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Magnet people can make a fortune.
A current employee’s hard-earned, tearful experience—an alert for anyone thinking of joining
First, a disclaimer: The following content is based entirely on experiences and feelings shared by senior employees, and is provided only as a reference for people currently looking for work. Whether you believe it or not is up to you, but once you join, you’ll understand it better than I do.
The title says “sales,” but in reality it’s delivery labor
The job title sounds great. From the outside, it looks like “sales”—challenging and offering opportunities for growth.
Only after joining do you find out that the daily routine is driving your own car to make deliveries and working as a coin-moving laborer.
The machines assigned to new hires generate almost no value; no matter how hard you work, it’s all just wasted effort.
Work starts at 9:30? Wrong—you have to arrive by 9:00
Don’t naively think clocking in at 9:30 is enough. The unspoken rule here is:
Arrive after 9:15, and you’ll be labeled as having a “bad attitude” and being “careless.”
New hires have it even worse: you must obediently show up at 9:00. Although you don’t have to change coins or copy meter readings, you have to pretend to be busy behind the office, acting as if you’re “learning how to operate the machines” or “repairing malfunctions.”
Sitting around with nothing to do? You’ll immediately be labeled as “unmotivated.”
The boss and supervisors love watching these performances. This place doesn’t judge ability—it judges acting skills. If you think you’re an excellent actor, come and give it a try.
And being late means a fine: 1 minute = 10 dollars; being late the day after a holiday means double.
The boss loves making empty promises, while the supervisors love pretending to know everything—and are very conceited
The boss’s greatest talent is shouting about a vision. Every other sentence is, “We need to push sales and build a future.”
After hearing it for long enough, it really feels like listening to a one-person comedy show.
The company atmosphere is even more remarkable: decisions are entirely controlled by two supervisors who think they know everything. Their direction is often absurdly wrong, and frontline employees are merely cannon fodder.
Those who know how to flatter get a stage; those who speak the truth are marginalized.
Performance figures = for reference only
The company loves shouting, “Performance is poor,” but everyone who knows what’s really going on understands:
The numbers can be “adjusted” and “beautified.”
Only the “magnet people” know the true operating situation.
Those who understand the inside game are already laughing quietly on the sidelines.
“With a magnet in hand, your pockets are limitless~ Those who know, know.”
A daily routine of exploitation wrapped in a system
Salary trap
Your pay is split into two parts: the minimum wage is transferred on the 5th of each month, and the rest is handed to you in cash on the 15th.
The payslip only shows the minimum wage. After you sign the actual salary statement, the company takes it back.
Anyone with common sense knows what this tactic is for.
You provide your own vehicle
You must use your own car for sales work, and handle all maintenance yourself.
Fuel and toll reimbursements are so meager it’s like Longshan Temple handing out steamed buns.
Regional differences
Those assigned to Taoyuan have it the worst. Fuel alone can cost NT$10,000–15,000 a month, meaning your salary is effectively eaten up.
The truth about salary calculation
During the interview, they make it sound wonderful: salary = 25% of performance.
But in reality, what you actually receive is probably only 3%–6%.
Why? Because “the goods they give you to put on the machines—the company earns from you first.”
A mysterious voice: You buy goods from the company yourself, then help the company generate performance. Get it?
Opaque time-clock records + an all-inclusive responsibility system
Officially, working hours are 9:30–17:30, but in practice you often work until 8 or 9 at night.
You don’t have to clock out. The company will “thoughtfully help you change it” to exactly eight hours.
Why? Because if there are overtime records, the Labor Bureau might start watching the company.
The result is an all-inclusive responsibility system, with not a penny more in pay.
Fake days off = an extension of the responsibility system
The LINE group still sends work messages on days off.
Supervisors even say, “You can take your family along to check the machines, and have fun while you’re at it.”
It sounds like concern, but in reality it’s holiday overtime.
Don’t do it? You’ll immediately be labeled as “not proactive” and “not committed.”
In one sentence: The pay isn’t much, but there’s plenty of responsibility-system work. You’re not working—you’re being slowly drained dry.
Disobey? You could be “dealt with” at any time
But the most frightening thing here isn’t the work—it’s the atmosphere, according to a senior employee’s dream
Someone at the company possesses a master key that can open nearly every machine.
Officially, it’s for “convenient management,” but everyone is afraid because who can guarantee that only you can touch what’s inside the machine?
If you don’t cooperate, the usual script is: the supervisor “happens to” inspect your machine → “happens to” discover that some money is missing → “happens to” say you transferred it to X public office X.
When you’re completely confused, the company uses this excuse to threaten you.
In the end, they “counsel” you into signing a voluntary resignation letter, making it look from the outside as if you chose to leave.
Here, hard work is not a protective talisman.
The only people who can survive are those who know how to keep quiet, act, and be obedient little puppies.
7. Summary: For those currently looking for work
If you’re looking for a job, this place may offer you a “different workplace experience.”
But remember:
Long working hours
A gray-area system
Weak protections
These are all normal here.
People who like stability and value quality of life will only suffer if they join.
The longer you do this job, the more you lose. A senior employee said not to waste your youth in a place like this.
The above is purely a personal impression, along with things dreamed about in a dream. Whether you believe it or not is up to you, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.
A friendly reminder: Please keep a recording pen ready at all times XD