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Read the community guidelines1. The job requires visiting clients independently, so working hours are relatively flexible.
2. The supervisor pays overtime (this depends heavily on the supervisor) (Does this count as a pro?)
1. The working hours are too long, and the company is not hiring additional staff.
2. Advancement has more to do with whether the boss likes you personally.
3. Departments within the company operate independently, and there are no unified writing standards for the same report.
We get quite a lot of money for the spring banquet and year-end party, but you may not necessarily receive it.
What have I learned since joining the firm?
Doing odd jobs, recording videos, handling regulatory matters, and improving my Office software skills.
Two years of experience were essentially erased…
Because it wasn’t very related to my current position,
I had to start from C1, which was actually a major setback, and my salary became extremely low.
I had originally negotiated a salary of 50,000–60,000 outside, but the firm’s fixed rate is 38K. This is really unfriendly to information technology professionals...
Compared with being good at tools, programming, or technology, the boss prefers you to be good at making presentations....
The higher up they are, the more they just talk business; you can’t really take what they say as a reference.
The firm’s computer controls are becoming increasingly strict. It’s extremely frustrating.
Then I really regretted syncing my email with my phone. It feels like my phone is being monitored too… It automatically connects to the firm’s Wi-Fi, which is a little scary.
Probation: Our boss happens to be someone who takes your topic very seriously. I think it’s a really stupid mechanism that wastes your personal time, as if it were a school project.
There is no overtime pay for doing probation. When you join during the busy season, there is simply no time to do it, and when you actually have time, you don’t want to do it anymore....
When things really get busy, you can be busy to the point of taking off. For that little bit of money, being this busy is not good value for money.
You can learn the accounting processes of companies with different business models.
The company's website has abundant resources; if you have the capacity, there are actually many resources you can learn from.
They say that starting salaries for fresh graduates are higher than those in the industry, but in reality, this is only because of overtime pay. With such a low base salary, the resulting overtime pay is actually very little.
The daily working hours are twice those of other people, but the salary will absolutely not be twice as much.
(And you still have to work overtime on weekends.)
You are expected to assess for yourself which time was inefficient, and that time is not counted as overtime.
Taiwan's accounting environment has not yet woken up; many clients still do not know that they should prepare their own financial statements.
Although there are policies in place, in most cases it is still the audit team that prepares them.
Clients are still not very pleasant to deal with.
Those who have the ability to go abroad may be busier, but their clients are more courteous, the pay is better, and they can live with more dignity.
If you have the ability, you really should not consider joining.
They also do not care how the new hires are doing, because they replace the entire batch of staff every year.
Once you have worked there, you will know that public-sector jobs or positions in the industry are genuinely better,
whether in terms of salary or benefits.
The salary is quite good for a fresh graduate.
The working hours are too long.
A large company where you can learn a lot. The bachelor's starting salary is NT$36,000, and with overtime pay it is manageable. The company name also makes your experience look good on your résumé, and the work will train you to become very tough and hardworking.
The company will move to a new building in Xinyi District in June.
The workload is far beyond what the staff can handle. Some projects with low budgets require a great deal of time, but the overtime cannot be claimed. You also have to work overtime on holidays, and on average you work until nine or ten at night on weekdays. It is completely an endless job.
Oh, right—I’m not in the Audit Department; the overtime in Audit is even more outrageous. In short, it is extremely exploitative.
In addition to the work itself, there are many tedious administrative procedures to carry out.
The turnover rate is very high. Before joining, consider whether your liver can hold up. This is not a lively or enjoyable job.
There are many excellent newcomers who joined by mistake.
Management consulting firms are essentially SI companies that have switched industries—indeed, SIs with no project management experience. When they recruit fresh graduates, there is basically no training. If you're lucky, they find someone a little more senior, give you a few hours of training, and then throw you to the client.
You raise questions and wait for the retirees or senior managers, of whom there are plenty... There is almost no feedback to be received.
Generally speaking, accounting firms have nothing much to do and let you leave work on time in June and September. For the remaining ten months, though, it’s busy season. In our group, the usual schedule during busy season is 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. (or 11 p.m.) from Monday to Thursday. No overtime on Fridays; Saturdays may involve overtime depending on the situation; Sundays are absolutely days off... And apparently, compared with other groups, ours is considered relatively easy (?) Before entering this industry, you should think carefully about whether you can accept these working hours and be mentally prepared...... Before joining, choosing the group is more important than choosing the firm.
Taiwan’s largest sweatshop accounting firm, with extremely long working hours and benefits that have been getting worse in recent years, with cuts happening constantly.
Except during the off-season in June and September, we work overtime almost every day, and overtime pay is not based on actual hours worked. If you report more hours, you’ll be “spoken to.”
During the busy season in particular, we work overtime almost every day until 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. As for Saturdays and Sundays, there’s no need to ask—we’re definitely expected to go into the office.
And yet news reports still call it a “happy company,” while claiming it fully complies with the Labor Standards Act. Ha ha.
They have been exploiting workers for years, relying on the company’s size and market dominance.
They cycle through disposable employees every year or two, making one batch after another work themselves to the bone. No one dares to speak up, and no one dares to offend them.