Workplace reviews and discussion: 信義房屋仲介股份有限公司

For the first six months, new employees are on probation, with a guaranteed base salary of NT$50,000.

It’s very suitable for recent graduates or people who want to learn about real estate-related information.

You really can learn a lot. The company’s branch managers, mentors, and senior colleagues are all pretty nice. If you have questions, they will teach you.

The company has plenty of resources and lots of advertising, with company funding available for campaigns.

The company has an appraisal department for the properties themselves. If there are problems or concerns about a property, they simply won’t sell it, so you don’t have to take risks for certain bonuses.

When new employees join, headquarters requires them to undergo training and complete online courses.

The branch manager expects you to solicit listings and make sales, and demands results, so you start work at 9 a.m. and don’t leave until 11 p.m.

There are also other related courses in each region that you are required to attend, so the company has a lot of training.

You can learn a lot, but on the other hand, you are also expected to make money for the company, so sometimes you only learn halfway and work halfway.

There is no time to do things properly or finish them.

After becoming a regular employee, the base salary is NT$26,400. The most recent salary adjustment was made because the previous amount did not comply with the Labor Standards Act.

It’s actually quite pathetic: a listed company that calls itself a happy enterprise only raised salaries because otherwise it would have violated the Labor Standards Act.

The bonus system is also the lowest in the industry. For a NT$10 million property, your sales commission is NT$20,000. Earning that NT$20,000 requires a great deal of time and effort, and even then, a sale is not guaranteed. Even after a sale is completed, the contract can be canceled, and there may also be legal issues.

Real estate properties are worth tens of millions of Taiwan dollars, but the bonuses are pitifully low. Still, it’s better than some and worse than others.

When you make no sales, the base salary plus group bonus still comes to NT$30,000.

So in fact, after becoming a regular employee, you can also work from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and be a low-paid civil servant. After two years, the company will eliminate you.

There is an evaluation every three months, and you can also be demoted. It’s really damn ridiculous.

Even if you become a branch manager, if your performance is poor, you will still be demoted back to a sales position.

Both headquarters and the branches love holding meetings. Meetings every morning and evening take an hour each—it’s seriously fucking stupid.

It’s a complete waste of time. If meetings generated sales, everyone could hold meetings from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. and then go straight home. That would be great.

The company also loves making you wear a suit in the middle of a hot day and gather somewhere to watch the executives from headquarters give speeches. They all talk about ESG, yet they make everyone wear suits in the blazing heat and ride or drive there (adding carbon emissions and air pollution) to attend meetings. It’s really dumb. Wouldn’t online meetings be better? Do you have to gather hundreds of people together for you to be happy? Once every six months would be enough.