Workplace reviews and discussion: 全華圖書股份有限公司

1. Motorcycle parking spaces available

2. Employee meals provided

3. Most colleagues are fairly easy to get along with; it is, in a sense, a place with a human touch

The system is extremely traditional, with closed-minded thinking. The company believes it treats employees very well, but in fact it does not at all:

1. The chairs are terrible. You have to work at the company for more than five years before you get a “normal” chair, while the old chairs that are replaced are collected in the basement for new employees to use. (Previously, an auditor came for an inspection and said the chairs were substandard and that employees should be provided with comfortable chairs to work in, but even after a year, nothing has happened.)

2. There is an activity called the big cleanup. Employees have to clean their own office areas and some shared areas (cleaning staff take care of the restrooms and the corridors outside). They also have to wax the floors themselves. After waxing, they are required to lay thick paper over the floor (supposedly to prevent the chairs from scratching it ^_^). Once the cleaning is finished, they must notify the Administration Department for an inspection before they can leave work (it feels just like prison life).

3. Year-end banquet

⑴ The prizes are extremely stingy; most are gift vouchers worth between NT$500 and NT$1,000 (this depends on individual standards of acceptance—some people do not mind, since having something is better than having nothing).

⑵ New employees have to put on a performance.

4. Sales has the highest status in the company; editors are treated like the untouchables.

Perhaps this is because the company was established a long time ago, and most employees have more than 15 years of seniority, so these practices have been taken for granted from the past until now.

⑴ During meetings, they act like the boss, questioning editors about what they did poorly and what needs to be improved.

⑵ There are often many unreasonable demands. Most editorial supervisors have a deeply submissive mentality and accept them all without question.

⑶ Their attitude is extremely poor.

5. Air conditioning

The air conditioning is not turned on until the indoor temperature reaches 28°C or higher. Even when the large office is stuffy, if the temperature has not reached 28°C, they simply open the windows, letting in some air that does not reach everyone. Even in midsummer, the air conditioning is not turned on on time: work starts at 8:30 a.m., but it is not usually switched on until almost 9:00. It is turned off promptly at 5:40 p.m.; there is no air conditioning for overtime or make-up workdays either.

6. You have to work on Labor Day in May.

7. You often have to move heavy objects, and there is no elevator.

8. Salary and benefits

Compared with other companies in the same industry, the editorial department’s pay is so low it makes you want to cry, while the workload is sky-high. We often receive many unreasonable requests (for example, editors are asked to handle work that is not even the editorial department’s responsibility). The work is also very miscellaneous; it is not limited to editorial duties. One person often has to play multiple roles and do many things that other departments should be responsible for. But as mentioned above, the editorial supervisors have a deeply submissive mentality, which often forces the editors below them to act as planners, marketers, salespeople, graphic designers, and typesetters ^_^

9. The editorial department has to support external exhibitions, such as machine tool exhibitions and book fairs. Sometimes we are only sent to work as cashiers, because the company cannot even afford to hire temporary staff.

10. The atmosphere at work is depressing. People in many departments look very sour and have very poor attitudes (for the most part).

The above is the work experience of someone in the editorial department at the bottom of society. Job seekers, please think carefully.