Actually, TKB isn’t as terrible as people say online (I’ve been a junior employee here for over three years).
1. Salary and benefits... well... they’re acceptable (I’d also like them to be better and more generous), but since I don’t have a master’s degree and didn’t graduate from a top university, I can accept an annual income of around 400,000–450,000 NTD excluding the year-end bonus.
2. I’m grateful to be in the Central Region. Although we still have to follow some of the head office’s occasionally baffling policies, I have never failed to receive a year-end bonus since joining.
3. The company follows the Labor Standards Act.
4. The work atmosphere is pretty good.
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At TKB, I think it’s not as good as the best, but better than the worst. Whether you can accept it depends on the individual~
For those who want to vent their dissatisfaction here, I suggest being more specific—for example, which department? Personally, I think the Central Region is pretty okay~
1. You may have to stay after work because of work needs (or chat with students on LINE about tutoring-related matters after working hours), but I almost always leave on time. The only times I stay are probably when students need to pay fees or attend trial lessons—after all, I don’t want to hurt my own bonus.
2. The annual company trip is not fully subsidized, but meals or activities that don’t require personal payment come around every two or three months. Personally, I think the activities are genuinely quite fun, especially since the Central Region has an event champion.
3. It’s performance-oriented, and the bonus percentage isn’t high. However, it isn’t difficult to find business, since the students are all at schools.
4. The turnover rate is relatively high. This depends a lot on the unit manager (I can’t criticize them too directly here, since I’m still working here), but there are still several units in the Central Region with more than seven or eight people that are pretty good.
You won’t starve (if you follow the rules properly).
Based on my experience before leaving after several years, the main reasons I wanted to leave a company that treats the Labor Standards Act as a ceiling were the salary and leave.
Salary: The base salary of 104,000 is written above, so I won’t elaborate. But the performance bonus calculation is extremely stingy. They also tie together products from different departments in all sorts of ways. Failing to meet the target won’t result in a pay deduction, but you’ll be asked to write a 300-word reflection on LINE (weekly/monthly). If you don’t write it, you’ll be asked to donate to the boss’s own foundation.
Leave: We normally work Monday through Friday, and sometimes have to work weekend shifts, which are compensated with compensatory leave. However, people at headquarters keep complaining that too many employees shouldn’t apply for leave at once. So, do you actually want to let me take leave or not?
The boss spends all day talking about how old he was when he started his business and saying that poor performance is because we aren’t working hard enough. Yet he is constantly coming up with ideas that block our marketing strategies, and strange orders occasionally come down (such as taking photos and checking in). Policies are unclear, but frontline employees are always the ones facing the pressure. There are several regional training sessions every year, and each time he says it’s a waste of his money to gather everyone for classes, but he himself talks for so long that he takes up the time actually needed for the training. So whose problem is it, exactly?
1. You can slack off
2. You can zone out during training
1. The performance targets keep being raised endlessly
2. If you fail to meet the target, you have to write a review report—as if you were writing an essay
3. Whether you work yourself to death or do absolutely nothing, you get paid the same
Complies with the Labor Standards Act.
There are peak and off-peak seasons, and incentive programs can be proposed. You can also receive more bonuses during the peak season.
Writing many reports can improve your writing skills.
You cannot leave work too early. You must stay to finish making phone calls; ideally, the later you leave, the better.
You must accommodate students’ schedules, and you may still have to make a trip to the company during your days off.
You will often hear questions such as, “What do you think of the image of a certain competing cram school?” or “What do you think of the storefront of a certain cram school?”
You will keep hearing employees say they are leaving. When the team is about to lose one member, it may feel a little lonely.
Taking time off is easy. Most colleagues are fairly easy to get along with.
A company where you even have to bring your own toilet paper— that tells you how stingy it is.
You have to clean the office yourself.
The restroom is extremely small, and the men's and women's stalls are right next to each other. Very awkward.
Every month, you have to waste a day attending a monthly meeting and listening to the boss tell stories and make grand promises.
Every six months, you have to spend another one or two days on “training,” being forced to memorize product information unrelated to your work and take an exam. If your score is too low, you have to copy the material 10 times as punishment.
There is no year-end party; it is packaged as an “annual meeting,” so of course there is no prize drawing. Before eating, you also have to listen to the boss give a speech for half a day.
The way performance is divided is very strange.
There is severe infighting among the company’s upper management.
I don't know whether this company deletes reviews, but I previously saw a very fair and insightful review that mysteriously disappeared.
The colleagues are fairly easy to get along with.
That uncle who spends all day brewing tea in a thermos… Honestly, I have no idea what he actually does as a manager.
I’ve heard the boss doesn’t like him either, but there’s nothing they can do about it (the emperor is far away).
Besides spraying saliva, he can’t even get the direction straight 🗣️
Manage people? Run the innovation business group? He has no idea. Every day, he comes to the office to brew tea and sit in meditation, waits to be scolded by the boss in meetings, then plays dodgeball… Completely occupying a position without doing the job. = =
A decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees.
A traditional manufacturing-style system, responsibility-based working hours, salary depends on luck, and opportunities to learn various fields—such as being a cleaner or newspaper delivery person.
Coworkers are either crazy or sick, while managers just talk and paint you rosy pictures to swallow. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management.
Suitable for natural actors who are good at flattering managers; you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize lectures.
2. Related to the above, you have to arrange refreshments for lectures and pay upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000). You won’t get reimbursed until several weeks later.
2. Related to the above, you have to play cat and mouse with the campus security center when organizing lectures because schools won’t lend you classrooms. (During my first week on the job, I was yelled at by a school officer and kicked off campus.)
I urge people with an overwhelming sense of justice not to work in the school-channel business.
3. For the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service exams, you may be forced to work for free handing out DMs.
4. According to senior colleagues, performance bonuses used to be better; the commission could reach double-digit percentages, but now only a pitiful single-digit percentage remains.
5. They keep saying that declining birth rates mean everyone has to weather hard times together, but apparently revenue hasn’t fallen.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to a family business, but it’s difficult to hear much gossip.
7. The newcomer mentor-apprentice system can’t really be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they hold back useful tips.
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If you don’t meet your targets, you have to go up and give a review. I heard that in the past, it had to be written instead. (I’d rather write it than be publicly judged onstage.)
9. I have absolutely no idea how managers make decisions. Today they say you’re going to the North Pole, so you go to the North Pole; tomorrow they say you’re going to the South Pole, so you go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most coworkers were around the same age, almost all under 30. After joining, I realized this actually meant the retention rate was extremely low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper. Your coworkers can hear the sounds when you poop, unless you never poop at work.
12. Your self-esteem is often put down here. Although the scolding doesn’t usually rise to the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to PUA-style manipulation—for example, being told, “With your level of ability, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much elsewhere, and the work would be harder.” Or your manager will compare you with others: “Look at so-and-so, they did ** ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on holidays to serve students,” and so on.
13. Managers will lead the group in isolating newcomers they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
Eventually, you’ll realize that you’ve been marked for elimination, and if you’re not suited to stay, you’ll quietly leave on your own.
But the advantage is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance pay to make you leave.
A decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees
A traditional-industry system, responsibility-based working hours, salary depends on luck, and opportunities to learn different fields—for example, cleaning and newspaper delivery
Colleagues range from crazy to ill, while supervisors do nothing but make empty promises for you to buy into. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management skills
Suitable for natural actors who are good at flattering supervisors—you will do very well here
1. You have to sneak into universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize lectures
2. Building on the above, you have to provide refreshments for lectures and pay up front yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000). You only get reimbursed several weeks later
2. Building on the above, organizing lectures means playing cat and mouse with the campus security center, because schools will not lend you classrooms (during my first week on the job, I was scolded by a school officer and kicked out)
I urge people with an overwhelming sense of justice not to work in school distribution channels
3. For the university entrance exam, comprehensive assessment exams, and any civil-service examinations, you will be forced to work for free handing out DMs
4. According to senior employees, performance bonuses used to be better, with the commission rate reaching double digits; now it is a very pitiful single-digit percentage
5. They keep shouting about the declining birth rate and telling everyone to weather hard times together, but supposedly revenue has not fallen
6. The company’s senior management is also somewhat like a family business, but it is difficult to hear much gossip
7. The mentoring system for new hires can neither be called good nor bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they keep tricks up their sleeve
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If you do not hit your targets, you have to go up and give a review presentation. I heard that in the past, you had to submit it in writing (I would rather write than be publicly judged on stage)
9. I completely do not understand how the supervisors make decisions. Today they say go to the North Pole, so you go to the North Pole; tomorrow they say go to the South Pole, so you go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost none over 30). After joining, I realized that this was actually because the retention rate was so low
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your coworkers can hear the sounds when you defecate—unless you never defecate at work
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the insults generally do not rise to the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to PUA-style manipulation. They may say, “For someone with your abilities, you are already doing pretty well here. You definitely would not earn this much in an outside job, and it would be harder.” Or your supervisor may compare and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so—they did ** ten thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on holidays to serve students,” and so on
13. Supervisors will lead the group in isolating new hires they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work
Eventually, you realize that you have been marked for removal and are not suited to staying, so you quietly leave on your own
But the advantage is that if you do not CARE about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance pay to make you leave
A decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees
A traditional, system-driven industry; fixed working hours based on responsibility; salary depends on luck; you can learn about different fields, such as being a cleaner or newspaper deliverer
Some colleagues are crazy, others are mentally ill; supervisors do nothing but talk and draw you promises to eat. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management.
