小麥貿易有限公司

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The stipulated banner production time is limited to completion within 2 hours; more intricate ones must also be completed within 3 hours.

Designers are also responsible for acting as editors and filming livestreams.

There is no pay for the first day of work after being hired, and you have to arrive half an hour early every morning for meetings.

Clock in when starting work; working hours end when responsibilities are completed.

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1. I arrived on time for the interview, but ended up waiting for almost an hour. Waiting in the area where everyone was working was not a pleasant environment, and the receptionist's attitude toward interviewees was also very poor. On top of that, there was an idiot dog barking incessantly.

2. I only found out upon arriving that I had to take a computer-based test; this had not been mentioned in advance at all. While I was doing the computer-aided design test, I heard the boss tell another female candidate with no work experience that working here would give her more opportunities to learn, and then start talking about a bunch of unwritten overtime rules, saying that coming in on holidays was for her professional development. I couldn't stand listening to all this exploitative, old-school-boss talk, so I didn't want to finish the drawing either. I simply closed it and left as quickly as possible.

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It was a very unpleasant experience. They asked the candidate to come to a space where people were still working, and the environment was extremely dirty and messy. It was very disrespectful.

The office has air conditioning

The interview took place at the office, but it was not conducted on a first-come, first-served basis, which was not very fair—after all, everyone’s time is valuable. The entire office could hear the interview, so there was no privacy at all. It was disrespectful to job applicants.

The company did not mention its benefits or policies at all during the interview, and I had to ask about them myself. When I asked too many questions, the answers seemed reluctant. Although the information was posted on the job site, the benefits and policies should be explained in person to confirm them. Otherwise, who knows whether they might change completely after you are hired?

They also compare your salary with that of your previous job, making it sound as if this job is much more prestigious than your previous one, as though you should be grateful. There was no pay for the first day of training either—this should really be reported.

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1. The interview environment was dirty and disorderly, and the interview was conducted directly in an area where people were working. (Although there were only two people present that day)

2. The interviewer kept paying attention to their phone during the interview, and was interrupted by phone messages several times throughout.

3. I only found out after arriving that day that there would be a computer-based test. I was given one hour, and afterward the interviewer had an expression that seemed to say, “How come you didn’t finish it?” I found this extremely bewildering. (Before the test, the interviewer repeatedly emphasized that designing a banner for the company only took two hours. If it requires two hours, yet I was given only one hour to complete the result the company wanted, that is unreasonable.)

4. After the computer-based test ended, another interviewer suddenly joined the conversation and asked the same questions again. They then began describing the company’s vision, but it felt like they were making grand promises without substance.

5. The job responsibilities seemed likely to change depending on the situation. Someone hired as a graphic designer might later be required to do marketing or planning. The relative emphasis on graphic design, marketing, and planning might also keep changing.

6. Although the leave policy is set by the company, the impression after the interview was that even during leave, employees would still need to handle company matters. (During the interview, they mentioned: “If your leave happens to coincide with an event period, are you aware that you need to make price adjustments? If you are, that shows you have good sense, and to the company, it means you are proactive. If not, then you are not proactive.”)

7. The company conducts two performance reviews each year, after which salaries may be adjusted if the reviews are passed.

8. Overtime pay is provided depending on the circumstances.

9. When you first join, you will be given a two-month contract position agreement. After becoming a permanent employee in the third month, the company will provide a Mac computer.

10. Overall, this interview experience made me feel disrespected, and the company does not appear to have well-established systems. Those considering attending an interview or accepting a position should think carefully.

By saying a few things that sound somewhat profound, the boss will completely believe it themselves, and their power will become extremely extensive.

1. Maliciously dismissing employees. During my time there, nearly ten people were dismissed and close to twenty people resigned.

2. The boss speaks ill of employees behind their backs, spreads rumors, brainwashes others, forms cliques, and isolates employees they consider problematic.

3. There are no systems, and there are essentially no basic benefits. For example, we used to work until 11 or 12 every night without any allowance or overtime pay. When we were forced to move, we worked 30 hours of overtime over two days but were given only NT$2,000 in compensation (and even that was deducted from a supervisor's salary and given to us because Mai was unable to pay us at the time). After shipping orders in the middle of the night, we were told that people who needed to send packages for convenience-store pickup would receive a subsidy, but it was never paid.

4. Every time, they make things sound very good and paint grand visions, promising specific performance figures and year-end bonuses, but in the end they cannot pay them because of insufficient cash flow. They have no understanding of current assets, fixed assets, or financial management. (When performance increases, employee raises are adjusted arbitrarily. There are no standards or salary bands. The previous group of long-term employees earned between NT$32,000 and NT$36,000. Because veteran employees' salaries were too high, the company had to hire new employees; with no money, they could only cut benefits. They would then say that cutting our salaries was justified because we had not met our performance targets. HR policies changed back and forth. Whoever took a firmer stance or requested benefits would be threatened with a pay cut. People were dismissed arbitrarily simply because they raised issues such as convenience-store pickup and basic benefits.)

5. They trust an employee based on intuition and do not know how to manage employees, casually believing what employees say.

The part-time workers are all simple and easy to get along with.

The company especially likes to recruit straightforward part-time workers and exploit them.

The interview is very casual, and they even ask you to do a one-hour trial shift to see how you perform.

If they are dissatisfied, they dismiss you with all kinds of excuses. Who cares how seriously you worked anyway? If there are no part-time positions, why are you recruiting? The company simply has enough money to hire people. Students attending night school and young people who have just entered the workforce, don’t be lured in by the attractive recruitment advertisements. It’s all a conspiracy.

