2022, 104 listed the salary as NT$35,000–45,000. In reality, it was NT$32,000 + NT$3,000 (position allowance). In some respects, this counts as intentionally advertising a higher salary to deceive people into applying (an issue of perception and integrity). They said that reaching NT$45,000 would require working there for several decades and that there was only a “chance” of reaching it. Normally, it is NT$40,000–41,000.

4. HR asked about zodiac signs (illegal).

5. Suppose you interview during the first week of July. Excluding that week, you have to “wait another two weeks”—that is, until the fourth week of July—before they “might get back to you” about whether you were hired. The phrase “might” is used because if she forgets, you will receive no response.

6. The location is inconvenient for transportation (a matter of personal opinion).

7. If you want to conduct an investigation, they repeatedly demand information and contact details for your previous supervisors. I said that this was his personal information and that I could not provide it casually without his consent, but she shamelessly kept pressing me. I had already provided the names of my previous companies; it would not be difficult for them to ask on their own. How badly does this HR representative want to slack off?

8. They do not care about the fate of dispatched workers and push them as hard as possible, treating people like parts; when they break, they are thrown away. I disagree with this, so I listed it as a con.

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I asked a friend who had worked there before about his experience:

1. The year-end bonus is one month’s salary, but various pretexts are used to deduct from it. Being able to receive one-quarter of it is considered lucky; he had seen someone receive one-sixth. Since bonuses are considered an additional benefit, deducting from a bonus is not illegal, whereas deducting from base pay would be illegal.

2. The three meals provided are poor in quality and insufficient in quantity. Food intended for nine servings is cooked into four servings, and the ingredients are substandard.

3. Internal staff flatter superiors and engage in intrigue and infighting.

4. The benefits appear plentiful, but each has restrictions to some degree. They are described attractively, but when you actually try to use them, there are many restrictions and the subsidies are small.