Suitable for natural actors who are good at flattering supervisors—you will do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into major universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize lectures.
2. Related to the above: when organizing lectures, you have to order food and pay upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000). You only get reimbursed several weeks later.
2. Related to the above: when organizing lectures, you have to play cat and mouse with the campus security center because the school will not lend you a classroom (during my first week, I was scolded by a school officer and kicked off campus).
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in school-channel sales.
3. You will be forced to work for free handing out promotional materials during the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service examinations.
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better; the commission rate could reach double digits, but now it is a pitiful single-digit percentage.
5. They keep saying that, because of the declining birthrate, everyone needs to share the burden, but supposedly revenue has not fallen.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to a family business, but it is difficult to hear the gossip.
7. The newcomer mentor-apprentice system is neither good nor bad, because it completely depends on who your mentor is and whether they withhold useful knowledge.
8. There are an absurd number of meaningless meetings. If you do not meet your sales targets, you have to go up and give a review. I heard that in the past, it had to be written (I would rather write it than be publicly judged on stage).
9. I have absolutely no idea how the supervisors make decisions. Today they say to go to the North Pole, so you go to the North Pole; tomorrow they say to go to the South Pole, so you go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost none over 30). After joining, I realized that this was actually because the retention rate was so low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper. Your coworkers can hear the sounds when you poop, unless you never poop at the company.
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the scolding does not usually reach the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to psychological manipulation. They may say, “With your abilities, you are already doing pretty well here. You certainly would not earn as much at another job, and it would be more difficult.” Or your supervisor may compare and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so—they did ** ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on holidays to serve students,” and so on.
13. Supervisors will lead the group in isolating new employees they dislike. Group work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
Eventually, you realize that you have been singled out for dismissal and are no longer suited to stay, so you quietly leave on your own.
But the benefit is that if you do not CARE about any of it, the company is also reluctant to spend severance pay to ask you to leave.
A decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees
A traditional, system-bound industry, responsibility-based working hours, salary depends on luck, and opportunities to learn different fields—for example, working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person
Colleagues are either crazy or sick, while supervisors do nothing but talk and draw you pies to eat. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management.
Suitable for natural-born actors who want to flatter supervisors; you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into major universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and hold seminars.
2. Related to the above, you have to pay for the catering for seminars upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000), and you won’t be reimbursed until several weeks later.
2. Related to the above, you have to play cat and mouse with the campus security center when holding seminars, because the school won’t lend you a classroom (during my first week on the job, I was yelled at by a school instructor and swept out of the school).
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in school channels.
3. For the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service exams, you may be ordered to work as an unpaid temporary worker handing out DMs.
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better; the commission could reach double-digit percentages, but now only a pitiful single-digit percentage remains.
5. They keep shouting about declining birth rates and asking everyone to endure the difficulties together, but supposedly revenue hasn’t declined.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to a family business, but it’s hard to hear any gossip.
7. The newcomer mentor-apprentice system can’t be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they hold anything back.
8. There are an enormous number of meaningless meetings. If you don’t hit your targets, you have to go up and give a self-criticism report. I heard that in the past, it had to be done in writing (I’d rather write it than be publicly judged onstage).
9. I have absolutely no idea how the supervisors make decisions. If they say today that we’re going to the North Pole, we go to the North Pole; if they say tomorrow that we’re going to the South Pole, we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost no one over 30). Only after joining did I understand that this was because the retention rate was so low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your coworkers can hear the sounds when you poop—unless you never poop at the company.
12. Your self-esteem is often put down here. Although the scolding doesn’t usually rise to the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to PUA-style manipulation: “For someone with your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much at another job, and it would be harder.” Or supervisors will compare and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so—they did NT$** ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on holidays to serve students,” and so on.
13. Supervisors will lead the isolation of newcomers they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
Eventually, you’ll realize that you’ve been singled out and that you’re not suited to staying, so you’ll quietly leave on your own.
But the upside is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company is reluctant to spend severance pay to ask you to leave.
It’s a decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees.
A traditional-industry system, responsibility-based working hours, salary depends on luck, and opportunities to learn different fields—for example, working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person.
Some coworkers are crazy and some are sick; supervisors just talk and draw you a picture of a pie to eat. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management.
Suitable for natural actors who want to flatter the supervisors—you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize lectures.
2. Following from the above, when organizing lectures, you have to pay for the catering upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000). You only get reimbursed several weeks later.
2. Following from the above, organizing lectures means playing cat and mouse with the campus security center, because the school will not lend you a classroom (during my first week on the job, I was yelled at by a school instructor and kicked out while being swept out the door).
I urge people with an overwhelming sense of justice not to work in the school-channel business.
3. You’ll be dragged in to work for free handing out DMs during the Comprehensive Assessment Program, General Scholastic Ability Test, and any civil-service examination.
4. According to senior employees, performance bonuses used to be better; the commission rate could reach the double digits, whereas now it is a miserable single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting about declining birth rates and asking everyone to weather the hardship together, but supposedly revenue hasn’t fallen.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to a family business, but it is difficult to hear any gossip.
7. The mentorship system for newcomers can’t really be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they withhold useful tips.
8. There are an incredible number of meaningless meetings. If you don’t hit your targets, you have to go up and give a review; apparently, in the past, it had to be written (I’d rather write it than be publicly judged onstage).
9. I have absolutely no idea how the supervisors make decisions. If they say today that we’re going to the North Pole, we go to the North Pole; if they say tomorrow that we’re going to the South Pole, we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most coworkers were around the same age (almost none over 30). Only after joining did I understand that this was actually because the retention rate was so low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your coworkers can hear the sounds when you poop—unless you never poop at the company.
12. Your self-esteem is often put down here. Although the scolding does not reach the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to psychological manipulation—for example, being told, “With your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn as much at another job, and it would be harder.” Or your supervisor will compare and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so. They did **ten-thousand** in sales this month and even came in specially to work overtime and serve students on weekends,” and so on.
13. Supervisors will lead the isolation of newcomers they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
After a while, you’ll realize that you’ve been singled out for termination and are not suited to staying, so you’ll quietly leave on your own.
But the advantage is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance pay to ask you to leave.
A decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees
A traditional-industry system, responsibility-based working hours, salary depends on luck, and opportunities to learn different fields—for example, cleaner or newspaper delivery worker
Colleagues are crazy or sick, and managers just talk and draw you pies to eat. It can train your self-discipline and emotional management.
Suitable for natural actors who want to flatter managers; you will fit in very well.
1. You have to sneak into major universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize seminars.
2. As mentioned above, when organizing seminars, you have to pay for the catering upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000), and they do not reimburse you until several weeks later.
2. As mentioned above, when organizing seminars, you have to play cat and mouse with the campus security center because the school will not lend you a classroom (during my first week on the job, I was scolded by a school officer and kicked off campus).
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in school-channel sales.
3. For the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service exam, you will be dragged in to work for free handing out DMs.
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better, with commissions reaching double-digit percentages; now they are a pitiful single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting about declining birth rates and asking everyone to share the burden, but supposedly revenue has not fallen.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to a family business, but it is difficult to hear any gossip.
7. The new-hire mentorship system can neither be called good nor bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they keep their tricks to themselves.
8. There are an absurd number of meaningless meetings. If you do not hit your targets, you have to go up and give a review; I heard that in the past, it had to be written (I would rather write than be publicly tried onstage).
9. I completely do not understand how the managers make decisions. If they say today that we are going to the North Pole, we go to the North Pole; if they say tomorrow that we are going to the South Pole, we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost nobody over 30). After joining, I realized that this actually means the retention rate is too low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and colleagues can hear the sounds when you poop—unless you never poop at work.
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the scolding does not usually reach the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to PUA manipulation, such as being told, “With your abilities, you are already doing pretty well here. You definitely would not earn this much elsewhere, and the work would be harder.” Or your manager will compare and provoke you: “Look at so-and-so, they did NT$** ten thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on holidays to serve students,” and so on.
13. Managers will take the lead in isolating new hires they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
After a while, you will realize that you have been marked for elimination and are no longer suited to stay, so you will quietly leave on your own.
But the benefit is that if you do not CARE about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance money to ask you to leave.
A decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees
A traditional, system-driven industry; responsibility-based working hours; salary depends on luck; you can learn about different fields, such as working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person
Some colleagues are crazy, others are sick; managers just talk and paint you a rosy picture. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management skills
Suitable for natural performers who flatter their managers—you’ll do very well here
1. You have to sneak into major universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize lectures
2. Following from the above, when organizing lectures, you have to pay for refreshments up front yourself (NT$100 per student, so 40 students means NT$4,000). They won’t reimburse you until several weeks later
2. Following from the above, when organizing lectures, you have to play cat and mouse with the campus security center because the school won’t lend you a classroom (during my first week on the job, I was scolded by a school instructor and swept out of the school)
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in school-channel sales
3. For the university entrance exam, comprehensive assessment exam, and any civil service exam, you’ll be forced to work as an unpaid temporary worker handing out DMs
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better, with commissions reaching double-digit percentages; now they’re a pitiful single-digit percentage
5. They keep shouting about declining birth rates and asking everyone to weather the difficulties together, but apparently revenue hasn’t fallen
6. The company’s upper management is also similar to a family business, but it’s hard to hear any gossip
7. The new-hire mentor system is neither good nor bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they hold back information
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If you don’t meet your targets, you have to go up and give a review; I heard that in the past, it had to be written (I’d rather write it than be publicly humiliated onstage)
9. I completely don’t understand how the managers make decisions. Today they say we’re going to the North Pole, so we go to the North Pole; tomorrow they say we’re going to the South Pole, so we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost all under 30). After joining, I realized that actually meant the retention rate was too low
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your colleagues can hear the sounds when you defecate—unless you never poop at work
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the scolding usually doesn’t rise to the level of personal attacks, you’ll be subjected to PUA-style manipulation, such as being told, “With your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn as much elsewhere, and the work would be harder.” Or your manager will compare you with others and provoke you: “Look at so-and-so—they did ** ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on weekends to serve students,” and so on
13. Managers will lead the isolation of new hires they dislike. Group work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work
Eventually, you’ll realize that you’ve been marked for elimination and that you’re not suitable for staying, so you’ll quietly leave on your own
But the upside is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance money to ask you to leave
A decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees
A traditional-industry system, working hours based on responsibility, salary depends on luck, and the opportunity to learn different fields—for example, cleaner and newspaper delivery worker
Colleagues are crazy or sick, while supervisors just talk and draw pies for you to eat. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management
Suitable for natural actors who are good at flattering supervisors—you’ll do very well here
1. You have to sneak into various universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize seminars
2. Related to the above, when organizing seminars, you have to pay for the refreshments upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students costs NT$4,000), and you only get reimbursed several weeks later
2. Related to the above, organizing seminars means playing cat and mouse with the campus security office, because the school will not lend you a classroom (during my first week on the job, I was scolded by a school officer and kicked off campus)
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in school-channel sales
3. For the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service examination, you may be hauled in as an unpaid temporary worker to hand out DMs
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better; the commission rate could reach the double digits, but now it is a pitiful single-digit percentage
5. They keep shouting about declining birth rates and asking everyone to weather the difficulties together, but supposedly revenue has not fallen
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to a family business, but it is hard to hear any gossip
7. The new-employee mentor system is neither good nor bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they keep tricks up their sleeve
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If you miss your targets, you have to go up and give a self-criticism report. I heard that in the past, this had to be done in writing (I would rather write than be publicly tried onstage)
9. I have absolutely no idea how the supervisors make decisions. If they say today that we’re going to the North Pole, we go to the North Pole; if they say tomorrow that we’re going to the South Pole, we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost none over 30). Only after joining did I understand that this was actually because the retention rate was so low
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your colleagues can hear the sounds when you defecate—unless you never defecate at work
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the scolding generally does not rise to the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to psychological manipulation. They may say, “For someone with your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much at another job, and it would be more difficult.” Or supervisors will compare and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so; they did ** ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on holidays to serve students,” and so on
13. Supervisors will take the lead in ostracizing new employees they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work
After a while, you’ll realize that you’ve been marked for elimination, and if you’re not suited to staying, you’ll quietly leave on your own
But the upside is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company is reluctant to spend severance pay to make you leave
It’s a decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees.
A traditional manufacturing and services company with a system based on seniority, responsibility-based working hours, and salaries that depend on luck. You can learn about different fields, such as working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person.
Some colleagues are crazy, others are sick; managers just talk and paint rosy pictures for you to swallow. It can help you develop your self-discipline and emotional management skills.
Suitable for natural actors who are good at flattering managers—you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize lectures.
2. As mentioned above, when organizing lectures, you have to pay for the refreshments up front yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000), and you won’t be reimbursed until several weeks later.
2. As mentioned above, organizing lectures means playing cat and mouse with the campus security center, because schools won’t lend you classrooms. (I was yelled at by a school instructor and kicked out during my first week on the job.)
I urge people with an overwhelming sense of justice not to work in the school-channel division.
3. For the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service exams, you’ll be dragged in to work for free handing out DMs.
4. According to senior colleagues, performance bonuses used to be better—you could get a percentage in the double digits, but now it’s a miserable single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting about declining birth rates and telling everyone to weather the difficulties together, but supposedly revenue hasn’t fallen.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to that of a family business, but it’s hard to hear any gossip.
7. The new-hire mentor system can’t really be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they keep tricks to themselves.
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If you don’t hit your targets, you have to go up and give a self-criticism report. I heard that in the past you had to write it instead. (I’d rather write it than be publicly judged on stage.)
9. It’s completely impossible to understand how the managers make decisions. If they say today that you’re going to the North Pole, you go to the North Pole; if they say tomorrow that you’re going to the South Pole, you go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they say most colleagues are around the same age as you (almost no one is over 30). After joining, you realize that this is actually because the retention rate is so low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your colleagues can hear the sounds when you defecate—unless you never do it at the office.
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the insults don’t usually amount to personal attacks, you’ll be subjected to PUA-style manipulation. They’ll say things like, “For someone with your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much elsewhere, and the work would be harder.” Or your manager will compare you with others and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so—they did NT$**0,000 in sales this month and even came in specially on holidays to serve students,” and so on.
13. Managers take the lead in isolating new hires they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
After a while, you realize that you’ve been singled out for elimination and that you’re no longer suited to staying, so you quietly leave on your own.
But the upside is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company can’t bear to spend severance money to make you leave.
A decades-old company, a large enterprise with several hundred employees.
A traditional-industry system, responsibility-based working hours, salary depends on luck, and opportunities to learn different fields—for example, working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person.
Some colleagues are crazy and others are sick; supervisors do nothing but talk and draw up empty promises for you to consume. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management.
Suitable for natural actors who are good at flattering supervisors—you will do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into universities to distribute flyers, write on blackboards, and organize seminars.
2. As mentioned above, when organizing seminars, you have to invite catering and pay the costs yourself first (NT$100 per student; 40 students would cost NT$4,000). You will only be reimbursed several weeks later.
2. As mentioned above, when organizing seminars, you have to play cat and mouse with the campus security center because the school will not lend you a classroom. (During my first week on the job, I was yelled at by a school instructor and kicked off campus.)
I urge people with an overwhelming sense of justice not to work in the school-channel business.
3. During the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service examinations, you will be sent to work for free distributing promotional materials.
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better, with commissions reaching double-digit percentages. Now, they are a pitiful single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting about declining birth rates and asking everyone to share the burden, but supposedly revenue has not fallen.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to a family business, but it is difficult to hear much gossip.
7. The newcomer mentorship system is neither good nor bad, because it completely depends on who your mentor is and whether they keep their tricks to themselves.
8. There are an absurd number of meaningless meetings. If performance targets are not met, you have to go up and give a review. I heard that in the past, you had to write it out instead. (I would rather write than be publicly put on trial onstage.)
9. I completely do not understand how the supervisors make decisions. Today they say you are going to the North Pole, so you go to the North Pole; tomorrow they say you are going to the South Pole, so you go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost all under 30). After joining, I realized that this was actually because the retention rate was too low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your colleagues will hear the sounds when you defecate—unless you never defecate at the office.
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the scolding does not usually reach the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to PUA tactics. They may say, “With abilities like yours, you are already doing pretty well here. You definitely would not earn as much in an outside job, and it would be even harder.” Or supervisors will compare and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so—they did ** ten thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on holidays to serve students,” and so on.
13. Supervisors will take the lead in isolating newcomers they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
Over time, you will realize that you have been marked for elimination and that you are not suited to staying, so you will quietly leave on your own.
But the advantage is that if you do not CARE about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance pay to get rid of you.
A decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees
A traditional manufacturing company with a system based on individual responsibility for working hours, salaries depending on luck, and opportunities to learn about different fields—for example, working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person
Some colleagues are crazy, others are sick; managers just talk and feed you empty promises. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management skills.
Suitable for natural actors who are good at flattering managers—you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into major universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and hold seminars.
2. As mentioned above, when holding seminars, you have to pay for the food upfront yourself (NT$100 per student—NT$4,000 for 40 students). You won’t be reimbursed until several weeks later.
2. As mentioned above, when holding seminars, you have to play cat and mouse with the campus security center because the school won’t lend you a classroom (during my first week on the job, I was yelled at by a school officer and kicked out).
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in school-channel sales.
3. During the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service examinations, you’ll be dragged in as an unpaid temporary worker to hand out DMs.
4. According to what senior colleagues said, performance bonuses used to be better; the commission could reach double-digit percentages, but now it’s a pitiful single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting that the declining birth rate means everyone has to weather hard times together, but supposedly revenue hasn’t fallen.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to a family business, but it’s difficult to hear much gossip.
7. The mentor-apprentice system for newcomers can’t be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they keep their tricks to themselves.
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If you don’t hit your targets, you have to go up and give a review. I heard that in the past, the review had to be written (I’d rather write it than be publicly humiliated onstage).
9. I have absolutely no idea how the managers make decisions. If they say today that we’re going to the North Pole, we go to the North Pole; if they say tomorrow that we’re going to the South Pole, we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost all under 30). Only after joining did I understand that this was because the retention rate was so low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper. Your colleagues can hear the sounds when you poop, unless you never poop at the company.
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the scolding usually doesn’t rise to the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to PUA-style manipulation, such as being told, “For someone with your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn as much at another job, and it would be even harder.” Or managers will compare and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so—they did NT$** million in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on holidays to serve students,” and so on.
13. Managers will lead the group in isolating new employees they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
After a while, you’ll realize that you’ve been singled out for elimination and that you’re no longer suited to staying, so you’ll quietly leave on your own.
But the upside is that if you don’t CARE about any of it, the company can’t bring itself to spend severance pay to ask you to leave.
It’s an old company that’s been around for several decades, a large enterprise with several hundred employees.
