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There is not much performance pressure, management is lax, and taking leave is easy.
Sales staff are paid the statutory minimum base salary, with no subsidies whatsoever for fuel, parking fees, or National Freeway ETC; there are four lengthy, meaningless sales meetings every week. Every morning except Wednesday—that is, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday—sales meetings must be held. To put it bluntly, these sales meetings are just “reading work logs” and reporting performance; they are lengthy and meaningless, with no focus or conclusions. The company forcibly spreads sales performance across multiple periods. For example, if a client pays NT$250,000 in full today and the advertising period is one year, the company requires the NT$250,000 in performance to be divided across 12 months instead of being recorded in the month payment is received or the month the project is completed. The company claims this is to avoid complications in calculating sales performance if a client breaches the contract and cancels the campaign midway, but in reality it is a disguised form of exploitation of the sales staff. Deputy General Manager Chen of the Sales Department has long been out of touch with the current market environment, is unable to lead the sales department, and cannot offer any constructive advice. Every month, sales staff must personally report the performance from that month’s advertising clients; if they do not submit a report, they will not be paid. Salary details are also not sent proactively, and sales staff often have to request them from the company before they are provided.