Workplace reviews and discussion: 台灣櫻花股份有限公司

1. Stable; the salary is deposited on time on the 8th of every month (I couldn't think of any other advantages).

2. They hold worship rituals every month and provide free snacks (how superficial).

3. The manager won't block requests for annual leave (......).

Workplace bullying is extremely serious. The company has a strong seniority culture, and senior employees can freely insult newcomers. Words such as “you don't use your brain,” “I already taught you,” and “you're too stupid to learn” are considered mild. Senior employees also call people idiots to their faces during meetings and make insulting remarks about their families in the office. Managers are present for all of this and do nothing.

Then, when senior employees make mistakes themselves, their first response is to shift the blame. Once the evidence shows that they were at fault, they start making excuses and blame colleagues in the back office for not checking. Finally, they play their trump card—acting like thugs: “So what do you want to do about it? Go ahead and report me.” And the manager really won't discipline them (or her?).

But when a newcomer makes a mistake, it's a disaster: private-room interrogations, public criticism in LINE groups, and concentrated attacks during meetings, one after another. The whole process can continue for months or even quarters.

Also, at Sakura, it's basically very difficult for newcomers not to make mistakes, because:

1. Sakura's training is garbage. They tell you to learn by doing, but this industry does not have a high technical knowledge threshold, so senior employees are afraid to teach. They make newcomers think things through on their own, then criticize them when they get it wrong.

2. Many things that depend on changes at the worksite have no standards or clear right and wrong; they are based purely on experience. When a situation arises at the worksite, there may be many workable approaches in theory, but in practice none will be accepted, and the manager will reject them for all kinds of reasons. You can only handle it using a solution the manager accepts, even if the manager's proposed solution has shortcomings—because that is the manager's experience, and newcomers must comply. But none of this will be taught to you before problems arise. They wait until something goes wrong, then make you learn while being berated.