A traditional-industry system, responsibility-based working hours, salary depending on luck, and the opportunity to learn about different fields—for example, working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person.
Some colleagues are crazy and others are sick; managers just talk and draw pies for you to eat. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management skills.
Suitable for natural actors who are good at flattering managers—you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into major universities to distribute flyers, write on blackboards, and organize lectures.
2. As mentioned above, when organizing lectures, you have to pay for refreshments upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000), and it won’t be reimbursed until several weeks later.
2. As mentioned above, organizing lectures means playing cat and mouse with the university security center, because the school won’t lend you a classroom. (During my first week on the job, I was scolded by a school instructor and kicked off campus.)
I urge people with an overwhelming sense of justice not to work in the school-channel business.
3. For the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service examinations, you’ll be dragged in as unpaid temporary labor to hand out DMs.
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better; the commission rate could reach double-digit percentages, but now it’s a pitiful single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting about the declining birthrate and telling everyone to weather the difficulties together, but apparently revenue hasn’t fallen.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to that of a family business, but it’s hard to hear any gossip.
7. The new-hire mentor system is neither clearly good nor clearly bad, because it entirely depends on who your mentor is and whether they keep tricks to themselves.
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If you don’t hit your targets, you have to go up and give a self-criticism report. I heard that in the past you had to write it out. (I’d rather write it than go onstage for a public trial.)
9. I completely don’t understand how managers make decisions. If they say today that we’re going to the North Pole, we go to the North Pole; if they say tomorrow that we’re going to the South Pole, we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost none over 30). Only after joining did I understand that this was because the retention rate was so low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and colleagues can hear the sounds when you poop—unless you never poop at work.
12. Your self-esteem is often put down here. Although the scolding usually doesn’t reach the level of personal attacks, you’ll be subjected to psychological manipulation: “For someone with your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much elsewhere, and the work would be harder.” Or managers will compare and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so—they did NT$** ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in specially on holidays to serve students,” and so on.
13. Managers will lead the group in isolating new hires they don’t like. Teamwork schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
Eventually, you’ll realize that you’ve been marked for elimination and that you’re no longer suited to staying, so you’ll quietly leave on your own.
But the advantage is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company also won’t want to spend severance pay to make you leave.
It’s a decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees.
A traditional, system-driven industry; working hours are based on responsibility; salary depends on luck; you can learn about different fields, such as working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person.
Some colleagues are crazy, others are sick; supervisors just talk and draw rosy pictures for you to swallow. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management.
It’s suitable for natural actors who are good at flattering supervisors—you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize lectures.
2. Related to the above, you have to provide catering for lectures and pay upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000). You won’t be reimbursed until several weeks later.
2. Related to the above, organizing lectures means playing cat and mouse with campus security, because schools won’t lend you classrooms. (During my first week, I was scolded by a school officer and kicked out.)
I urge people with a strong sense of justice not to work in school-channel sales.
3. During the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service examinations, you may be forced to work as an unpaid temporary worker handing out DMs.
4. I heard from senior employees that performance bonuses used to be better, with commissions reaching double-digit percentages; now they’re a miserably low single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting about the declining birth rate and asking everyone to share the burden, but apparently revenue hasn’t fallen.
6. The company’s upper management is also similar to that of a family business, but it’s hard to hear any gossip.
7. The new-hire mentorship system can’t really be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they hold back information.
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If you don’t meet your targets, you have to go up and give a review; I heard that in the past, it had to be written instead. (I’d rather write it than be publicly tried onstage.)
9. I completely don’t understand how supervisors make decisions. Today they say we’re going to the North Pole, so we go to the North Pole; tomorrow they say we’re going to the South Pole, so we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost none over 30). After joining, I realized what they really meant was that the retention rate was too low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper. Your coworkers will hear the sounds when you poop, unless you never poop at work.
12. Your self-esteem is often diminished here. Although the scolding doesn’t reach the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to PUA-style manipulation, such as being told, “With your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much elsewhere, and the work would be harder.” Or supervisors will compare you unfavorably: “Look at so-and-so—they made **ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on weekends to serve students,” and so on.
13. Supervisors will lead others in isolating new hires they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
Eventually, you’ll realize that you’ve been marked for elimination. If you’re not suited to staying, you’ll quietly leave on your own.
But the upside is that if you stop caring about everything, the company is reluctant to spend severance money to ask you to leave.
A decades-old company, a large enterprise with several hundred employees
A traditional-industry system, responsibility-based working hours, salary depends on luck, and opportunities to learn different fields—for example, working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person
Coworkers are crazy in their own ways, and managers just talk and paint you empty promises to consume. It can train your personal self-cultivation and emotional management skills
Suitable for people who are natural actors and know how to flatter managers—you will get along very well
1. You have to sneak into major universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize lectures
2. As mentioned above, when organizing lectures, you have to invite catering and pay upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students would be NT$4,000). You will only be reimbursed several weeks later
2. As mentioned above, organizing lectures means playing cat and mouse with the campus security center, because the school will not lend you a classroom (during my first week on the job, I was scolded by a school officer and kicked off campus)
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in school-based channels
3. During the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service examinations, you may be forced to work for free handing out DMs
4. I heard from senior employees that performance bonuses used to be better, with commissions reaching double-digit percentages; now they are a miserably low single-digit percentage
5. They keep shouting about declining birth rates and asking everyone to weather hard times together, but apparently revenue has not fallen
6. The company’s upper management is also similar to a family business, but it is difficult to hear the gossip
7. The newcomer mentor-apprentice system cannot be called either good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they keep tricks up their sleeve
8. There are countless meaningless meetings. If you do not hit your targets, you have to go up and give a self-criticism report. I heard that in the past, it had to be written (I would rather write it than be publicly tried onstage)
9. I completely do not understand how the managers make decisions. Today they say to go to the North Pole, and you go to the North Pole; tomorrow they say to go to the South Pole, and you go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills
10. During the interview, they said most coworkers were around the same age (almost all under 30). Only after joining did I realize that this was because the retention rate was too low
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your coworkers will hear the sounds when you poop—unless you never poop at the company
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the scolding does not go as far as personal attacks, you will be subjected to PUA-style manipulation, such as being told, “With your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. An outside job definitely wouldn’t pay you as much and would be even harder.” Or your manager will compare and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so, they brought in **ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on holidays to serve students,” and so on
13. Managers will lead the isolation of newcomers they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work
Eventually, you realize that you have been marked for dismissal and are no longer suited to stay, so you quietly leave on your own
But the upside is that if you do not CARE about anything, the company is reluctant to spend severance pay to make you leave
A decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees.
A traditional industry with rigid systems, responsibility-based working hours, and salaries that depend on luck. You can learn about different fields, such as working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person.
Some colleagues are crazy and some are sick; supervisors just talk and draw you grandiose promises to swallow. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management.
Suitable for natural actors who are good at flattering supervisors—you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and hold lectures.
2. Following up on that, you have to provide refreshments for lectures and pay upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000). You won’t be reimbursed until several weeks later.
2. Following up on that, holding lectures means playing cat and mouse with the campus security center, because the school won’t lend you a classroom. (In my first week on the job, I was yelled at by a school officer and swept out of the school.)
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in school-based channels.
3. For the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service examinations, you can be forced to work as an unpaid temporary worker handing out DMs.
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better; the percentage could reach double digits, but now it’s a pitiful single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting about declining birth rates and asking everyone to weather hard times together, but apparently revenue hasn’t fallen.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to a family business, but it’s difficult to hear much gossip.
7. The mentorship system for new hires can’t really be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they hold back information.
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If you don’t meet your targets, you have to go up and give a self-criticism report. I heard that in the past, it had to be written. (I’d rather write it than be publicly judged onstage.)
9. I completely don’t understand how supervisors make decisions. Today they say you’re going to the North Pole, so you go to the North Pole; tomorrow they say you’re going to the South Pole, so you go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost no one over 30). Only after joining did I understand that this was because the retention rate was so low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper. Your colleagues can hear the sounds when you defecate, unless you never defecate at the company.
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the scolding doesn’t usually go as far as personal attacks, you will be subjected to PUA-style manipulation, such as being told, “For someone with your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much in an outside job, and it would be harder.” Or supervisors will compare and provoke people: “Look at so-and-so—they did ** ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on weekends to serve students,” and so on.
13. Supervisors will lead the group in isolating new hires they dislike. Group-work schedules are opaque, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
Eventually, you’ll realize that you’re being targeted and that you’re not suitable for staying, so you’ll quietly leave on your own.
But the upside is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance pay to make you leave.
It’s an old company that’s been around for several decades, and a large enterprise with several hundred employees.
A traditional, system-driven industry; working hours are based on responsibility rather than fixed schedules, salary depends on luck, and you can learn about different fields—for example, working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person.
Some colleagues are crazy, others are sick; supervisors just talk and draw you a pie to eat. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management.
Suitable for natural actors who want to flatter supervisors—you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and hold seminars.
2. Following the above, you have to provide food and drinks for seminars, and pay out of pocket first (NT$100 per student; 40 students comes to NT$4,000). You won’t be reimbursed until several weeks later.
2. Following the above, you have to play cat and mouse with the campus security center when holding seminars, because the school won’t lend you a classroom (during my first week on the job, I was scolded by a school officer and kicked out while sweeping the floor).
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in the school-channel business.
3. For the Comprehensive Assessment Program, senior high school entrance exams, and any civil-service examinations, you’ll be dragged in to work as an unpaid temporary worker handing out DMs.
