There is nothing positive to say.
On your first day at work, you are expected to remember everything taught by everyone who started before you.
On your second day, if you get something wrong, they keep scolding you nonstop, making you question your life.
On your third day, they still tell you that they will only teach you something once and that you have to figure out how to do it yourself; if you make a mistake, they scold you just the same.
There is no point trying to become friends with anyone there, because everyone just excludes newcomers. Whenever something goes wrong, they blame the newcomer first—everything is the new person's fault. Everyone there is extremely gossipy; even the smallest matters are blown out of proportion and criticized. Even when it is not your fault, you still have to swallow it.
The supervisors demand that you work faster, faster, faster, faster, faster, faster.
If you are not fast enough, they tell you, “I feel like you are not serious about working and are not suitable for this job.” Please, how fast are you expected to be? You have only just started.
All I can say is that it is a place that really crushes people's spirit. If you want to work there, you have to learn to be mute—not speak up and not make friends.
Because no one will genuinely treat you as a friend; they will even set traps for you behind your back.
It is a very bad work environment. Don't be fooled by the salary.
Absolutely none, absolutely none at all—there really, truly are none.
Everything others have said is true. Unless your personal dream is to be a lowly slave, this place will be a perfect fit for you.
No pros
1. The coworkers are extremely difficult to get along with. When newcomers first enter the workplace, they say the honeymoon period is only one week—are you expected to be taught and told everything just once and then know it all? Are you expected to work as fast as the veterans immediately after starting? If you fail to meet the above expectations, they constantly berate you, insulting you like an animal. Some veterans particularly enjoy excluding newcomers together.
2. When veterans train newcomers and see that they are unfamiliar with the food-service industry, they often teach them incorrect things and set traps for them. When asked about it, the veterans then say they were not the ones who taught it and that they do not know.
3. The coworkers are extremely gossipy and enjoy spreading rumors. Because the supervisors are closer to the veterans, they never step in to stop it. The workplace atmosphere is extremely poor, so it is no wonder that the newcomers who come afterward quit in droves, leaving only a few veterans there fooling around. The veterans and newcomers each form their own small circles, and the morning and evening shifts each form a separate small circle.
4. They enroll you in labor insurance using only the minimum wage.
They give you a Häagen-Dazs, but who has time to eat during an interview? By the end of the interview, it has turned straight into soup.
The company’s interview location does indeed have dogs. The dog smell is somewhat strong, so people who cannot tolerate it should think twice.
First, you fill out your interview information and experience. Then a supervisor conducts the interview and directly tells you that the company routinely requires one hour of overtime every day. Therefore, when considering your expected salary, you need to take into account pay for a nine-hour workday each day (excluding break time). I’ve never seen a company so openly refuse to pay overtime!
After the interview, there is a small marketing test, so you complete it on a computer.
They will not notify you if you are not selected.
The following applies to work at the head office:
1. There is no requirement to wear formal attire, and women are not required to wear makeup.
2. The weekly announcements occasionally include collections of posts from out-of-touch bosses. They are quite stress-relieving to read as jokes.
1. The workday is from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., excluding a one-hour lunch break, making for long working hours. The extra hour may be canceled by a supervisor, possibly for reasons such as dissatisfaction with work performance or attitude, communicated only verbally without signing any paperwork, and the base salary may be directly reduced.
2. No copies or photographs are allowed of pay slips, onboarding documents, paper contracts, electronic contracts, or similar documents. When asked for the reason, they simply brush it off by saying, “It’s just not allowed.”
3. At the end of the workday, you have to say goodbye to the boss and wait until he responds before you can leave.
However, the boss sometimes walks around, and if he accidentally fails to see someone leave directly, they will be reprimanded by upper management the next day.
4. The company has several medium-sized dogs belonging to the boss. The owner does not care much about the dogs’ cleanliness or hygiene, so they smell very bad.
Some departments have to help feed them three meals a day and take them outside for walks after each meal, all year round. Medium-sized dogs have considerable stamina, so when weighing them (also a routine task) or getting ready to go out and attach their leashes, you sometimes have to chase them around the office or engage in a ridiculous tug-of-war with them.
The office provides newspapers for the dogs to urinate and defecate on. At first, migrant workers cleaned them up, but this later became a routine duty of employees in a certain position.
There is no guarantee that the dogs will relieve themselves in the designated area, so if one urinates or defecates next to your seat, it becomes an additional responsibility. In addition, you will still be reprimanded if dog-related chores delay your work progress.
