An eye-opening experience
Not recommended. Absolutely not recommended! Don't be fooled by the seemingly high salary—the unpaid overtime you give the company makes it less worthwhile than working for a Taiwanese company. At least the workplace culture there is more liberal, and they wouldn't make absurd statements like “personal learning doesn't count as overtime.”
1. New employees spend one or two hours writing journals, but this is not counted as overtime pay because it is said to be “personal learning.” Although the official end of the workday is 4:00 p.m., almost everyone leaves at around 5 or 6.
2. Even though employees are already working unpaid overtime, supervisors still assign “homework” for subordinates to complete at home. If you don't do any “learning” at home, you will be scolded the next day.
3. All of the above is classified as “personal learning.” Several senior employees within the company agree that “personal learning does not count as overtime” because it “cannot bring the company any tangible, quantifiable benefits.”
I can't believe that in Taipei nowadays, there are still companies like this. It is even a consulting company that claims to provide consulting services for Japanese businesses in Taiwan. It has been operating for more than 20 years, yet it has never realized that its company policies are illegal.
Not paying overtime, arbitrarily defining what “doesn't count as overtime”—this is illegal in both Japan and Taiwan, and it also violates basic common sense.
I've only ever seen people specify “what counts as overtime”; I've never seen anyone specify “what doesn't count as overtime.” This company truly opened my eyes.
An eye-opening experience
Not recommended. Absolutely not recommended! Don’t be fooled by the seemingly high salary—after deducting the unpaid overtime given to the company, you’d be better off working for a Taiwanese company, where at least the culture is more flexible and they wouldn’t make absurd statements like “personal learning does not count as overtime.”
1. New employees spend one or two hours writing daily journals, but this is not counted as overtime pay because it is considered “personal learning.” Although the scheduled end of the workday is 4 p.m., almost everyone leaves at 5 or 6.
2. Even though employees are already working unpaid overtime, supervisors still assign “homework” for subordinates to complete at home. If you do not “learn” at home, you will be scolded the next day.
3. All of the above is classified as “personal learning.” Several senior employees within the company agree that “personal learning does not count as overtime” because it “cannot bring the company tangible numerical benefits.”
I can’t believe that in Taipei today, there are still companies like this. It is even a consulting firm that claims to provide consulting services for Japanese companies in Taiwan. It has been operating for more than 20 years, yet it has never realized that its company policies are illegal.
Not paying overtime, arbitrarily defining what “does not count as overtime”—this is illegal both in Japan and Taiwan, and it also violates basic common sense.
I’ve only ever seen people specify “what counts as overtime”; I’ve never seen anyone specify “what does not count as overtime.” This company truly opened my eyes.
An eye-opening experience
Not recommended. Absolutely not recommended! Don't be fooled by what appears to be a high salary—after deducting the unpaid overtime you give the company, you'd be better off working for a Taiwanese company. At least the work culture is more relaxed, and they wouldn't make absurd claims like “personal learning doesn't count as overtime.”
1. New employees spend one or two hours writing journals, but this time is not paid as overtime because it is considered “personal learning.” Although the official end of the workday is 4 p.m., almost everyone leaves at 5 or 6.
2. Even though employees are already working overtime for free, supervisors still assign “homework” for subordinates to do at home. If you don't “study” at home, you'll be scolded the next day.
3. All of the above is classified as “personal learning.” Several senior employees within the company agree that “personal learning does not count as overtime” because it “cannot bring the company tangible numerical benefits.”
I can't believe that in Taipei today, there are still companies like this. It is even a consulting firm that claims to provide consulting services to Japanese companies in Taiwan. It has been in business for over 20 years, yet it has never realized that its company policies are illegal.
Not paying overtime, arbitrarily defining what “doesn't count as overtime”—this is illegal both in Japan and Taiwan, and it also violates basic common sense.
I've only ever seen people specify what counts as overtime; I've never seen anyone specify what doesn't count as overtime. This company truly opened my eyes.
An eye-opening experience
Not recommended. Absolutely not recommended! Don’t be fooled by what appears to be a high salary. After deducting the free overtime you give the company, you might as well work for a Taiwanese company—at least the work culture is more relaxed, and you won’t hear absurd statements like “personal learning doesn’t count as overtime.”
1. New employees spend one or two hours writing daily reports, but this is not paid as overtime because it is considered “personal learning.” Although the official end of the workday is 4 p.m., almost everyone leaves at 5 or 6.
2. Even though you are already working overtime for free, supervisors will still assign “homework” for subordinates to do at home. If you don’t “study” at home, you will be scolded the next day.
3. All of the above is classified as “personal learning.” Several senior employees within the company agree that “personal learning does not count as overtime” because it “cannot bring the company tangible numerical benefits.”
I can’t believe that in Taipei today, there are still companies like this. It is even a consulting firm that claims to provide consulting services for Japanese companies in Taiwan. It has been operating for over 20 years, yet it has never realized that its company policies are illegal.
Not paying overtime, arbitrarily defining what “doesn’t count as overtime”—this is illegal in both Japan and Taiwan, and it also violates basic common sense.
I’ve only ever seen people define “what counts as overtime.” I’ve never seen anyone define “what doesn’t count as overtime.” This company really opened my eyes.
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Don't apply unless your Japanese is at a business level or even close to native. Even if you have no problem chatting with Japanese people in everyday situations and hold JLPT N1, they will still tell you that you're more suited to doing odd jobs for them. The hourly wage is about the same as at a convenience store. The Japanese interviewer did not respect job applicants and spoke sarcastically. Seeing online that this company has a high turnover rate, this interview experience really wasn't surprising at all.