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better; the commission percentage could reach double digits, but now it’s down to a pitiful single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting about declining birth rates and telling everyone to weather hard times together, but supposedly revenue hasn’t fallen.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to a family business, but it’s difficult to hear any gossip.
7. The new-employee mentorship system can’t really be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they keep their tricks to themselves.
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If you don’t hit your targets, you have to go up and give a self-criticism report. I heard that in the past, it had to be written (I’d rather write one than go onstage to be publicly judged).
9. I have absolutely no idea how the supervisors make decisions. If they say today that we’re going to the North Pole, we go to the North Pole; if they say tomorrow that we’re going to the South Pole, we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost all under 30). Only after joining did I realize that this was because the retention rate was so low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your colleagues can hear the sounds when you defecate—unless you never defecate at work.
12. Your self-esteem is often put down here. Although the insults usually don’t rise to the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to psychological manipulation, such as being told, “With your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much at another job, and it would be more difficult.” Or your supervisor will compare and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so. They did ** ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on holidays to serve students,” and so on.
13. Supervisors will lead the isolation of new employees they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
Eventually, you’ll realize that you’ve been marked for elimination. If you’re not suited to staying, you’ll quietly leave on your own.
But the advantage is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance money to ask you to leave.
It’s a decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees.
A traditional, system-driven industry; working hours are based on responsibility, salary depends on luck, and you can learn about different fields—for example, working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person.
Some colleagues are crazy, others are sick; supervisors just talk and draw you a pie to eat. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management.
It suits natural performers who are good at flattering supervisors—you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into universities to distribute flyers, write on blackboards, and organize seminars.
2. Related to the above, you have to provide refreshments for seminars and pay upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000). You won’t get reimbursed until several weeks later.
2. Related to the above, you have to play cat-and-mouse with campus security when organizing seminars, because schools won’t lend you classrooms (during my first week, I was yelled at by a school instructor and swept out of the school).
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in school-channel sales.
3. During the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service examination, you’ll be dragged in to work for free distributing DMs.
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better, with commission rates reaching double-digit percentages; now they’re a pitiful single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting about declining birth rates and telling everyone to weather the difficulties together, but supposedly revenue hasn’t fallen.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to a family business, but it’s hard to hear any gossip.
7. The new-employee mentor system can’t really be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they keep tricks to themselves.
8. There are way too many meaningless meetings. If you don’t hit your targets, you have to go up and give a review; I heard that in the past it had to be written (I’d rather write it than be publicly tried onstage).
9. I completely don’t understand how supervisors make decisions. Today they say go to the North Pole, so you go to the North Pole; tomorrow they say go to the South Pole, so you go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost none over 30). After joining, I realized they meant the retention rate was simply too low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and colleagues will hear the sounds when you poop—unless you never poop at work.
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the scolding doesn’t usually reach the level of personal attacks, you’ll be subjected to PUA tactics, such as being told, “For someone with your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much elsewhere, and the work would be harder.” Or supervisors will compare and provoke employees: “Look at so-and-so—they made ** ten thousand this month and even came in to work overtime on holidays to serve students,” and so on.
13. Supervisors will lead the isolation of new employees they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
After a while, you’ll realize that you’ve been singled out for elimination and that you’re no longer suited to staying, so you’ll quietly leave on your own.
But the upside is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance pay to ask you to leave.
It’s an old company that has been around for decades, and a large enterprise with several hundred employees.
A traditional, system-driven industry; working hours are based on responsibility rather than fixed schedules; salary depends on luck; you can learn about different fields, such as working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person.
Your colleagues are crazy in their own ways, and your supervisor does nothing but paint you rosy pictures to swallow. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management.
It suits natural performers who are good at flattering supervisors—you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize seminars.
2. Related to the above: for seminars, you have to order refreshments and pay out of pocket first (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000), and you won’t be reimbursed until several weeks later.
2. Related to the above: organizing seminars means playing cat and mouse with the campus security center, because schools won’t lend you classrooms (during my first week on the job, I was scolded by a school officer and swept out of the school).
I urge people with an overwhelming sense of justice not to work in school-channel sales.
3. For the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service examinations, you’ll be dragged in as an unpaid temporary worker to distribute DMs.
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better; the commission rate could reach double digits, but now it’s a pitiful single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting that declining birth rates mean everyone has to weather the storm together, but supposedly revenue hasn’t dropped.
6. The company’s upper management is also similar to a family business, but it’s hard to hear any gossip.
7. The new-employee mentor system can’t really be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they keep tricks to themselves.
8. There are countless meaningless meetings. If you don’t hit your targets, you have to go up and give a self-criticism report. I heard that in the past, it had to be written (I’d rather write it than be publicly judged onstage).
9. I have absolutely no idea how supervisors make decisions. If they say we’re going to the North Pole today, we go to the North Pole; if they say we’re going to the South Pole tomorrow, we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost none over 30). After joining, I realized they meant the retention rate was too low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your coworkers can hear the sounds when you’re defecating—unless you never defecate at work.
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the scolding doesn’t usually rise to the level of personal attacks, you’ll be subjected to psychological manipulation, such as being told, “With abilities like yours, you’re already doing pretty well here. An outside job definitely wouldn’t pay you this much and would be even harder.” Or your supervisor will compare you unfavorably with others: “Look at so-and-so—they did ** ten-thousand [NT dollars] in sales this month and even specifically came in to work overtime on weekends to serve students,” and so on.
13. Supervisors will lead the isolation of new employees they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
Over time, you’ll realize that you’ve been marked for dismissal and that you’re not suited to stay, so you’ll quietly leave on your own.
The only advantage is that if you don’t CARE about any of it, the company is reluctant to spend severance money to make you leave.
A decades-old company, a large enterprise with several hundred employees.
A traditional-industry system, responsibility-based working hours, salary depends on luck, and opportunities to learn about different fields—for example, working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person.
Some colleagues are crazy, others are ill; supervisors just talk and paint you a rosy picture. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management.
Suitable for people who are natural actors and good at flattering supervisors—you will do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into major universities to distribute flyers, write on blackboards, and organize seminars.
2. As mentioned above, when organizing seminars, you have to pay for the refreshments upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000). You only get reimbursed several weeks later.
2. As mentioned above, organizing seminars means playing cat and mouse with the school’s security center, because schools will not lend you classrooms. (During my first week on the job, I was scolded by a school officer and kicked off campus.)
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in school-channel sales.
3. For the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service examinations, you will be dragged in to work for free distributing DMs.
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better; the commission rate could reach double-digit percentages, but now it is a pitiful single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting about declining birth rates and asking everyone to share the burden, but apparently revenue has not dropped.
6. The company’s upper management is also similar to a family business, but it is difficult to hear the gossip.
7. The mentor system for new hires cannot really be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they keep things to themselves.
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If your performance is not up to target, you have to go up and give a self-criticism report. I heard that in the past, these had to be written. (I would rather write one than be publicly judged onstage.)
9. I have absolutely no idea how the supervisors make decisions. Today they say we are going to the North Pole, so we go to the North Pole; tomorrow they say we are going to the South Pole, so we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they say most colleagues are around the same age as you (almost all under 30). After joining, you realize that this is actually because the retention rate is too low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper. Your coworkers will hear the sounds when you poop, unless you never poop at the company.
12. Your self-esteem is often undermined here. Although the scolding does not go as far as personal attacks, you will be subjected to PUA-style manipulation—for example, being told, “With your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much in an outside job, and it would be harder.” Or your supervisor will compare you with others and manipulate you: “Look at so-and-so. They did NT$** ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in specially to work overtime and serve students on holidays,” and so on.
13. Supervisors will take the lead in isolating new hires they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
After a while, you realize that you have been marked for elimination. Once you know you are not suited to staying, you will quietly leave on your own.
But the upside is that if you do not CARE about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance pay to make you leave.
A decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees
A traditional, system-driven industry, with responsibility-based working hours, salary depending on luck, and opportunities to learn various fields—for example, janitor and newspaper-delivery work
Colleagues are either crazy or sick, and managers do nothing but make empty promises for you to swallow. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management skills
Suitable for natural actors who know how to flatter managers—you’ll get along very well
1. You have to sneak into major universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize seminars
2. As mentioned above, when organizing seminars, you have to pay for the catering out of your own pocket first (NT$100 per student; 40 students would be NT$4,000), and it will only be reimbursed several weeks later
2. As mentioned above, organizing seminars means playing cat and mouse with the campus security center, because the school will not lend you a classroom (during my first week on the job, I was scolded by a school officer and kicked off campus)
I urge people with an overwhelming sense of justice not to work in school-channel sales
3. For the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service exams, you will be dragged in to work for free handing out DMs
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better, with commissions reaching double-digit percentages; now, they are a pitiful single-digit percentage
5. They keep shouting about the declining birth rate and asking everyone to share the burden, but supposedly revenue hasn’t fallen
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to that of a family business, but it is difficult to hear any gossip
7. The mentor-apprentice system for new hires can’t really be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they keep tricks to themselves
8. There are a huge number of meaningless meetings. If you don’t meet your targets, you have to go up and deliver a self-criticism report. I heard that in the past, it had to be written (I would rather write it than stand onstage for a public trial)
9. I have absolutely no idea how managers make decisions. If they say today that we’re going to the North Pole, we go to the North Pole; if they say tomorrow that we’re going to the South Pole, we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost all under 30). After joining, I realized that this was actually because the retention rate was so low
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your coworkers will hear the sounds when you poop—unless you never poop at work
12. Your self-esteem is often undermined here. Although the scolding usually does not reach the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to workplace manipulation, such as being told, “For someone with your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much at another job, and it would be even harder.” Or managers will compare and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so. They did ** ten thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on the weekend to serve students,” and so on
13. Managers will take the lead in isolating new hires they dislike. Group work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work
Eventually, you realize that you have been marked for elimination and are no longer suited to stay, so you quietly leave on your own
But the upside is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company is reluctant to spend severance pay to ask you to leave
A decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees
A traditional-industry system, responsibility-based working hours, salary depending on luck, and the opportunity to learn about different fields—for example, working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person
Colleagues are either crazy or sick, and supervisors just talk and draw up pies in the sky for you to eat. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management skills.
