崇德發事業股份有限公司

Objectively speaking, apart from the company parking lot being more convenient for commuting, I really can’t find any other advantages over other companies.

First of all, I worked under Chong De Fa Catering Co., Ltd.; both companies belong to Chong De Fa.

1. Basically, none of the benefits discussed during the interview actually exist: no compensatory leave for working on days marked in red without a license, no double pay for working on national holidays, no bonuses for the three major festivals, and not even a red envelope for the Lunar New Year opening day. There is no overtime pay for leaving work late (they will even tell you that you cannot rush customers out if they have not left, and that staying counts as overtime pay or compensatory leave, but in practice they have never provided either).

2. At work, supervisors demand unlimited staffing efficiency. In addition to requiring one person to handle the workload of two or three people, they also expect perfect service. Most customers are elderly, so you have to be patient while quickly handling everything—taking orders, preparing food, serving food, and clearing tables—all by yourself. There is no clear division between front- and back-of-house work; more accurately, staffing is so limited that no division is possible.

3. All of the company’s rules are subject to change and are constantly revised. As long as the general manager is in a bad mood, anything written in black and white is invalid; he may even deny having issued his own instructions.

4. Supervisors often bring their own friends in to eat, then ask employees to write off the bill under other names (employee meals, spoiled items, and so on) without paying a penny. At the end of the month, they then question colleagues about the business performance.

5. Both the customers and the company’s senior management have been excessively indoctrinated by religion. As other negative reviews have said, they are extremely arrogant and will demand that others address them by their religious titles, such as lecturer, altar transmitter, or altar master. They live in their own world and require employees to join Yiguandao. Some employees are even asked to hand over their ID cards without understanding why, and then somehow end up joining the faith. Apparently, this religion recruits members in this way to make up the numbers.

6. The company has repeatedly treated employees like slaves, arbitrarily transferring them between departments and indefinitely extending their probation periods because of these transfers. In the end, it was fined for failing to comply with the Labor Standards Act regarding overtime pay and the “one day off in seven” rule, among other things. The general manager did not care at all, claiming that the fines were merely a drop in the bucket and that no improvements were needed.

7. They force employees to eat vegetarian food and even interfere in matters outside working hours. Every day, employees also have to listen to them boast about their own “great achievements.” Humility is not in their vocabulary. If you don’t believe me, try interviewing there yourself—I am not exaggerating or making false statements.

In conclusion, this job and company are absolutely not suitable for anyone with normal reasoning. During interviews, they deliberately criticize candidates in order to drive down their perceived worth (and salary). Once you join, do not even dream of receiving any company benefits or opportunities for development. Those who are willing to stay long-term are all believers who have been indoctrinated and think of their work as a form of devotion. Rather than wasting time joining this company, spend that time arranging interviews with other companies. I hope this helps job seekers. Life is short—don’t take the long way around for nothing...

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Content of the call before the interview: They directly asked whether I smoked. If I smoked, there was no need to come for the interview.

I received a call that morning arranging an interview for that afternoon. Although the time was agreed upon, the interviewer was late.

1. I applied for an Operations Manager position, but they asked me to provide past marketing planning and graphic design work... among other things, a complete proposal for the interviewer to review.

2. During the interview, the interviewer’s tone was quite arrogant. At the interview, I was criticized for everything, including my professional skills, expertise, and experience; they completely dismissed me as incompetent... Because I had not worked in the food industry, they looked down on what I could do.

3. They hoped to have someone handle marketing planning + graphic design + e-commerce and official website maintenance + Facebook event planning and execution + physical distribution channel development... for a monthly salary of NT$32,000–38,000.

4. I had already told the interviewer that if I was really that inadequate, we could end the interview to avoid wasting either party’s time, with each of us looking for a suitable company or employee. However, they insisted that I stay and continued criticizing me. Then, after 30 minutes, the interviewer made another counterattack: “We’ll discuss it internally with our supervisors and let you know.”