5. During working hours, upper management once brought the body of a dog that had died in another department’s office to the head office, where they placed scriptures over it to help it pass on.
6. The supervisor is emotional. The supervisor may be in a bad mood, but even when there has been no mistake or conflict, the tone of their first conversation of the day is often extremely harsh.
Their poor attitude and refusal to speak properly are also witnessed by people from other departments.
In addition, for matters big and small—including LINE messages that contain nothing but an extremely bad tone and assign no task whatsoever—they will still demand a response.
Although this is an individual’s behavior and not every department is like this (probably).
7. I saw the content of one of the positive reviews below through clairvoyance while I was still employed, but there has continuously been only one similar review, and the dates keep getting newer. Older ones seem to have been deleted and are no longer visible.
It looks like the company is manipulating the reviews internally, huh? ^^
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Actually, you can take a look at those positive reviews.
Basically, they’re all whitewashing posts written by the company’s internal employees～
That should give you an idea of what kind of colleagues and work environment you’ll be facing in the future.
I've been here for quite a while, and the company's approach is indeed very different from that of other businesses.
I've previously worked at a company with around a hundred employees, a locally founded independent brand, and an international group.
The biggest difference I've felt is the efficiency of change.
The company is still in a stage of development, but you can see that it is genuinely working to improve its systems and establish benefits.
Regardless of work efficiency or adaptability, things here really do move very quickly.
So those who lack ability or fabricate their résumés are quickly exposed... haha.
Still, I'm grateful that this has allowed me to see quite a few odd characters......
(Maybe most people assume that they can hide among the numbers at a large group?
Their résumés are filled with impressive-sounding details, yet they don't understand basic professional skills,
such as using Excel to calculate a total or even understanding email CCs.
They also have to think for ages about shortcut keys in design software.... = =
Seriously...........
The most exhausting thing here is that many incompetent teammates come and cause trouble.
For example, they refuse to admit when they mess up, become impossible to reach after work,
have a pile of excuses when they make mistakes, and blame the company first instead of themselves.
In short, they're irresponsible whiners.
Although the workday here is an hour longer,
the compensation is better than elsewhere, and none of the benefits that should be provided are missing.
As long as you truly have ability and skills, I highly recommend interviewing here.
The company wants talent, not just manpower.
Salary levels can be much higher than those outside, and the pace of raises is also...
Deliver results and show the right attitude, and you will receive in proportion to what you contribute.
You don't need to take anyone else's word for it—just look at the market.
Taiwan's food and beverage industry is extremely competitive, and with the pandemic recently, how many businesses have been unable to survive?
This company can still remain firmly established and continue opening new locations.
After more than a decade, it still retains its place in the market, which shows how solidly its foundations were built.
Please, if you don't have the ability, really don't come here.
And then, on top of causing trouble, you drag down the team—basically a full-time cheerleader.
I've thought about it for a long time, but I still can't think of anything.
Before joining, you really, really need to think it through carefully.
None at all. I strongly advise everyone not to come here and waste your time＾＾
1. The workday is 9 hours, excluding a 1-hour lunch break. Sometimes, even when you’re due to leave on time, you’ll still be asked to stay and deal with things that aren’t urgent at all.
2. The salary amount was stated over the phone when I was hired, but labor and health insurance were registered at the minimum wage. When you resign, your salary is also calculated based on the minimum wage.
3. The working style is extremely autocratic. Whatever someone wants to do, everyone under them has to cooperate.
4. To put it nicely, the job title is designer, but after joining, you’re essentially just a graphic production artist.
5. The output you produce doesn’t require much design at all; it could probably be laid out in PowerPoint.
6. You have to handle a huge number of miscellaneous tasks.
7. Before leaving work, you have to say goodbye to your superior. Sometimes, after you say it, you’ll be called back to turn your computer on and continue working＾＾？
8. A lot of the rules are so absurd that you can’t help but think, “What on earth?”～～～
9. Once you’ve been making things for a while, you’ll figure out what the people above you like: just put a few typefaces and colors together and call it done?
10. Everything you produce depends on your superior’s mood. They may approve something for production today, then change it tomorrow—nothing would surprise me～～
11. I absolutely don’t want to include the work in my portfolio～
12. Everything you make has to be reviewed with your superior. Sometimes the discussion even gets mixed up with personal emotions. Seriously, lol.
Absolutely none
There is absolutely no SOP; everything is done according to the supervisors’ moods. If you don’t do things the way the supervisors want, you’re just a scapegoat.
