台灣文創發展股份有限公司

This position is listed on 104 under Taiwan Creative Development Co., Ltd., but it is actually for the Taiwan Creative Development Foundation. The interview was conducted by Ms. Yeh, who was the deputy executive director at the time. Basically, she did not ask many constructive questions. It felt that they mainly looked at whether you had experience similar to theirs—for example, she had previously worked at the foundation, so if you had relevant work experience with the Taipei Department of Cultural Affairs, you might be hired.

The benefits basically follow the company’s system. Gift vouchers or cash are sometimes provided for the three major holidays; those who have not yet completed their probationary period receive a gift box. There are two days off per week, but because some events are held on weekends, work is sometimes scheduled on a shift basis.

1. Huashan is basically a “family fiefdom”: having connections means you have no problems. The management team is generally older, and most of them are not open-minded. They are accustomed to the old way of doing things and the old notions of order, so the workplace is suited to people who know how to flatter and curry favor.

2. The managers like to favor “their own people,” and this is very apparent in work assignments. If you are considered one of “their own people,” you can basically do no wrong. If you are not, then expect to do the work that “their own people” do not like or do not want to do.

3. The managers do not know how to lead or manage people. For many things, you have to figure them out yourself or find other people to help or teach you. If a manager does not understand an assigned task or thinks it needs to be changed, they will neither explain it properly nor teach you; instead, they will step in and do it themselves, making major revisions to presentations and the like—so many that you no longer recognize it as your own work—and then turn around and say that you did not do anything.

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Encountering a supervisor who shirks responsibility is truly astonishing.

When asked whether I would accept severance, they privately said they did not recommend accepting it because it would affect my résumé.

It was simply speechless.

Most astonishing of all, the employee agreed to the severance, but the company ultimately decided not to dismiss the employee after all.

They were basically playing games with people.

They would also tell senior management that a certain employee was lax in management, yet whenever a problem arose, they would hurriedly ask that same employee for help.

Only to discover in the end that it was all a misunderstanding.

Then they started shirking responsibility again.

Things they pounded their chest and guaranteed would often end up being botched, after which they tried to brush them off as though nothing had happened.

The supervisor wanted to resign without telling senior management, yet before the year-end bonus was distributed, they informed senior management that the employee would resign at the beginning of the year.

They even self-righteously claimed that employee changes were naturally supposed to be reported to senior management.

Yet the supervisor themselves said nothing about their own resignation.

They even pounded their chest and guaranteed that they absolutely would not resort to petty tricks.

After hearing all this, I was truly speechless.......

For the work involved in being a building manager, the salary is fairly good.

The position was posted on a job bank as a “Sales and Marketing Specialist,” and the “interviewer” also emphasized that the work was diverse and not as simple as one might imagine. When I stated my salary expectations, they even boasted that they would not be stingy. However, after starting the job, I discovered that the actual salary was only NT$1,000 more per month. In fact, money was not the reason I initially wanted to work at Huashan, so I let that go. But after three days, I could already see through everything here. Basically, no marketing or sales skills are needed at all, because the job is essentially managing a shopping complex. Besides opening and closing the premises and taking attendance at fixed times every day, you also have to handle air-conditioning issues, equipment rentals, voided invoices, and other matters for the tenants. You also have to endure tenants speaking coldly to you in a condescending manner, because to them, you are a building manager, not a sales and marketing specialist. The vendors you invite are also admitted only if they are considered sufficiently influential. In principle, this is a company where “connections make everything possible.” When I submitted my resignation request, the supervisor kept avoiding an interview and refused to face the issue, even saying, “You know this industry is very small, right? You’re embarrassing me by doing this.” Eighteen people left in one year. I urge anyone who sincerely believes that Huashan is a wonderful, artsy cultural haven to wake up quickly.

Looks glamorous, and working at Huashan 1914 Creative Park sounds very appealing.

The job responsibilities were explained very unclearly. It seemed similar to being a department store floor manager, but not quite.

The interviewer said this job offered a lot of freedom and room to make use of your abilities, but in reality, you were just like a headless fly with no direction.

The salary was completely a mystery. I recommend not wasting your time going to the interview.

On the surface, it complies with the Labor Standards Act, but employees are privately pressured to work overtime and are not allowed to apply for compensatory leave.

What was discussed in the interview was completely different from reality

Extremely bureaucratic

The turnover rate is EXTREMELY HIGH, EXTREMELY HIGH

There is constant scheming and infighting; just keeping up with their games is exhausting

The overall average age is quite high