Suitable for natural actors who are good at flattering supervisors—you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into various universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize lectures.
2. Following from the above, you have to order refreshments for the lectures and pay upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000). You won’t get reimbursed until several weeks later.
2. Following from the above, organizing lectures means playing cat and mouse with the school security center, because the school won’t lend you a classroom. (I was yelled at by a school officer and kicked off campus during my first week on the job.)
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in the school-channel business.
3. During the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service exams, you may be forced to work for free handing out DMs.
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better; the commission could reach the double digits, but now it’s a pitiful single-digit percentage.
5. They keep shouting about the declining birthrate and urging everyone to weather hard times together, but apparently revenue hasn’t fallen.
6. The company’s senior management is also similar to a family business, but it’s difficult to hear any gossip.
7. The new-hire mentorship system can’t really be called good or bad, because it depends entirely on who your mentor is and whether they keep their tricks to themselves.
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If you don’t meet your targets, you have to go up and give a review. I heard that in the past, you had to write it out instead. (I’d rather write it than be publicly humiliated onstage.)
9. I have absolutely no idea how the supervisors make decisions. Today they say we’re going to the North Pole, so off to the North Pole we go; tomorrow they say we’re going to the South Pole, so off to the South Pole we go. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost all under 30). Only after joining did I understand that this was because the retention rate was so low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your coworkers will hear the sounds you make when defecating—unless you never defecate at work.
12. Your self-esteem is often belittled here. Although the verbal abuse generally doesn’t rise to the level of personal attacks, you will be subjected to psychological manipulation. They may say, “For someone with your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much at an outside job, and it would be even more difficult.” Or your supervisor may compare you with others: “Look at so-and-so—they did **ten-thousand** in sales this month and even came in specially on weekends to serve students,” and so on.
13. Supervisors may lead the group in ostracizing new hires they dislike. Group work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make coordination impossible.
Eventually, you realize that you’ve been marked for dismissal and that you’re not suited to stay, so you quietly leave on your own.
But the upside is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance money to make you leave.
It’s a decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees.
A traditional, system-driven industry; hours are based on responsibility, salary depends on luck, and you can learn about various fields—for example, working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person.
Some colleagues are crazy and others are sick; supervisors just talk and draw pies for you to eat. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management.
Suitable for natural actors who are good at flattering supervisors—you’ll do very well here.
1. You have to sneak into various universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and organize seminars.
2. As mentioned above, you have to provide refreshments for the seminars and pay upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000). They won’t reimburse you until several weeks later.
2. As mentioned above, organizing seminars means playing cat and mouse with the campus security office, because the school won’t lend you a classroom. (During my first week on the job, I was scolded by a school officer and kicked off campus.)
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in school-channel sales.
3. During the Comprehensive Assessment Program, high school entrance exams, and any civil-service examinations, you’ll be sent to work for free handing out DMs.
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better, with commissions reaching double-digit percentages; now they’re a pitiful single-digit percentage.
5. They keep saying that declining birth rates mean everyone needs to weather the difficulties together, but apparently revenue hasn’t fallen.
6. The company’s upper management is also similar to a family business, but it’s difficult to hear much gossip.
7. The new-employee mentor system can’t be called good or bad, because it completely depends on who your mentor is and whether they hold anything back.
8. There are way too many meaningless meetings. If you don’t meet your performance targets, you have to go up and give a self-criticism report. I heard that in the past, it had to be written instead. (I’d rather write one than be publicly tried onstage.)
9. I have absolutely no idea how the supervisors make decisions. If they say today that we’re going to the North Pole, we go to the North Pole; if they say tomorrow that we’re going to the South Pole, we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills.
10. During the interview, they said that most colleagues were around the same age (almost all under 30). Only after joining did I understand that this was because the retention rate was so low.
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your coworkers will hear the sounds when you poop—unless you never poop at work.
12. Your self-esteem is often put down here. Although the insults generally don’t rise to the level of personal attacks, you’ll be subjected to PUA-style manipulation. They’ll say things like, “For someone with your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much at another job, and it would be even more difficult.” Or your supervisor will compare you with others and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so—they did ** ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on weekends to serve students,” and so on.
13. Supervisors will take the lead in isolating new employees they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work.
After a while, you’ll realize that you’ve been marked for elimination and that you’re not suited to stay, so you’ll quietly leave on your own.
But the upside is that if you don’t CARE about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance money to make you leave.
A decades-old company and a large enterprise with several hundred employees
A traditional manufacturing business with a system based on results rather than hours, pay that depends on luck, and opportunities to learn about different fields—for example, working as a cleaner or newspaper delivery person
Some colleagues are crazy, others are ill; managers just talk and paint you rosy pictures. It can train your self-cultivation and emotional management skills
Suitable for natural actors who flatter managers—you’ll get along very well here
1. You have to sneak into major universities to hand out flyers, write on blackboards, and hold seminars
2. As mentioned above, when holding seminars you have to order refreshments and pay upfront yourself (NT$100 per student; 40 students means NT$4,000). You won’t be reimbursed until several weeks later
2. As mentioned above, when holding seminars you have to play cat and mouse with the campus security center, because the school won’t lend you a classroom (in my first week, I was yelled at by a school officer and thrown out)
I urge people with an overflowing sense of justice not to work in school-channel sales
3. During the General Scholastic Ability Test, Comprehensive Assessment Program, and any civil-service exams, you’ll be sent to work for free handing out DMs
4. I heard from senior colleagues that performance bonuses used to be better; the commission could reach double-digit percentages, but now only a pitiful single-digit percentage remains
5. They keep saying that declining birth rates mean everyone has to share the burden, but supposedly revenue hasn’t fallen
6. The company’s upper management is also similar to a family business, but it’s difficult to hear any gossip
7. The new-hire mentor system can’t really be called good or bad, because it completely depends on who your mentor is and whether they keep their tricks to themselves
8. There are tons of meaningless meetings. If you don’t hit your targets, you have to go up and give a self-criticism report. I heard that in the past you had to write it (I’d rather write it than be publicly humiliated onstage)
9. I have absolutely no idea how the managers make decisions. If they say today that we’re going to the North Pole, we go to the North Pole; if they say tomorrow that we’re going to the South Pole, we go to the South Pole. You need excellent survival and adaptability skills
10. During the interview, they said most colleagues were around the same age (almost all under 30). Only after joining did I understand that this was because the retention rate was so low
11. You have to bring your own toilet paper, and your colleagues can hear the sounds when you defecate—unless you never defecate at work
12. Your self-esteem is often put down here. Although the scolding doesn’t go as far as personal attacks, you’ll be subjected to PUA-style manipulation. They’ll say things like, “For someone with your abilities, you’re already doing pretty well here. You definitely wouldn’t earn this much at another job, and it would be harder.” Or your manager will compare and pressure you: “Look at so-and-so—they did ** ten-thousand in sales this month and even came in to work overtime on holidays to serve students,” and so on
13. Managers will lead the isolation of new employees they dislike. Group-work schedules are not transparent, creating information gaps that make it impossible to coordinate work
Eventually, you’ll realize that you’ve been targeted and that you’re no longer suited to staying, so you’ll quietly leave on your own
But the upside is that if you don’t care about anything, the company is also reluctant to spend severance money to make you leave
1. At a minimum, the company complies with the Labor Standards Act.
2. At headquarters, you can leave work on time, and taking leave is easy.
3. The work is very simple, and some managers are kind.
4. You can have a very relaxed time at work because the system here cannot tell whether you have made an effort. If you do a good job, upper management can barely understand it, and if you do less, it is not obvious.
5. If you do not have any particular expertise, have no need for personal growth, are a simple, overly accommodating person, or can accept an ordinary salary that increases very slowly and want to leave work on time to spend time with your family or pursue a side business, this place is very suitable for settling in for retirement.
1. The owner, some executives, and some teachers are extremely narcissistic, misogynistic, hypocritical, or combative. If their remarks were made public, they could directly trigger a PR crisis and a backlash severe enough to result in a boycott.
2. You can imagine working here as “traveling back in time to serve as an official in a feudal imperial dynasty.” The owner’s life story must be praised and celebrated as the deeds of a great man. The owner is the Son of Heaven, possessing self-acknowledged expertise, experience, and qualifications to judge whatever he wants to judge—from aesthetic design, marketing and advertising, and HR planning, to depression treatment and relationship issues involving breakups and marriage. He has an unquestionable opinion on everything and announces all matters, work-related or otherwise, in large meetings. Each session is at least a 30-minute episode of “Chairman Chiu Wants to Chat.”
In short, the owner is seriously lacking in the mindset that “different fields are like separate mountains,” that people should keep up with the times, and that expertise should be respected.
If you want to bring change or improvement to the company, it is extremely, extremely difficult.
