First, I should mention that I’m a full-time outsourced employee who is stationed here every day.

The advantages are that there is internet access. At first, the outsourced workspace was very small and cramped, and almost all the chairs were broken. Later, perhaps because Trade-Van had to write a sustainability report, they moved the outsourced vendors to another, larger office area. There were quite a lot of cockroaches in the early period... By the middle period, cockroaches were less common.

The restrooms are shared with other companies. Although there are cleaning staff, they still get dirty quite easily. There are always people with terrible manners who wash their meal containers in the restroom and leave food scraps everywhere...

There is a Herjung-brand water dispenser, a convenience rack from The Welcome, and coin-operated beverage machines, so it’s quite convenient to buy things.

The supervisor understands plain language and is willing to communicate, which is a little better than many SI companies.

They can provide vendors with DB and VM access, so you don’t have to handle the process for them yourself. This is much, much better than LANcom.

The pay is low, so the work is relatively low-level. The supervisor doesn’t really trust outsourced personnel, so your hands are tied when doing things.

If there isn’t any particular experience you want to gain, I don’t think you should spend your energy at an SI company. Kindness goes unrewarded, and it’s really not worth it.

Since these are government projects, the tolerance for errors is relatively high, which is also one of the advantages.

Only consider coming if the salary is adequate or the commute is short; otherwise, I don’t recommend this company.

The space is shared with many other companies—not just the companies in the outsourced area.

Being one minute late results in one hour’s pay being deducted (in violation of the Labor Standards Act), and there are no flexible working hours.

The projects I encountered used outdated technology, and they kept refusing to hire more people.

The scheduling was extremely poor, and they would ask you to come in and work overtime on Saturdays and Sundays.

They would make major changes to the functionality on the day before launch or even an hour before launch, then question afterward whether you had actually checked everything.

If you take three hours off in the morning and start work at 1:00 p.m., they will deduct one hour’s pay from you, claiming that the lunch break is from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

However, if you leave at noon for lunch and return at 2:00 p.m., they won’t deduct any pay. Going downstairs to smoke for half an hour also won’t result in a deduction :)

They nickel-and-dime you over your hourly pay while still making you bear the responsibility, even though the pay is so low... Consider it a charitable act that they haven’t been reported to the labor authorities. This company is excessively exploitative. I hope this can help job seekers avoid some pitfalls :)