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Read the community guidelinesIf you're lucky, your department will have air conditioning that can be turned on for limited periods. As the supervisor says: "Work while enjoying the air conditioning."
An old industry with old-timers and old-fashioned thinking, posting a bunch of phantom job openings. Those fortunate enough to get in should watch out for the supervisor with the bowl haircut. There are good cops and bad cops, especially Mrs. Yi. If you want to keep your job, don't offend the family business.
You can brag about being cheap labor at a high-priced ceramics factory.
A family business—the work environment depends entirely on whether you win your supervisor’s favor, and the supervisor is very difficult to please. The pay is low because the company is not as glamorous as it appears from the outside. There is a strong culture of flattery. You can look up how many years this company has been operating; employee ID numbers go into the five hundreds. In any case, the company will never run out of workers it can use, so it will never miss having you.
Shared meals, because it’s located in the middle of nowhere, with NT$1,000 deducted.
Salaries are generally low. They want good workers and strongly encourage overtime. The management is extremely controlling. You have to write down exactly what you do every hour in your work log, clearly accounting for all 8 hours. Personal belongings cannot be brought into the work area, and points will be deducted.