3. Enrollment performance comes first; product improvements, equipment upgrades, and employee benefits are pushed to the back or even ignored.
4. You must provide your own stationery and daily necessities. As long as employees have water to drink, a toilet to use (they have to buy their own toilet paper to wipe themselves; the ultra-progressive, gender-friendly restrooms have all gender stalls right next to one another, allowing you to listen to colleagues’ live bathroom broadcasts), and a basic computer to use (the internet occasionally goes down, and there is no Office), they are expected to be eternally grateful. Except for a small number of executives, all employees are essentially reassigned janitorial staff: unclogging pipes, sweeping, mopping, cleaning air-conditioner vents— they do it all.
5. Endless review reports, punishment writing assignments, and disciplinary actions make employees relive memories of being harassed by incompetent teachers during their school days. There is almost no genuinely helpful employee training or development; it is simply a test of your obedience.
1. The colleagues are genuinely very nice, and most of them are fairly young, so there isn’t much of an ideological gap.
2. It basically complies with the Labor Standards Act, and all the required leave is provided, but there is no overtime pay.
3. I don’t know about other locations, but I can leave work on time here.
4. There are certain times when you can slack off; you’ll understand once you join.
5. There are often free leftover meals from lectures that you can eat.
1. The headquarters’ various policies are completely baffling. Meetings feel like being treated as an elementary school student and made to take a test; you have to handwrite notes and post them in the group chat or you’ll be formally disciplined. I could let all that slide, but even failing to meet performance targets requires writing a self-review. Seriously?
2. You have to frequently go into schools to hand out flyers. This is extremely easy for students to complain about. Even when someone reads a flyer, most of them still end up being thrown on the floor as trash. It’s not like I want to hand them out—the headquarters gives us so many copies. Every time you walk into a classroom and get stared at as if they’re thinking, “The cram school is here to create more trash again,” who would feel good about that?
3. People with social anxiety shouldn’t apply. You’ll definitely have trouble just knocking on doors to promote lectures, and sometimes you’ll even have to go down the line and ask people one by one. If you’re very talkative, then maybe it could work.
4. As mentioned above, there will definitely be performance pressure. If you don’t want to try a sales-oriented role, don’t come. If you’ve never tried it before, you can first see whether you can endure being publicly executed by the regional performance rankings during the early stage.
5. The hardware and software are so outdated and broken that I thought I’d traveled back to the Qing dynasty. They won’t even buy Office software and insist on using a low-spec version—is this a joke?
6. The training is basically a cake-selling convention. The chairman’s segment is just reminiscing about the old days. If you like eating empty promises, then go ahead and have some more.
7. The salary is close to minimum wage, and there are quite a few miscellaneous tasks you need to know how to handle. For the most part, you still have to rely on bonuses. But if your sales ability is poor, not only will you fail to receive bonuses, you’ll also have to write a whole bunch of “reviews” (“punishments” in practice).
8. There are so many group chats that it feels like a harem-management conference.
9. There are regional meetings every week. If your branch is far from the regional meeting location, you’ll be extremely annoyed.
10. There are many details involved in allocating performance results. If you don’t handle them properly, disputes over performance allocation may arise, and the students you spent so much time recruiting may end up being credited to someone else.
11. There are an absurd number of inexplicable rules. I can’t even think of examples offhand.
1. Lots of time to myself
2. Saturdays and Sundays off
3. Nothing else :)
1. There is pressure to recruit students. If you do not meet your performance target each week, you have to write a reflection. Personally, I feel that performance depends heavily on the region. In addition, a report must be written at the end of every month.
2. The manager’s actions depend heavily on their mood. For example, yesterday the manager agreed to teach me something, but today they immediately forgot and asked, “Why don’t you know how to do it yourself?” They also told me to watch videos and learn on my own. However, each branch is different; this is based on our branch.
3. There are no bonuses for the three major traditional holidays, and the year-end bonus standards are very inconsistent.
4. The bonus commission is very low. If you want an annual salary of one million, this place is a pass.
5. The year-end party has no raffle and no gifts.
6. We often have to attend meetings in other counties or cities, and online meetings are not allowed. We have to take transportation to the venue, and we must pay the travel expenses upfront ourselves.
7. The manager will directly “check in” with you in the group chat to ask whether you want to resign.
8. The turnover rate is extremely high. In less than a year, several coworkers around me have been replaced.
9. Overtime is not possible, and the company does not allow overtime. Even if you voluntarily stay late, there is no overtime pay.
The environment is clean and bright, and it feels a lot like being in the military. You often have to write performance reports. There is performance pressure, but it builds up gradually.
As soon as I joined, the whole group of colleagues pressured me to have sex with the person assigned to train me. When making consultation calls, other colleagues would deliberately harass you and prevent you from speaking properly on the phone. If you did not listen to them, they would ruin your reputation. Later, a female colleague who had complied was exposed and bragged about by male colleagues, and she was forced to resign. I do not know how many people have been replaced. Some products are easy to sell and others are not. It is simply a dirty and manipulative environment.
None
1. The supervisors and bosses love to make grand promises just as much as each other. What they say is completely different from what they do, and they also badmouth other employees to staff.
2. They said during the interview that there would be no overtime, but after joining, it was overtime every day, with no overtime pay.
3. There is no remedy for forgetting to clock in or out. You actually have to use your own leave or have your pay deducted. Oh, isn’t the company equipped with surveillance cameras? I guess they only benefit management, right?!
4. There are no employee gatherings—only a small snack and a drink once a month.
5. The year-end bonus is not based on performance at all; it depends on whether the supervisor likes you.
6. Company trips are not fully subsidized, and you also have to use your own leave. If you don’t go, you still have to stay and work.
7. The salary is pitifully low compared with equivalent positions elsewhere, and they brainwash you by saying that it is already the post-raise amount.
8. The turnover rate is extremely high, and they can never fully staff the team, so everyone has a huge workload—except the supervisors.
Fully compliant with the Labor Standards Act
1. Unique approach to hiring. They inexplicably hired a bunch of newcomers who have absolutely no ability whatsoever. Their work attitude is poor and their capabilities are extremely inadequate, so you may often have to put up with frustration.
2. Unfair bonus allocation. Compensation consists of base salary + bonuses. The base salary is already very low, and the bonus allocation is extremely unfair!!!! The company often has lazy or underperforming employees whose low sales figures require high-performing employees to give them performance results for free. So, if you can accept working here until retirement while giving part of the bonus earned through your own efforts to achieve the company’s performance targets to other people, then you can work here.
3. Supervisors make many empty promises; you can slowly experience this after joining.
4. Supervisors say they value ability rather than seniority.... As for this part.... just take it with a grain of salt....
I could go on forever. I hope someone in the future can continue adding to this!!!
The general manager at Yangshuo is a pretty good person.
I used to work at Yangshuo in Taipei. I wonder if the boss's younger brother is still in charge there? That period was really painful 😖. He often made strange demands, and if you didn't obey, he would treat you unreasonably. Fortunately, I've already left! If you're considering joining, you might want to look into it first. If that person is still there, I suggest thinking carefully～
No pros
The company basically provides no guidance at all, and you can't find answers online either. You have to handle all the code yourself—it’s incredibly bad.
Pros 1. The boss is an upright person, so there is no need to worry about the company being hollowed out. Credit and blame are clearly distinguished, and if there is any unfairness, you can appeal directly to him. In addition, he takes good care of employees and will not discriminate against you just because you are a newcomer or a low-level administrator.
Pros 2. After all, the company is in the education business and can also be considered a social enterprise in part. Therefore, every year it subsidizes tuition for children from disadvantaged families and helps them turn their lives around despite difficult circumstances. Most importantly, unlike some companies that engage in charity work merely for publicity, Taiwan Knowledge Bank has genuinely done many good deeds that go unnoticed. So everyone working here gets to share in a little good karma~ Haha.
Pros 3. The company is developing steadily and gains a first-mover advantage in blue-ocean opportunities by observing market changes. It is not easily affected by changes in the overall environment, so working here is like working for a government agency.
Anyone who has worked here, please reply too—don’t let young people go astray~ I previously worked in the e-commerce department. The most serious problem in this unit was that it had two people giving orders. On the surface, we supposedly reported to the general manager, but in reality, everything had to be done according to the orders of a certain senior figure. The key point is that this person was not even part of our unit... Because of his presence, many excellent colleagues left. He also often talked behind people’s backs, making our department the target of the entire company’s criticism. His personality was eccentric: employees’ bathroom breaks were timed, and even making an urgent phone call meant being monitored. Even after work, we were instructed not to clock out on time. It was like the White Terror. Many things were based on unfounded suspicions, and everyone was told to do this and that without any logic, making it very difficult for everyone to work and communicate with him! To summarize, ambitious young people should choose carefully~
Con 1. Two people giving orders: The general manager was merely a figurehead, and everything had to follow the orders of a certain senior figure.
Con 2. Related to the above: This resulted in an extremely high employee turnover rate, while dissatisfaction with the senior figure could only be kept to oneself.
Con 3. Related to the above: This is why the unit’s work was always stuck in an awkward middle ground, and many projects were even abandoned after only being half completed.
【The area I worked in was the central region; I’m not sure about the other regions.】
【The work content varies slightly by region and branch; the following is based on my experience.】
1. On-time start and finish times, with no overtime. (Some sales staff with performance targets may choose to work overtime, but not often, and the company does not force them to.)