No matter whether you do it this way or that way, it’s wrong.
The supervisors will start yelling at you, or talk about you behind your back—blaming you for things you clearly didn’t do, or for things you genuinely didn’t know how to do.
Everything gets pinned on you, so you’d better carry the blame.
It’s a terrible company with a terrible system, and a place that really likes collective bullying. Especially when you don’t do things the way the supervisors want, your fate is definitely to become invisible and then get berated.
No one can stay in a place like this.
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1. Do you have to say goodbye to the boss when leaving work?
2. The management style and professionalism of some store managers leave much to be desired....
3. Think twice if you’re considering working there!
Haven't thought of any yet
It’s best to think it through carefully before coming
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The colleagues at the company are extremely unpleasant. Another new colleague and I started work on the same day. They expect you to remember their work habits, seating arrangements, positions, and so on within just a few hours, but they completely fail to consider that customers are constantly coming in, so we have no extra time to review. Even though it was our first day on the job, we were harshly scolded whenever we made a mistake. Working there is very uncomfortable; it feels like they are constantly bullying newcomers. == If you are thinking of working there, be mentally prepared.
First, I should mention that I live in Linkou. I was originally scheduled to go to an interview at 10 a.m. on July 11. After seeing the news last night that New Taipei City had suspended work and classes while Taipei City had not, I felt extremely torn and didn’t know whether I should go to the interview. In the end, they called me at 7:30 that morning to let me know in advance. They apologized for calling so early, explaining that since it was currently typhoon season, the company’s top priority was safety and the interview could be postponed. They asked whether I would be okay with postponing it, and of course I said yes. This area is near the mountains, and with the rain coming down, I really didn’t want to go outside at all.
I noticed that Mala seems to have locations mostly in Taipei City. I hope they can open a few more in New Taipei as well, so it will be closer to ride there in the future.
Yesterday I interviewed for a planning assistant position. Overall, the interview felt pretty good. The position requires someone who is optimistic, proactive, quick to respond, and able to work independently.
Regarding salary, although I have just graduated and do not have much work experience, I have achieved quite a lot through managing student clubs and have competition entries and a personal portfolio that I prepared separately. I was hoping for a salary of 28,000–30,000. After reviewing everything, the interviewer said they would discuss it with the supervisor and notify me by phone if I am selected.
In addition to the basic perfect-attendance and year-end bonuses, the benefits include birthday gift certificates, domestic and overseas travel and travel subsidies each year, free afternoon tea every week, and various occasional discounts.
I arrived 15 minutes early that day. Including me, there were three people waiting for interviews one after another. The company has a dog, and it is quite friendly toward people, so it might not be suitable for someone who is afraid of dogs.
The work is very challenging, but I wonder why colleagues in every department don’t stay long.
The company’s management style strives to surpass the UK and the US. Those who are eager to hone their skills are welcome to join!
What you actually encounter after joining is even more perfect than what’s posted on 104—it will definitely exceed your imagination.
Pros:
1. There is a fair and objective performance evaluation system (based on professionalism, attitude, and learning ability) that promotes people who work diligently and conscientiously. Compensation is proportional to effort—you can see your hard work reflected in your salary.
2. Employees can participate in the company's stock ownership and profit-sharing programs, providing stable benefits and income.
3. Based on individual work performance and abilities, employees can gain experience and develop their skills in different business units.
4. If you are committed to your work, it is actually very enjoyable, and there is also a regular afternoon tea~ Great!
1. The company is growing, and its pace of development is very fast. You must have stress resilience and strong learning ability; otherwise, you may easily be eliminated.
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104 is just bait. Everything is fake. An extra hour of working time every day—is that reasonable? Not taking a day off or providing a makeup holiday on Labor Day—is that reasonable? Exchanging overtime for compensatory leave—is that reasonable? An interview that avoids the important issues and focuses on the trivial—is that reasonable? It feels like a company with no systems, systems, systems.......
Please don't waste your time. The interview was a complete waste. I simply didn't check Tianyancha. I wasted more than two hours.
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The supervisor does nothing at work, only gives orders, while those below work themselves to death
Dealing with emotional and difficult supervisors often can help develop one's composure.
They do not provide monthly pay slips, and labor and health insurance are insured at the minimum wage. The benefits described on 104 differ greatly from the actual situation and are frequently changed. The employees working there are all very unhappy!
I'm still thinking about it
You can tell how awful the working conditions are just by seeing how long that red banner has been hanging outside their store