People with ability can become full-time employees, but first you must meet the requirements of having no parents, no friends, and being completely alone. Congratulations, because this really is what daily life is like: go to work, work until very late (a position of responsibility—yeah, right), and come to work at the same time the next day. Want to take a day off? You’re not tired enough yet? Keep working, then, while taking turns covering shifts with your coworkers.

The boss is great—he loves to get involved in everything. The company operates with lofty goals. The good thing is that it’s basically comparing a chicken leg to a whale; the boss doesn’t act like a boss at all~~ You might as well go on vacation.

The part-timers downstairs are very cute and easy to get along with.

Always chatting away, and happy every day

Unlike other companies, where every day it's just, “What's going on today?” and “Why are you so slow?”

Hurry, hurry, hurry—and then a company that's constantly hiring. How good could it possibly be?

Nor is it like other companies where people dressed in black are either not thinking at all, or have forgotten that leaving work on time is a thing.

Then one day I dreamed that someone told me that, in order to process the orders, employees had to get up at four in the morning—or else get up at six.

Not only do you have to be an employee, you also have to be a servant to the dogs; the dogs they keep are constantly peeing everywhere and barking.

It turned out to be a dream.

Xiaomai Shopping is awesome, with top-notch quality and perfect service. Xiao

Mai Shopping is truly great—buying things there puts you in a good mood, the service is wonderful, the speed is first-rate, and customers come first.

Great company, highly recommended.

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Luckily, I quit—I'm super happy.

Back when my senior colleague resigned, I was so upset, but they were extremely happy.

Now I understand. It's really comfortable.

Hurry up and quit, and see how long you can hold out.

Is there a review that's even worse than bad?

A job that's becoming less and less simple. I hope my fellow colleagues keep it up.

There are really not only many people on the board.

Be careful of the people inside—they're very cute.

Sisters, brothers, and everyone else, when you come to this company, make sure to work hard! When you join, your body is

fat; after working for a few months, you've lost 6 kilograms.

Eating

Terrible. Divides employees. You can’t leave work on time at six. He keeps saying everyone should leave early, but if you leave punctually at around 6:10, he’ll come talk to you the next day. The boss is incompetent and relies entirely on employees, secretly copying employees’ methods. Suggestions: He has no opinions of his own, no sense of responsibility, and is unable to keep his composure. He was caught using pirated software and then started putting pressure on employees. When there are fewer orders, he starts blaming the employees. He loves saying that “the wool comes from the sheep,” yet he only talks and never puts anything into practice. He’s very good at brainwashing. It’s basically the Dance Club Empire—the Wheat Empire. No wonder it’s called Wheat.

The colleagues are nice.

There is unequal pay and treatment between men and women, the boss often makes grand promises, and has poor anger management.

The company does not require clocking out after work, and will drive a wedge between you and your colleagues, creating conflict.

They will tell your colleagues things you never said.

Sometimes there is no overtime pay at all, and they really like hiring recent graduates.

The environment is messy, and the dogs urinate wherever they want.

Encountering a company like this once in your life is more than enough.

Pros: Well, at least it's still a job.

Absolutely awful. My friend was fired not long after joining because they merely asked to be paid overtime for working overtime.

A few days later, the boss said they might not be suitable for the company and fired them.

They also deduct money for being late.

Eating with colleagues

Changing bosses

The colleagues are very nice.

The company violates labor laws, yet the boss still loudly insists that they have done nothing wrong. The attendance records are completely handwritten (making them highly susceptible to alteration), and the company requires all employees, regardless of how late they work overtime, to write 18:00 as their clock-out time. There is no overtime pay.

Full-time employees are required to stay and work overtime to ship packages. They are usually busy until after 8 p.m., and they are not paid overtime.

The boss loves making grand promises and often threatens employees. Meetings are always unfocused.

The boss believes one employee's snitching reports and then lays people off.

The turnover rate is extremely high. They are constantly hiring new people and then laying them off. Within one month, I had already seen five people get laid off.

I was originally hired for video editing, but after joining, I was told to do graphic design work. I was also assigned marketing tasks and had to help pack and ship orders. One person is expected to handle multiple roles.

The company does not have a break room and does not provide drinking water. The entire office environment is dirty and disorderly.

Please think carefully before joining this company. Please think carefully before joining this company. Please think carefully before joining this company.

The employees are very friendly

The office is very dirty

Basically, as long as you meet the work capabilities the boss requires, you’ll be hired immediately—no beating around the bush.

The boss talks a lot of nonsense—this is not a joke! He makes all kinds of empty promises, threatens employees, and constantly changes his orders.

He pretends to send everyone home at 6 p.m., but in reality, he asks senior employees to find excuses to keep employees who were told to leave on time and make them work “favors” for him.

One person is expected to do the work of at least four people. For example, someone responsible for marketing is also expected to manage the website, manage social media, come up with scripts, film and edit videos, and help with packaging and shipping. Yet the monthly salary is only 26,000, and he still claims that it is already higher than the local market rate.

No matter how late employees work overtime, he gets angry if they are late the next day.

Employees are not allowed to bring breakfast into the office to eat, but he does it himself.

Before joining this company, I had never seen one where every employee hated the boss.

The most senior employee in the entire company has been there for only one year, while someone who joined just over two months ago is fully responsible for procurement.

All these disadvantages have resulted in an abnormally high turnover rate. Just a few days after I joined, the boss drove away an employee responsible for planning the company’s overall direction (that’s right—this person did not even stay for half a year).

The above is only part of what I compiled based on my observations during my first month and complaints I heard from other colleagues. Please think carefully before joining this company.

Extremely long working hours, low pay, and the boss disregards the Labor Standards Act. Previously, while I was still there, one colleague would clock everyone out together, and then we would all continue working.