家信國際企業有限公司

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So it turns out I’m not the only one who thinks this is outrageous. I only worked there for one week before they told me to sign a resignation form. They asked me to state my reason for leaving and said the company would assess whether there was a suitable position for me. They said that if I didn’t receive a call from the company within three days, it meant there wasn’t one. At the time, I didn’t think much of it, and since I had never encountered this kind of situation before, I foolishly signed it. I wasn’t able to ask them for proof of involuntary termination. During that week, I completed all the tasks assigned to me by the boss’s assistant. The only thing I didn’t do well was the reconciliation form, and that was it. Even now, after leaving, I still find the whole thing completely baffling. What exactly did I do poorly? No matter how inadequate I was, they couldn’t possibly determine whether someone was suitable based on just one week, right?!!!

Also… the part about wearing short skirts is true. No one ever leaves work on time either; everyone stays behind to work overtime. = =

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During the interview, I was told that formal attire would be sufficient for work.

However, after I started working, I was unexpectedly required to wear a “short” skirt every day.

If it went past the knee, I would be called aside privately for “guidance.”

Meetings were often held under various pretexts.

The entire afternoon would be spent preparing for the meeting, and the company had a family-style karaoke venue on the second floor. By the end, meetings would always turn into singing.

We were then required to accompany them with fake smiles and were forced to drink alcohol.

We were not allowed to leave early, and the time was not counted as overtime.

Because work was delayed by meetings and singing, we still had to go downstairs and finish everything ourselves before we could leave.

The hierarchy in the company was extremely clear-cut.

Newcomers were required to handle many miscellaneous tasks that were outside their responsibilities.

Newcomers who could drive were often asked to provide support for outside assignments.

Having our lunch breaks taken up was also an everyday occurrence.

Overtime was not counted for you; in addition, although the workday ended at 6:00 p.m., overtime only started being counted after 6:30 p.m.

And supervisors would give you a hard time for leaving work on time.

The company also had a very high turnover rate.

There were fewer than five employees with more than one year of tenure.

The handover of information was also incomplete, so you had to clean up many messes left behind by others.

This was also the first company I had encountered that held its annual banquet at Cashbox.

We were even required to sit in the plum-blossom arrangement and attend to vendors and clients.

We had to accompany them with fake smiles and drink alcohol; the scene was extremely similar to a hostess club.

The small company had a pile of inexplicable rules,

as well as some unwritten regulations.

The main issue was the routine, unreasonable overtime and socializing.

This was the shortest and most unpleasant job I have ever had.

There are too many shortcomings at this company to list them all.

If you receive an interview invitation, all I can say is that everyone should consider it carefully.

The management mindset belongs to an outdated era—in other words, whatever the owner and supervisors say is considered correct, while everyone else’s suggestions fall on deaf ears. In addition, the company consists entirely of women, with no men. Employees are expected to wear makeup, skirts, and contact lenses, making it feel like working at a hostess club or a department-store counter. Although the company is actually in the brokerage industry rather than the service industry, it insists on calling itself a service business. Employees are forced to work on holidays solely because clients have events, such as year-end parties, spring banquets, and farewell ceremonies. If you refuse and say you have personal matters to attend to, the company will come up with a whole host of reasons to persuade you that you cannot be absent. It uses various methods to circumvent the Labor Standards Act—for example, claiming that the work is under a responsibility-based system and therefore not paying overtime, while also requiring you to work on holidays without clocking in. When salaries are adjusted, the additional amount is placed in the “overtime pay” field, making it part of the regular salary. Meetings, year-end parties, spring banquets, and birthday celebrations are held after working hours.

If you cannot participate in the company’s activities outside working hours, you will have no better career prospects at this company.

There is a clear internal hierarchy. New employees are expected to show great respect for long-serving employees. Supervisors are not allowed to carry things, take out the trash, or assist other people with their work. The senior-junior system is severe. Worst of all, the owner likes to have romantic relationships with internal employees. These relationships are kept secret but are known to everyone (which is partly why the hierarchical system exists).

As for the work itself, if the owner has a favorable impression of you, you will be assigned more important work when you first join the company and receive a higher salary. Being able to drive is a plus, and you will also be responsible for more fieldwork. Otherwise… you will handle the paperwork and administrative tasks related to bringing in other foreign workers, making it very difficult to move up. As a result, starting salaries can range from 23,000 to 32,000.

In short, this is a company where everything the owner says is treated as correct, and you must report everything to the owner and ask for instructions. It is a company that refuses to delegate authority while shifting all responsibility onto the supervisors.