Workplace reviews and discussion: 譯通通信器材有限公司

The office environment is nice, high-end and stylish.

I joined last year (and have since left).

It would be one thing if the position discussed during the interview differed from the actual job, but the interview itself was unusually long… at least two hours, I’d say!

The key point: the base salary was only 23,000??? They only told you about the salary structure after you joined? Seriously?! (Endless eye-rolling)

During the interview, they said that the starting salary would vary depending on each person’s position and experience, and that they would only be able to tell you after discussing it with the supervisor. But what they could tell you was that it would be 27,000, and that their perfect-attendance bonus was 2,000 (at the time, I thought it meant 27,000 + 2,000). I can only blame myself for not asking clearly enough… (Regret)

In reality, it was 27,000, including the 2,000 perfect-attendance bonus.

I chose to join at the time because I was deceived by their “beautiful appearance”! (I’m referring to the company environment.)

Every supervisor there was birds of a feather with the others, and most of them had pretty bad tempers… When they were upset, they would either bang loudly on their keyboards or pick up and slam down the phone. It was fine if we rookies were frightened—after all, the only response we would get was, “You’ll get used to it.”

But if you happened to feel even slightly emotional and wanted to vent, you were doomed!

You would either be called into a small room to be “counseled,” or be assigned a pile of work with a deadline you had to meet.

Speaking of the small room… whenever you failed to please a supervisor, you were often called in for a “meeting.”

To put it nicely, it was a meeting; to put it less nicely, it was about making you obey and not put up pointless resistance. Otherwise, you would only be given more and more miscellaneous tasks.

Unless you are someone who is very good at flattering supervisors and likes being their follower without seeking self-improvement, this company will not be a good fit for you.

Remember: if you want to get through every day at this company safely, do not have ideas of your own, and do not talk back to your supervisors. Everything a supervisor says is a “royal decree”…

Oh… right!

They also require every employee to enter the company’s tax ID number whenever making an outside purchase and submit the receipt to the company (but the company will not give you any additional cash), because they claim that the money is already included in your salary.

Also, the company does not provide company phones or vehicles for you to use; you have to use your own.

If repairs, fuel, or similar expenses are needed, they are your responsibility—the company does not provide reimbursement.