The company entrance is beautifully decorated, the company provides free coffee, and the location is good—near Xingtian Temple.

Suitable for graduates. Because employee turnover in sales is high, you quickly take on major responsibilities, attend overseas trade shows, and learn a lot in a short time. Lasting 1–2 years here can be equivalent to 3–5 years at other companies.

* Long working hours; almost daily overtime, and there may also be contact with clients or factories in mainland China on weekends (because you don't want the manager to mess up the schedule)

* The company turns off the lights at 7 p.m., so you can only rely on a small desk lamp. At 8:30 p.m., the security guard locks up, and you can only call the security company to open the door. The company does not like employees working overtime, but if work is unfinished or development emails have not been sent, you will still be scolded.

* The workday ends at 6 p.m., but if a client emails an inquiry after 5 p.m., the boss may still require you to finish the quotation before leaving.

* The boss is very emotional and may scold people indiscriminately. Being scolded is very distressing and can make you doubt your own abilities.

* Other departments are not very helpful, so sales staff often have to handle work from other departments as well—finding payment terms, requesting quotations, finding factories, and so on.

* Even for repeat orders that have passed inspection, the boss may cut the price again or look for other factories to save money. As a result, product quality is inconsistent, factory loyalty is inadequate, and materials may be secretly substituted.

* The mainland purchasing department is very tolerant of color differences, almost as if color-blind, so photos must be examined carefully. They also turn a blind eye when factories change materials, until sales staff inspect the photos or the client receives the samples (and sometimes the entire bulk order has already been completed by then).

* When traveling for business or attending trade shows, you often still have to handle your own tasks yourself. You may reply to emails from 6–7 a.m. and be busy until 8–9 p.m. The next day, you still have to stand at the exhibition booth.

* Trade shows push your physical stamina to the limit. Two large checked bags are filled with company samples, leaving you with only one small carry-on bag, which you can only try to stuff full even on long trips to Europe or the United States. Three pieces of luggage with only two hands; if attending a trade show in Hong Kong, you also have to carry samples from the factory—I once carried four large pieces of luggage (while the boss had a hand injury and could not carry much luggage).

* It is best to confirm that the labor insurance provided by the company is enrolled accurately. This company has underreported insurance coverage without informing employees.

* The calculation of sales performance bonuses is a mystery. Before joining, they said it would be more than NT$10,000 per month, but even after receiving orders worth nearly US$100,000 per week, the most you might receive is NT$6,000–7,000 in bonuses.