Legacy reviews: 10
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The store manager first left the interviewee standing there waiting for 20 minutes, claiming to still be on a break. When they finally appeared, they did not offer even a word of apology.
Also, the personality test form and résumé from this company were extremely uncomfortable to fill out. First of all, the résumé layout was very poor: some fields were too small and others were too large, making it very uncomfortable to complete.
Moreover, the questions contained far too many suggestive implications:
"Employees must listen to the company. Whatever job assignments the company makes, employees must cooperate. Employees absolutely must not engage in anything like marriage-related trouble; since the company pays, the company has the greatest authority."
There were also sections that were clearly probing into personal character and privacy.
I had not even joined the company yet, so what was the point of putting me through so many tests? The salary offered was clearly not higher than that of other companies. If the company's compensation and benefits were good enough, would it really need to worry about employees not cooperating?
The salary was also advertised very dishonestly. The basic salary is 23,000, but the salary listed in the job posting apparently can only be reached by working overtime?
In short, this is the résumé I have ever filled out that left me with the worst impression. Apart from basic personal information, a company has no right to know so much about an individual.
If your company is truly serious about hiring people, I hope you will delete this personality-test résumé full of disgusting implications and create a more normal one. Otherwise, raise the salary and benefits and see who would be willing to accept the job.
Beautiful surroundings; from the upper floors, you can overlook the entire city.
For an office-based position, the interview includes a pile of personality tests. To put it nicely, they are tests with no right answers; in reality, no matter how you choose, you expose a flaw in another aspect of yourself. It feels as though, even before you join the company, they are already calculating how to deal with you. One female interviewer also asked a bunch of strange questions and made many odd facial expressions. The questions felt as though they had already steered you into the position of the perpetrator, so I asked in return why the company would have questions like these that required employees to provide answers. She suddenly looked aggrieved and said that it was because she felt that I was this or that way, so she had to clarify things. The questions all came back to me. If you are bored and want to find out how impressive those test questions are, you can apply and see for yourself—experience a world without answers and the feeling of being humiliated. As for another timed math test, I could only laugh. They even test things that are completely unnecessary for the job just to enhance the company’s image, and they also limit the number of questions you can get wrong—exceeding the limit means losing eligibility for a second interview. Even more absurdly, this company asks employees to sign a six-month probationary-period agreement, provide proof of labor-insurance enrollment, a notification of matters before collecting personal data, and a certificate of service from their previous company. If you have changed your name, you must provide a household registration transcript. They do not even give you a copy of the probationary-period agreement you signed. They make it sound very nice, but in reality they are simply evading the Labor Standards Act. The salary-grade section also includes the basic salary and position allowances, as well as the hourly rate and amount used to calculate overtime pay. Everyone should be careful with this company; there are many disputes and questionable practices. If they think there is something wrong with you, they make you work for more than a week like an intern or part-time student. That is how they treat newcomers.
Beautiful surroundings; from the high floor, you can overlook the entire city.
For an internal office position, the interview includes a bunch of personality tests. To put it nicely, they’re tests with no right answers; in reality, no matter how you answer, you’ll expose shortcomings in another area. It feels like they’re already calculating how to deal with you before you’ve even joined the company. One female interviewer also asked a lot of strange questions and made many odd facial expressions. The questions felt like they were deliberately steering you toward the position of the perpetrator, so I asked in return why the company would have questions like that and need employees’ answers. She suddenly put on an aggrieved expression and said it was because she thought you were this or that way, so she had to clarify things. Then all the questions circled back to you again. If you’re bored and want to know how impressive those questions are, you can apply and see for yourself—experience a world without answers and the feeling of being humiliated. There was also a timed math test, which I could only laugh at. They test things that are completely useless for the job just to enhance the company’s image, and they even set a limit on how many questions you can get wrong before losing eligibility for a second interview.
The indoor office environment is very new and beautiful, with two floors. It’s really no small feat for a stationery store to be this large.
Before going in, I had to complete a personality assessment, and on the day of the interview, I also had to answer several more personality-test questions. The content was very much a test of your character—for example, whether you agree with extramarital affairs, or how you would react if the company required you to work overtime. The answer choices often steered you toward taking on the role of the “bad guy,” such as responding with angry protest or an emotional expression of unhappiness. After that, I also had to complete a timed math test. All of these tests really felt like a stress test. The interviewers also asked questions that were awkward and seemed designed to test your character, and their manner made me feel very uncomfortable—for example, suddenly showing concern about your personality for no apparent reason. The several employees helping with the interview also seemed to have frequent emotional fluctuations. In short, just the large number of questions testing your character was already somewhat uncomfortable.
No advantages
Extremely low pay—starting at 25,000 (excluding labor and health insurance)
Working 10 full-day shifts per month, with 8 days off per month; calculated hourly, it comes to less than 110
Even lower pay than a part-time job
They paint you a rosy picture during the interview
They say there are opportunities for promotion at the store
If you perform well, you can gradually move up
However, they do not provide any timeline or method for evaluations
Even the store manager’s salary is not high
The pay is lower than Guangnan’s
The break time is also shorter than Guangnan’s
None
Low pay, long working hours, and employment contracts and shift systems that do not comply with the Labor Standards Act.
Long working hours would be one thing, but the pay is pitifully low. They make one person do the work of several people. To put it nicely, you can learn a lot, but the boss is stingy, and the boss’s wife is unbearably sarcastic. They paint a beautiful picture, but when it comes to actually doing the work, I’d recommend just being a part-time student worker. This is not a company you can stay with for the long term. The only thing you’ll miss after leaving is the colleagues you went through the hardships with.....
The working hours are too long, and the company benefits are poor and stingy.
Business performance is very good, but it is all achieved by profiting at the expense of employees’ wages. The highest-paid people inside are the part-time student workers, because they do not have to work overtime. Overtime is not paid. Taiwan’s current one fixed day off and one flexible rest day policy is fundamentally unable to regulate this kind of company. They will first agree on a salary with you, but that salary already includes the overtime pay for having to work on Saturdays. How can Taiwan have something this vicious? This is an emotionally managed company, and it is extremely penny-pinching with employees. The turnover is enormous. Taiwan should establish strict laws and inspection systems for companies this reprehensible.