Beautiful office
Very poor work experience. The company divides people into three categories:
1. Upper-class people: the boss and the boss’s wife
2. Exploited people: those brainwashed by empty promises and willing to work overtime without pay; they are usually lured into the company under the guise of internships, but what they learn from the internship is the dark side of society
3. Lower-class people: those looked down upon by the boss and the boss’s wife
You can skip this company.
Free snacks
Brainwashing employees all day long; on the surface, it seems to treat employees well, but in reality it is not sincere. It only wants employees to give endlessly. It can only deceive newcomers and students, paying them little money to do full-time work, then clapping for them and saying they are great. It is truly a heartless company. You are expected to work 24 hours a day, yet they tell you that you do not need to work overtime. What a joke.
The interview process was extremely uncomfortable. I’m sure there weren’t any advantages.
During the interview, the way they asked questions was as if they were trying to argue with you.
They kept asking: “So do you think there’s only one way to handle this situation?”
“Really? So you think there’s only one way to solve a problem?”
“So you’re the kind of person who does this and that… right?”
Was this an interview or an interrogation? After half an hour, they were still asking the same question.
Everyone encounters different people, situations, and circumstances. You weren’t the interviewee, so how would you know whether the interviewee’s approach wasn’t the best—or the only—approach under those circumstances?
The job title is followed by “#Empathetic.” Is this what you call empathy?
Also, the video interview was recorded. Only the interviewee had their camera on; the other party didn’t.
Anyone planning to interview at this company, please think twice.
The company is young and vibrant, the colleagues are friendly, and the office environment is good.
The job requires results, so the pressure can be high if you don't perform well.
I waited a very, very long time for the job interview, wasting other people's time. After I started working there, it didn't feel that great either. Meetings were a daily occurrence—endless meetings and never-ending work.
The bosses are a married couple. Sometimes the boss can't make a decision and has to wait for his wife to approve it. 😂
Initially, reading the reviews made me feel discouraged, but the interview process turned out to be very relaxed and pleasant. Maybe the interviewers or departments were different? The first interview was online with a female HR representative who was very kind and carefully introduced the company. The second was with the manager of the department I would report to. They were sincere and very friendly, and explained the work process to me in great detail. Overall, the interview was a very pleasant experience. I also saw many very young employees, which made it feel like an office that wouldn’t be boring!
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Before even meeting anyone, they first waste your time by asking you to fill out a questionnaire (every answer must be phrased as a statement) and a 200-question workplace assessment. Only after completing them do you have a chance to interview.
If you are a job seeker who does not want to waste time, you may want to skip this company.
The first-round interview mainly covered my previous work experience and my future career development and plans. Overall, I did not feel too much pressure, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
The interview requires time to fill out a questionnaire, but it includes a detailed introduction to the company, so it also feels like learning about the company while doing some research.
1. The office environment is comfortable and bright.
At first, when I looked at the photos on 104, I thought the space would be quite small. However, when I arrived for the in-person interview, I found that it was actually quite spacious. Overall, it felt very comfortable.
2. The interviewer was friendly, and it felt like a conversation.
The interviewer did not seem very old and was quite friendly.
They kept helping to ease my interview nervousness and seemed like a nice person, although the questions were fairly in-depth.
(I had seen online reviews before the interview saying that the experience was very poor, but personally, I thought it was fine. Maybe it depends on the person?!)
1. Parking is difficult near the company.
When I went for the interview, it took me a long time to find a parking space. The nearby parking spaces were all quite full, so parking was not very convenient.
Good working environment
1. A company that tricks young people into offering their fresh energy
2. The boss’s wife treats herself like the Empress Dowager
3. Violates labor laws everywhere, but uses slick wording to convince young people that they are pursuing their dreams. It turns out dreams are so cheap
The manager who interviewed me in the first round was the most sincere person I’ve encountered so far in terms of the way she spoke. It was a very special experience.
Unlike HR at other ordinary companies,
I felt she wasn’t the kind of person who wanted to trick you into joining the company just to earn HR performance bonuses. Instead, she was seriously considering whether this job was suitable for me, or whether I was suitable for the company.
She also applied a little pressure at the beginning as a stress test, so the atmosphere was somewhat more serious. She asked detailed questions about the way I work and my methods. The questions were quite in-depth.
She wasn’t the kind of person who would say polished, superficial things, but you could feel that she was sincerely trying to find someone suitable both for me and for their company. It was exactly as she said: “It’s not necessarily that either person is bad; they may simply not be a good fit.” She also gave some examples, such as a very outgoing person joining a relatively reserved Japanese-style management company. This interviewing manager really likes giving examples.
Later, we chatted briefly at the end of the interview and I discovered that she isn’t a traditional HR professional. No wonder she introduced herself at the beginning as a manager in the Administration Department. I’m guessing she’s fairly young, and she really likes the company, which makes people feel that she loves her work.
The company seems quite willing to give young people opportunities.
That’s about it.
There are quite a lot of things to do, and the company is constantly changing.
The interviewing manager said that the company was introducing new management tools and the like, so they need people who enjoy challenges and can withstand pressure. The pace is very fast. You also have to learn new things.
For someone like me, who is already accustomed to working at a large company and has been in the workforce for quite a long time with relatively substantial experience, I would wonder whether I still want to learn things beyond the work itself. This approach may not necessarily fit with one’s career development. Learning your company’s particular system is not necessarily something I could take with me if I left the company in the future, since it isn’t a commonly used body of knowledge.