2. Leave complies with the Labor Standards Act. (Almost always 8–10 days off per month.)
3. Sales staff also receive a basic salary, with bonuses calculated separately.
4. There is training, and supervisors are also very willing to teach their subordinates, so you can learn a lot.
5. The workplace atmosphere is good, and everyone helps one another.
6. Most of the customers are students, so the environment is relatively uncomplicated.
7. The company has a promotion system in place. Those who want to advance can register to take the relevant exams.
8. I don’t think the salary is particularly high, but it’s still acceptable. (The average is approximately NT$28,000–50,000, depending on performance.)
9. Since there are many branches, people planning to work there long term may also have opportunities for rotation.
10. The work is very diverse, so you can learn a lot and won’t be doing just one repetitive task. (Although some people consider this a drawback, haha.)
In short, I think the company operates fairly and properly and fully complies with the Labor Standards Act (which many companies do not). Because it is a large organization, its systems are generally well established. However, having well-established systems can sometimes also be a drawback, as I’ll explain below. Most of the supervisors are very good. Of course, there are also some supervisors whose work you never really know anything about, but those are matters at the very top levels. If you recently graduated, you can learn a lot here, so it can be a valuable experience. After working here for one or two years, you’ll grow a lot. Perhaps people have preconceived negative impressions of the cram-school industry, but I personally think this is a relatively uncomplicated work environment. If you want to try sales but don’t want to sell insurance, cars, or houses, sales in the cram-school industry is an option worth considering~
One additional note: Regarding the “year-end bonus” issue that many people mention, a year-end bonus is generally paid only when the branch makes a profit, so the situation may differ from branch to branch. As for me, though, I’ve received a year-end bonus every year.
1. There is definitely performance pressure.
2. You need to prepare reports. The amount depends on the branch, and each branch is somewhat different.
3. There are many administrative rules to follow (attendance, closing accounts, submitting reports, etc.).
4. If you fail to meet your performance targets, you won’t be fined, but you will need to submit a review report.
5. You need to keep learning and improving your abilities. (For people who want an easy, comfortable job, this is a drawback.)
6. Some systems, product packages, and so on may be changed from year to year, so you need to be willing to adapt and try different approaches.
7. Sales branches primarily evaluate employees based on performance. (That’s how sales departments work at pretty much every company, though.)
8. There are no bonuses for the three major holidays, but there is birthday money and a Mid-Autumn Festival gift box.
9. The boss isn’t particularly generous, but they provide what they’re supposed to provide and don’t give extra when it isn’t warranted.
10. If you are late more than three times in a month, your perfect-attendance bonus will be deducted. (This doesn’t matter if you’re not someone who is late.)
11. Toilet paper is not provided in the restrooms, so you need to bring your own.
12. There’s no way to make a lot of money here. (If you want to earn NT$100,000 a month, you don’t need to consider this job.)
Every company has good and bad points. Compared with some, it falls short; compared with others, it has advantages. What each person cares about is also different. Something one person considers a drawback may not be a drawback to someone else. It mainly depends on whether you can accept it. After all, it’s difficult to find a job where everything goes your way, the supervisors and coworkers are great, and the boss is also very generous. I’m mainly sharing my impressions from the time I worked there and trying to analyze the pros and cons as objectively as possible. Everyone can use this as a reference, but my experience doesn’t represent everyone’s experience~ Nor does it mean that every branch is like this. I’m mainly describing the branch in the region where I worked. However, I think this work environment is more suitable for recent graduates or people under 28, because if you’re over 30, you may have greater financial pressure and may not think the salary here is worth it XD. People who perform relatively well here probably earn around NT$45,000–60,000, though many people with poor performance only receive the base salary!
Everything is wonderful because I quit.
There was no year-end bonus, the minimum insured salary is 22k, and what I hate most is that the boss makes things sound good but simply refuses to give employees a raise.
None.
You are required to clock in and out by taking photos. The boss would rather spend money questioning employees than improving the company’s hardware and software. Computers from 2011 are still being used—they’re so slow that even students can’t stand them.
There are busy and slow seasons.
It feels ironic—the boss talks about Confucian values, but never thinks about giving employees a raise or anything. Great job.
The air conditioning is very cool.
There is no year-end bonus, and the minimum insured salary is NT$22K. The boss loves talking about Confucian values, but I have never felt treated like family or dealt with sincerely, and the salary never increases.
None
The salary has never increased in three years. The people at the top have no idea what they are thinking; they only keep cutting costs and never consider retaining talent, which is why the turnover rate is so high.
There is no year-end bonus. They say the company didn’t make money—who knows whether it was taken by those above them?
In three years at the company, there was only one training session. I had to listen to the boss boast about how much money they made in college, with no professional English training or opportunities to improve my abilities.
None
In three years, my salary has never increased. The people at the top have no idea what they are thinking; they only keep cutting costs and have never thought about retaining talent, which is why the turnover rate is so high.
There is no year-end bonus. They say the company didn’t make money, but was it divided among those above? Who knows?
In three years as a middle school teacher, there was only one training session. I had to listen to the boss brag about how much money they made at university, with no professional English training or opportunities to develop my abilities.
Although it is a traditional company that requires employees to clock in on time, the actual work is very flexible. If you are motivated to learn independently, there is plenty of room to do so.
制度：首先是制度，太過官僚體制，上面卡了一堆曾經共同創業的老前輩，但現在戰鬥力未知？？
業績：除了後勤 i.e 設計 程式設計等後勤以外，眾人皆需要掛上業績，不管你是不是業務也得掛業績，非常特殊的制度。
專業：公司整體愛用新鮮人，也許是新鮮人充滿能量，抑或是成本低，教育訓練所教導的幾乎都是推廣課程的方法，可能專業度的延續會不足，需要自行探索。
Interviewed in 2017: The interviewer gave a good impression. I interviewed for an e-commerce sales position. During the interview, they introduced many platforms that I would need to work with, and there would be a list of contacts to call every day (not cold prospecting). I also successfully passed the interview. Before joining the company, I saw many very negative reviews about PPT online, which made me decide not to join....
After the probation period, the salary was 25,000; performance depended on individual effort.
I didn't join, so I don't know what the internal situation is like.
The following pros and cons of the work represent only one business group and do not apply to other business groups within the company.
(1) Punctual working hours; employees are not unreasonably or unjustifiably required to work overtime.
(2) “Young” managers are good at communication (“senior-level” executives are excluded).
(3) The work team has a harmonious atmosphere, and colleagues help and cooperate with one another (cross-departmental teams are excluded).
(1) The monthly salary is paid in two installments, and if the payday falls during a long holiday, payment is delayed by one day (employees must sign a waiver because there have been complaints about this in the past).
(Note: The salary is categorized as “general wages” and “bonus,” but actual bonuses are given a separate category.)
(2) Except for technical and administrative personnel, most employees are required to meet performance targets. Even PMs must meet performance targets. Employees are evaluated entirely based on the quality of their performance. However, PMs cannot approach customers themselves because doing so would take sales credit away from sales staff; they can only do so through revenue-sharing arrangements or online forms.
(3) The employee turnover rate is relatively high (one or two people per month). New employees are constantly joining, but experienced employees are also constantly leaving. Those seeking a pay raise must stay for at least three to four years before having an opportunity for promotion, and they must achieve the performance results set by the company before they can request a raise from senior management.
(4) Although one position is discussed during the interview, employees may actually be required to provide support or be transferred directly to another position depending on staffing needs. This may mean that their original expertise does not match the new position, and they eventually leave quietly after realizing they cannot handle the work.
(5) A certain “senior-level” executive always views subordinates (including frontline managers) solely from their own perspective. Although they often say verbally that “employees should be treated as the company’s capital,” they also frequently let the truth slip, saying things like, “A’s performance this month is such-and-such,” or “B’s performance this month is too poor.” In reality, employees are treated merely as assets: under the company’s system, those who do not perform well will naturally leave.
(6) A certain “senior-level” executive will bypass frontline managers and directly “instruct” employees. However, this can cause strategies previously developed with their managers to be changed, creating uncertainty in their work. After receiving such “instruction,” employees are left with a “Black person questioning.jpg” expression.
The department manager takes responsibility. The colleagues in the central region are very united, and everyone is kind and willing to train newcomers.
However, overall, the boss has the final say.
Because one person holds multiple roles—student recruitment and sales, event planning, online marketing, and so on—it is a company where you can learn many things.
I left the company in 2013. The following describes the situation at that time.
The boss hoped the English department would improve, but the English department did not have what could be called a core identity, and its brand positioning was unclear. The student recruitment and sales role involved multiple duties, including general administration, online marketing, and communication with students (that is, customers). There were a great many reports and meetings. The practical online marketing techniques were quite outdated; perhaps they will have improved after four years.
The company calculates total compensation based on a base salary of 25,000 plus bonuses, so there is an issue of underreporting the salary for labor insurance. There have been no company trips during my more than two years at the company.... For caution, employees need to take a photo of themselves facing the camera when clocking in, while overtime is unpaid. (Compensatory time off can be used instead.) Overall, the company culture is rather conservative, possibly because it is a family-owned business, and the bureaucratic atmosphere is relatively strong. If you are considering applying, I recommend searching online first to see whether the company is a good fit for you.
There is no overtime pay. The boss likes employees who work excessive overtime; the culture is that the later you leave work, the happier the boss is.
The company’s rules are whatever the boss says.
Before you join, they tell you that you can be late up to three times a month, by no more than ten minutes each time, and still receive the perfect attendance bonus.
Unexpectedly, one day it was suddenly canceled!
Many benefits are like this too.
They say one thing and do another.