Workplace reviews and discussion: 鴻海精密工業股份有限公司

Big company

A certain business group at Foxconn in mainland China told me I was hired after my interview in early March. Later, they asked me to take personality and English tests. After some time, the person handling salary negotiations asked me for proof of my previous salary and year-end bonus for a salary evaluation. Then, on March 24, we discussed a possible start date of April 21 or early May, and I was asked to prepare. After the salary was agreed upon, the position was a Level 7 engineer, and I was expected to start on April 21 or in early May. On April 8, they also confirmed April 21 as the start date and asked me to prepare for a health examination and submit the required documents. However, in the final hour, they said the process still needed approval, and later that evening they told me that, because I had failed the test, they were very sorry but could not hire me. It took a month from the interview until yesterday. The problems with this process are the responsibility of a large company like yours, yet in the end all I got was one sentence: “Thank you for your cooperation.” Is this how a large company operates? Everyone, keep your eyes open.