全華圖書股份有限公司

1. Motorcycle parking spaces available

2. Employee meals provided

3. Most colleagues are fairly easy to get along with; it is, in a sense, a place with a human touch

The system is extremely traditional, with closed-minded thinking. The company believes it treats employees very well, but in fact it does not at all:

1. The chairs are terrible. You have to work at the company for more than five years before you get a “normal” chair, while the old chairs that are replaced are collected in the basement for new employees to use. (Previously, an auditor came for an inspection and said the chairs were substandard and that employees should be provided with comfortable chairs to work in, but even after a year, nothing has happened.)

2. There is an activity called the big cleanup. Employees have to clean their own office areas and some shared areas (cleaning staff take care of the restrooms and the corridors outside). They also have to wax the floors themselves. After waxing, they are required to lay thick paper over the floor (supposedly to prevent the chairs from scratching it ^_^). Once the cleaning is finished, they must notify the Administration Department for an inspection before they can leave work (it feels just like prison life).

3. Year-end banquet

⑴ The prizes are extremely stingy; most are gift vouchers worth between NT$500 and NT$1,000 (this depends on individual standards of acceptance—some people do not mind, since having something is better than having nothing).

⑵ New employees have to put on a performance.

4. Sales has the highest status in the company; editors are treated like the untouchables.

Perhaps this is because the company was established a long time ago, and most employees have more than 15 years of seniority, so these practices have been taken for granted from the past until now.

⑴ During meetings, they act like the boss, questioning editors about what they did poorly and what needs to be improved.

⑵ There are often many unreasonable demands. Most editorial supervisors have a deeply submissive mentality and accept them all without question.

⑶ Their attitude is extremely poor.

5. Air conditioning

The air conditioning is not turned on until the indoor temperature reaches 28°C or higher. Even when the large office is stuffy, if the temperature has not reached 28°C, they simply open the windows, letting in some air that does not reach everyone. Even in midsummer, the air conditioning is not turned on on time: work starts at 8:30 a.m., but it is not usually switched on until almost 9:00. It is turned off promptly at 5:40 p.m.; there is no air conditioning for overtime or make-up workdays either.

6. You have to work on Labor Day in May.

7. You often have to move heavy objects, and there is no elevator.

8. Salary and benefits

Compared with other companies in the same industry, the editorial department’s pay is so low it makes you want to cry, while the workload is sky-high. We often receive many unreasonable requests (for example, editors are asked to handle work that is not even the editorial department’s responsibility). The work is also very miscellaneous; it is not limited to editorial duties. One person often has to play multiple roles and do many things that other departments should be responsible for. But as mentioned above, the editorial supervisors have a deeply submissive mentality, which often forces the editors below them to act as planners, marketers, salespeople, graphic designers, and typesetters ^_^

9. The editorial department has to support external exhibitions, such as machine tool exhibitions and book fairs. Sometimes we are only sent to work as cashiers, because the company cannot even afford to hire temporary staff.

10. The atmosphere at work is depressing. People in many departments look very sour and have very poor attitudes (for the most part).

The above is the work experience of someone in the editorial department at the bottom of society. Job seekers, please think carefully.

The colleagues below the managerial level are generally quite nice. There is an employee cafeteria, which makes it easier to sort out meals. Meal costs are deducted directly from your salary, so the figure on your payslip looks lower.

1. Basically, it is an inefficient company. There is a large pile of preparation materials for new hires, and the interview process consists of about three rounds, which makes it seem very rigorous. Put nicely, it has systems; to be blunt, it has a lot of rules.

2. The work is standardized. At the end of each workday, you have to record what you did that day in an EXCEL file so that your supervisor knows your efficiency. Low starting pay, many demands, plus deductions here and there: think carefully before joining.

3. The atmosphere at work is dull. I heard that supervisors may even ask the IT department to retrieve the records from LINE on your computer. I heard that the company itself tends to hire graduates of public universities. (I’m not discriminating, and presumably neither are they.)

Most people are easy to get along with. The company is quite people-oriented, and you can ask whenever you don’t understand something; colleagues are all happy to help explain.

The salary is relatively low and the working hours are long. Performance is the company’s top priority, and the sales department can make unreasonable demands without considering the feelings of colleagues in other departments.

The company has high school and vocational school sales. To earn a bonus in the high school division, you have to burn quite a lot of incense…

You clock in at work, but when you clock out, responsibility follows you home, and you often get home very late. Sales staff turnover is high, and management policies are frequently inconsistent. They speak negatively about the previous salesperson.

The advantage is that you can visit students everywhere, which makes you feel young.

The working hours are long, the pay is not high, and bonuses are unattainable. Think twice before taking the job.