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Yiguandao brain-controlled intracranial voice psychosis—there will be consequences sooner or later

Taichung City

(From the perspective of a part-time employee on the 3rd floor)

1. Customers are generally quite well-mannered, so dealing with them can be fairly easy (although there have been some jaw-dropping encounters, they are not frequent).

2. Most of the front-of-house supervisors and coworkers have fairly good tempers, and they are also quite patient when teaching you.

3. Scheduling is fairly flexible, with no required total number of hours.

4. Vegetarian staff meals are provided (an advantage limited to vegetarians).

5. There is a clear distinction between front-of-house and back-of-house areas.

1. Problems with the system + senior management mentioned in point 3 → severe staff shortages → high turnover among full-time and part-time front-of-house staff (creating a vicious cycle).

2. I once happened to glance at the clock-in records of full-time employees and saw records of people working entire days for several consecutive days without any break. Whether overtime pay was provided is questionable. However, part-time employees generally get regular breaks, and even if they take shorter breaks, the hours are still counted, so it is not too bad.

3. There is a senior manager who likes to cut costs and, without understanding the situation of frontline staff, lectures people or makes demands. Other reviews have mentioned this, so I will not elaborate.

4. Because the first floor is short-staffed, full-time employees may be reassigned downstairs; if you do not object, you may never get sent back up lol. Conversely, if the third floor is too busy, first-floor staff may also be sent upstairs to help. But if you are part-time, you will not be reassigned downstairs, so it is not too bad.

5. Because of point 1, large holidays, winter and summer vacations, and events can be extremely exhausting.

Although I am not a religious follower, I think working here part-time is okay. However, the more senior employees are indeed mostly religious followers XD. Since you are part-time, you will also have less contact with the person mentioned in point 3. But if you are sufficiently M or feel like you have too much free time, you can try challenging yourself by applying for a full-time position.

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1. You have to join Yiguandao, and one Saturday every month you have to attend classes (unpaid). You also have to help out on the weekends during the March classes/opening and November graduation (three full days for only $2,500). If you don't join, deal with the consequences yourself.

2. You have to pretend to be very noble, with a pile of unnecessary etiquette (for example, waiting for the supervisor to start eating before having lunch, and making a point of greeting them when arriving at and leaving work...).

3. The company prepares lunch for everyone, and you can only eat vegetarian food. Even your own breakfast has to be vegetarian; otherwise, you have to eat outside the company.

4. Regardless of whether you take leave due to illness or for whatever reason, if you take more than three days of leave in a month, you can easily be told to go home and fend for yourself.

5. The supervisor speaks harshly. You have to be obedient like a dog and report every day how much work you have done while flattering them... If you're sensitive, don't even try.

6. Since the supervisor makes all the decisions alone, everything has to be done according to their wishes. As a result, the company makes very little progress: it is traditional, resistant to change, and burdened by its public image.

7. Work processes are disorganized, and a lot of information is missing. When something goes wrong, they blame you for not asking; when you do ask, they say, “Why do you even need to ask about something like this?”

8. Employees are made to pay for business losses or have them deducted from their wages.

-The main problem is the supervisor. Although they follow Yiguandao, they are neither compassionate nor empathetic, make assumptions, and arrogantly disrespect professional expertise... Come only if you can tolerate that. Also, many things are followed only because they are required by the Labor Standards Act; don't assume the company is voluntarily providing them.

If you have any of the following, you will basically be eliminated and not hired:

a. Smoking or drinking (you must not do either at all—not merely avoid doing it at the company)

b. You'd better pray you stay healthy; people who get sick or have family members/children requiring care are not acceptable.

c. Not joining Yiguandao or not participating in related activities

d. You may only wear dark-colored clothes, and the styles must be conservative.

e. An unsavory family background or an unconventional lifestyle (they pry into your family background and your conduct outside working hours)

f. Fresh graduates have very little chance

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During the interview, they asked me to leave my current job early so I could start work.

After arriving home from work on my first day,

I received a phone call informing me that, after discussing it with the manager, there was currently no vacancy for a graphic designer.

I didn't need to go to work the next day.

A truly terrible company.

It turns out that companies associated with I-Kuan Tao aren't necessarily any better.

Tsk tsk