Of course, I’m very grateful that the interviewing manager told me about this candidly, but it would indeed be something to consider.
If the salary isn’t higher than what’s available elsewhere, but the amount of work is no less than at other companies, and the company also has its own system that I would have to learn from scratch, then I wouldn’t necessarily prioritize it.
The interviewing manager mentioned an arrangement that would allow me to go to the company for a few days to take a look. Although I would be paid and insured, it really isn’t convenient to take leave while I’m employed elsewhere.
Still, if your company is looking for someone willing to accept a lower salary and learn from zero, after reading the other comments, I think you may keep encountering people with no experience who don’t realize that the interviewing manager is conducting a stress test and instead end up scolding you.
*Although this kind of trait really isn’t very suitable for working in HR, people in their twenties generally have little social experience and will basically behave this way. When recruiting, I try my best to avoid hiring people with less seniority for HR positions; at most, they can be administrative assistants.
Your company should have a clearer understanding of salary levels. In our profession, HR professionals with more than 30 years of experience start at least at NT$50,000–60,000 per month.
I feel that the position has not been defined very well: you want someone inexpensive but also want someone experienced who can perform well. In the end, you can only attract all kinds of odd people to interviews.
I don’t know whether this interviewing manager will gradually start saying more polished, superficial things in the future, but I think her current sincerity and enthusiasm for the company and her work are very rare. I quite admire this young woman. Although she didn’t turn on her camera, her voice sounded like she was probably younger than me. I hope she can try to learn more about market salary levels. Unless your company does not require employees to learn its own system, I think it will be very difficult to find someone experienced who can handle a full range of responsibilities and learn new things at this salary. Just look at the other comments and you’ll know.
The interview environment was comfortable
The interview format was strange. Interns applying to different departments were interviewed together in groups of more than 10 people, making it impossible to carefully assess whether each person was suited to the department.
On the day of the interview, applicants were required to work with different people to plan a proposal. This was overly complicated for applicants and had not been disclosed in advance. No feedback was provided after the proposal was presented.
The interview process was lengthy, requiring two to three interviews to complete.
1. When working overtime at exhibition venues, they don’t provide boxed meals to employees, saying it’s because nobody wants to eat them. In reality, it’s just cost-cutting.
2. When marketing staff have to move goods until midnight, the boss treats them to convenience-store drinks. No compensatory time off, though.
3. The boss is very generous. I still remember when we achieved unbelievable results: the whole company celebrated with the boss treating us to delivered Korean fried chicken! So grateful and full of praise! At the time, the entire company had fewer than 20 people, and the celebration banquet cost less than 200 per person.
4. They employ large numbers of interns—great. The boss came from the Taiwan Microsoft internship program and discovered that interns are cheap, creative, and able to endure demanding work. Besides, every full-time employee’s liver is already wrecked, and on average they don’t stay long, so hiring interns for one-year terms isn’t a bad idea. It also allows the company to receive government recognition and put on a show for consumers as a “happy enterprise.”
5. They call themselves a happy enterprise. If you leave work on time, the boss’s relatives and cronies will ask, “Wow, you’re really free,” so there’s absolutely no pressure! Great!
6. They claim to have a cheap snack cabinet as large as Google’s. Looks like the Taiwan Microsoft internship program intern has never worked at Google or visited Google.
7. A self-created brand becomes a British brand, made in mainland China—the pride of Taiwan!
There’s nothing that could possibly be improved.
Convenient transportation, spacious and bright office
Not punctual
The company called to change the interview time, but then still said the manager was interviewing the previous candidate and that I needed to wait a little longer.
After waiting for about an hour without receiving any notification, I left.
Convenient transportation; the office environment is acceptable.
1. The interview takes at least two hours.
2. Each time, they make you wait anywhere from 40 to 75 minutes (which makes one question whether there are many internal problems).
3. The interviewers do not offer business cards or even briefly introduce themselves so the candidate knows who is conducting the interview (a lack of interview etiquette, which leaves a rather poor impression).
4. There are many rounds of interviews, but the questions asked in each round are all quite similar (so what is the point of having multiple interviews...?)
The following is my personal impression:
This so-called startup does not seem to know what kind of talent it is looking for. Perhaps it is simply using interviews to collect other people's experience while practicing its own interviewing skills. It considers itself a startup, yet the questions it asks are all rather binary~
Good office environment
The interview took nearly two hours. In addition to the standard interview, they kept asking what promotional strategies, marketing plans, or events I would propose for a certain brand (a new brand they represent) if I were their employee. In the end, they also asked me to spend another half hour writing two pieces of copy for them. After the interview, they said I was not proactive enough and that my etiquette was poor (my phone accidentally vibrated). If they had already felt that I was not a good fit, they should not have asked me to come up with copy for them. I really feel like I gave them two ideas that I had put a great deal of thought into and spent so much time on. This was the first time I have ever had such an unpleasant interview.
Near 101, and the office is fairly bright.
It’s been almost four years since the company was established, and they’re only now planning fixed assets. HR said that initially, only one person would handle it. If I’d known, I would have asked for a higher salary—but my asking for just 30,000 still led to no follow-up. Or are the salaries at this company simply low to begin with?
Most departments work overtime, often until very late (past midnight). There is no overtime pay, and you may be required to work on holidays; you will only receive compensatory leave. The system is very chaotic, and people often undermine one another.