Workplace reviews and discussion: 安東貿易股份有限公司

Pros: Fresh graduates can give it a try. If you’re lucky enough to encounter a veteran employee who is willing to mentor you, count yourself fortunate. However, there is also a high chance that a veteran who takes a dislike to you will drive you out.

A 60-year-old company with deeply entrenched factions, making it easy for newcomers to step on landmines. Business has contracted and infighting is severe, so staffing gaps are being filled under the name of rotational assignments. After the second generation took over, department heads were reshuffled and replaced with their own people. As a result, the newcomers currently being hired are intended to be groomed as confidants of the new managers, while the veterans who have not yet been pushed out still control the core operations. Newcomers are therefore essentially left to fend for themselves—not because the veterans refuse to train you, but because they would also be attacked for doing so. All they can do is assign you miscellaneous tasks and let you sink or swim. If you have decent relationships with people, the company may reluctantly give you a way to make a living. If you refuse to accept handouts, it is recommended that you leave as soon as you have gained enough experience; otherwise, being treated like a servant and ordered around is very difficult to endure.