Workplace reviews and discussion: 雪坊志業股份有限公司

80% of the office staff are very young; most only joined last year or this year. There are some older employees, but not many—and they aren’t very professional. Whenever you ask about something and the supervisor doesn’t know the answer, she immediately makes sarcastic remarks, saying that she’s been doing this longer. What?!

You don’t need to be too professional—seriously, you mustn’t outshine the supervisor’s ignorance, or you may become a target.

The coworkers are too inexperienced. The company only focuses on the immediate future and only provides product training for everyone, without giving any thought to the future. It doesn’t really care about employees’ growth or professional training, and provides no subsidies; if you want to grow, you have to figure it out yourself.

I don’t know how the company manages to avoid government inspections. It has more than 30 stores and over 300 employees, yet its management system is bizarrely authoritarian and depends heavily on personal rule. A senior executive simultaneously serves as the marketing, operations, and administrative manager. The company’s performance is considered good, and it somehow manages to keep employees coming and going constantly. Why not hire dedicated professionals to properly handle specialized work (marketing, operations, HR, etc.)? They can’t even answer questions about taking leave or health insurance. Salary calculations are sometimes wrong and only get corrected after you point them out; when they issue the missing pay, they act as if I’m indebted to them.

The office is cramped and offers no privacy. People can walk past the computers at any time, and there is also a strange smell.

A company with lots of women becomes a gossip circle, and you’re expected to pick sides. It’s emotionally exhausting; as soon as you arrive at work, you just want to leave.

You’re welcome to come sit for the interview—and taking a bottle of yogurt with you when you leave would be fine too.