These three endorsers, whose posts were dated (2019/5/8), (2020/9/19), and (2019/7/25), really did tell the truth.

1. Two days off every week.

2. The company’s busy season is from September to November each year.

3. The company has free parking spaces, and there are currently still spaces available.

4. This position was recently relocated. Air conditioning is currently being newly installed, but the warehouse still will not be very cool.

The HR manager will first inquire by phone.

If they decide to interview you, they will first send you an applicant information form. (Some questions are illegal.)

The warehouse’s current exact location: 7F, No. 2, Wuquan 5th Road, Wugu District, New Taipei City.

After arriving, greet the security guard and take the elevator directly to the designated floor.

After exiting the elevator, look for the glass door in front of you. The door on the right that is not glass is not this company.

The interview location is at the far end of the warehouse, with no meeting room or similar space. While you are being interviewed, the employees nearby can hear you.

There are two interviewers: the warehouse supervisor and the HR manager.

First, you introduce yourself, describe your work experience and reasons for leaving, and explain your abilities.

Then the warehouse supervisor had to leave temporarily because of business.

The HR manager said to pause for the time being, but less than a minute later said they could chat first.

After I first asked about the company’s benefits, the HR manager said that they usually are not stationed there and did not know some of the details regarding benefits very well.

Then they called over an employee who was working in the warehouse, and ended up asking the warehouse employee in front of me and using that employee to provide the answers.

We waited until the warehouse supervisor returned before the interview continued.

Later, the HR manager suddenly brought up the benefits themselves.

They said “12+1,” then turned to the warehouse supervisor and asked, “We have this benefit, right?”

Warehouse supervisor: “We haven’t had that for five or six years.”

There was an awkward pause of several seconds.

When overtime was discussed:

HR manager: “We don’t pay overtime, but the hours accumulate and are converted into leave. If you don’t take the leave, it is settled as money.” (Mandatory compensatory leave is illegal.)

They turned to the warehouse supervisor and asked, “What I remember is correct, right?”

Warehouse supervisor: “I’ve been here for 17 years, and I’ve never had it converted into money.”

The leave converted from overtime has a usage period of three months. If you do not use it all within that period, the leave simply disappears.

It is neither converted into money nor compensated.

The HR manager asked the warehouse supervisor again, but the warehouse supervisor gave the same answer, making the atmosphere even more awkward.

Similar situations kept occurring throughout the interview.

When I asked further questions, the HR manager could not answer any of them. When I applied a little more pressure, they said they had only recently taken over the position, so they were unaware of some matters.

When I asked about the detailed salary structure and benefits, and tried to discuss salary, the HR manager began avoiding the subject.

1. The HR manager was there only to obstruct things.

2. Salary structure: base salary plus various allowances. The HR manager evaded questions about the detailed salary structure.

3. I found out that the company is a family business.

8. The HR manager had recently taken office and is not usually stationed at the warehouse. From the conversation, I learned that managers at the headquarters are replaced frequently and that many are parachuted in.

9. Benefits and salary were brushed aside with vague answers. It is estimated that there are no benefits.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Reminder

This company has records of violating Articles 24, 32, 36, 37, and 38 of the Labor Standards Act.

You can search for “Violations of Labor Laws and Regulations—Business Entities (Employers) Query System Yingli Sheng Co., Ltd.” as keywords.

HR manager: “We don’t pay overtime, but the hours accumulate and are converted into leave. If you don’t take the leave, it is settled as money.”

This is mandatory conversion of overtime into compensatory leave.

According to Article 24 of the Labor Standards Act, the employer should give overtime pay first.

Only if the employee voluntarily gives up receiving overtime pay after working overtime and chooses compensatory leave may the employee’s overtime hours be converted into compensatory-leave hours.

After the conversation that day, I learned that this is a

family business + a company with a record of illegal conduct + a company where the HR manager is unprofessional and presents illegal practices as legitimate + a company where the HR manager asks the kinds of highly problematic questions typically found only at small companies.

These issues alone are already major red flags. I do not particularly recommend that job seekers spend time interviewing with this company.