Workplace reviews and discussion: 國高紙品股份有限公司

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At the beginning of the interview, two female HR representatives explained the company’s benefits and regulations. Later, when I asked about the job responsibilities for the publishing graphic designer position, neither of them knew anything about it and they had no understanding of the role at all. They did not even know how to turn on the air conditioner in the interview room, so I nearly suffocated while waiting for the other graphic design manager. After waiting a long time, the manager came and gave a fairly vague explanation. The two HR representatives and one graphic design manager then left, saying they needed to contact the assistant to the executive and asking me to wait a little longer. The interview had been scheduled several days in advance, but the people at this company did not seem to take it seriously that day. In the end, they informed me that the assistant to the executive would not be coming to interview me, and the interview ended. Graphic designers at this company are under a responsibility-based work system, with no overtime pay—only a NT$60 missed-meal allowance (lunch boxes now cost over NT$100; what can you eat for NT$60?). The year-end bonus is fixed at one month’s salary and will not change. There are gifts or cash bonuses for the three major holidays and birthdays, but they did not say how much. It feels like a very traditional and closed-off industry.