Workplace reviews and discussion: KD_科定企業股份有限公司

1. The salary is good compared to other industries.

1. The nepotism problem is quite serious and has not improved.

Most department heads are relatives or distant relatives.

2. The company structure is chaotic.

Many day-to-day projects/tasks overlap with those of other departments.

3. Lack of “pre-employment training.”

Because the company has a high turnover rate, it does not provide any “pre-employment training” during the three-month probationary period in order to supposedly “save costs.” Training is only provided after employees pass their three-month probation.

4. They tell you to start working immediately without providing any training or even a basic introduction to the products.

How are new employees supposed to interact with customers when they do not even know the product information?

5. When the company relocated, it did not issue an internal announcement stating when the move would take place. Employees were only told three days before the relocation that they would be working at the new location. At the same time, the company externally boasts about “how” substantial its operations are, yet it had no SOP whatsoever for arranging the relocation. Employees were actually asked, one hour before the end of their workday, to move desks, computers, and chairs into their own corridor.

6. Taking personal or sick leave results in a deduction of the entire day’s pay.

7. For every minute of lateness, pay is deducted by the minute.

8. Even when minor problems occur and the offense is nowhere near serious enough to warrant it, they issue written warnings and demerits.

9. The company’s HR department completely lacks basic HR knowledge and professionalism. Most importantly, they are not familiar with the Labor Standards Act. On the other hand, in order to meet the company’s KPIs, they hire indiscriminately and accept no employer responsibility toward “employees,” such as providing a detailed and accurate explanation of the actual working conditions of the company and the advertised position, including the need to work shifts and the fact that everyone has different working hours.

10. Strictly speaking, the company’s HR department is a “puppet”; real authority is shared by other departments.

11. They do not follow the procedures required by the Labor Standards Act, and then arbitrarily lay people off or dismiss them unilaterally. Even if you tell them that you respect the job, they will still dismiss you. There is absolutely no room for review or discussion. Moreover, they tell you that you are dismissed and make it effective on the same day, without any notice period.

11. Company supervisors rely on the fact that they are part of a “publicly listed company” and behave outrageously, believing they can do whatever they want.

12. The company’s HR department often uses the law, overtly or covertly, to pressure people into reaching an involuntary agreement with the company.

13. On your first day at work, they do not arrange a designated workstation or equipment for you. You have to bring it up yourself before they ask IT to install what you need.

14. There is a lot beneath the surface of the company’s “promotional videos.” For example, in videos about management trainees or franchisees, they ask long-serving employees to “come up with the script” and claim that they are beneficiaries of the company.

15. The company claims that its so-called new building will be completed this year, but the interior is still unfinished, and many areas remain blocked off with construction hoardings. Despite the building not being completed, the company told employees to go to work there. The internal facilities are also inadequate—for example, the air conditioning is unstable, and some floors have no restrooms, so if you need to use the toilet, you have to take the elevator to another floor. This company is truly an oddity in the industry in this day and age.

16. The company requires employees to interact with customers, both online and offline, according to the three questions in the “script sheet” provided by the company (“When is possible, when, where”). If you do not follow the relevant requirements, you will receive a written warning and a demerit.

However, having already spent a week working in the Operations Management Department, I decided not to consider it a waste of my intelligence tax, which is how I ended up at this “lovely” company. But I sincerely hope everyone will really avoid choosing this company, because the actual situation does not match what is advertised.