I couldn’t find any advantages at all.
The company called to arrange an interview time and gave me the phone number of the interview contact. When I arrived at the location, I contacted the interviewer, but they said they weren’t there? I was completely confused—isn’t this the interview time we agreed on? They told me they weren’t on site and asked me to call another interviewer, but damn... the phone number they gave me was wrong. I even confirmed the number with them repeatedly, but it was still incorrect. I called the original interviewer back and told them that the person who answered said it wasn’t them and asked whether I had called the wrong number. The original interviewer then asked whether the person who answered was a woman. I said no, it was a man. I kept telling them that perhaps the phone number had been given incorrectly. Finally, they said they would ask the other person to contact me. I waited nearly half an hour, but no one called. I called back again to ask how long it would take for the other person to call, and they said they would contact them again and told me to wait, then hung up. I waited a while longer, and only then did the other person call. She told me that she also wasn’t on site and wanted to reschedule for another day.... This was an absolutely terrible experience. I was almost ready to swear. I replied directly, “This was an interview time and location arranged directly with your company, but none of your people were there? Why schedule the interview in the first place and make me come all this way for nothing?” Only then did she say that we could do a video interview instead.... A video interview... I was completely speechless.
None
After I finished filling out the information, a woman came in for the interview. She asked one question and gave three answers. Since she seemed distracted, I had to repeat my answers two or three times, which made the interview take a long time and feel inefficient. The office was dim, giving the impression of a lunch break, and it did not feel like people were working seriously.
The salary offered was nowhere near the salary posted on the employment website.
The work was also very miscellaneous and involved a lot of tasks; I even had to keep going out.
I had to repeat my answers many times during the interview, so it is not hard to imagine how difficult communication would be after starting the job.
1. Get to learn about Korean products.
2. Develop and practice sales skills; some senior colleagues are truly worth learning from.
3. Employee purchase discounts are available.
4. Those who are currently unemployed can give it a try.
1. It is not possible to take holidays off; days off are rotated on weekdays. There are also no seats available throughout the entire shift, so those who cannot stand for long periods should take note.
2. Management, practical execution, and training are disorganized, and information is neither properly shared nor symmetrical. For the most part, you need to ask and confirm things yourself. In fact, some matters could be explained and completed in advance during downtime. (Some people are not very patient when listening or explaining, but as long as things are explained clearly beforehand, there should be no problem ^_^.)
3. You need to be careful with the relevant supplies during handovers, and when changing positions as well (because I encountered a senior colleague who made something disappear but did not want to admit it).
4. The policies and performance indicators related to performance-based bonuses are difficult to agree with.
5. Some of the people you actually come into contact with (at the store or in the office) are difficult to get along with and exclusionary. There are some unspoken rules, inconsistent standards, gossip and disputes, and a passive-aggressive atmosphere. However, there are also nice people.
6. I do not understand why a color photocopy of an ID card is required.
7. You need to check whether you are enrolled in insurance on your first day of work. Although the job listing on Xiaojishanggong clearly stated that national health insurance was included, the insurance was terminated after the assignment ended, even though it was before the end of the month—effectively meaning there was no health insurance.
8. Because of the cooking fumes, the air in the store is poor (this may vary depending on the department store).
Biggest advantage
The building’s security guard, Beibei, is incredibly kind and warm-hearted. Huge praise 👍
Based on the experiences shared by the senior colleagues below,
I’m adding some more～～(⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎)
Year-end party: None
Spring banquet: None
Company dinners: None
Disadvantages that sound like advantages:
1. Near-expiry food
It’s basically food that couldn’t be sold and is about to expire before they take it out to distribute.
Items with longer shelf lives are prioritized for donation or given away as gifts.
Only whatever they can’t finish handling is given to employees :)
2. The senior manager is not as generous as other former colleagues described; rather, they are the main reason you would leave the company.
The actual disadvantages:
1. The “Korean pie in the sky”:
Don’t expect an environment filled with Korean. The office primarily uses Chinese; only the boss and the boss’s wife use Korean for simple greetings and small talk,
and at most, you may help translate some very basic content.
Business trips actually depend heavily on the department. Generally, only employees at the level of junior manager or above have the opportunity, but if you can refuse, you absolutely should.
There’s a high probability you’ll end up working 12 hours a day, with no overtime pay or compensatory leave. If you unfortunately have to travel with the boss, you’ll have no free time at all. I’ve heard of cases where a senior colleague had to take an early-morning flight there, and an early-morning flight back, then return to the office to work in the afternoon.
There is no compensation for overtime or having to leave early to catch a flight; if you want to rest, you have to take leave yourself.
2. True.
3. True.
4. High turnover
There’s a good chance that, less than a month after you join, you’ll have to train a new employee. If the new employee makes a mistake, you’ll still have to take responsibility. It’s completely absurd.
Other former colleagues have also shared that, possibly because the company has trouble finding people, there’s a high chance you’ll interview and apply for position A, but after joining, be assigned to position B. Your only choices are to compromise or leave.
5. True.
6. True.
7. True.
Your supervisor will constantly emotionally blackmail you, saying that the company and the boss really hate employees taking Mondays or Fridays off.
But Mondays and Fridays don’t seem particularly busy……..
8. True.
When the supervisor is bored, they’ll look through the contents of your email correspondence with vendors.
9. Very much true! Strictly speaking, there’s been a slight improvement~ Instead of saying these things to your face, they go find someone else and complain about you in a supposedly quiet whisper that everyone can still hear ^^
They tell everyone all sorts of things about you~
So you absolutely must not offend anyone in a supervisory position.
10. True.
11. True. They periodically bring in some strange computer company to crack into things.
12. True. Unless you firmly assert your position and submit an application in accordance with regulations, they’ll keep delaying it indefinitely.
If you don’t agree to the delay according to their wishes, refer to item 9 above.
13. True. They make you stay in a terrible “cannon room,” possibly the worst place you’ll ever stay in your life.
Additional points
14. The office is quiet most of the time, but the boss’s wife will play music resembling hymns directly in the office. Since it’s played through a laptop, the sound is shrill and irritating. From time to time, she’ll even hum along with the melody. If you happen to be feeling agitated at the time, your anger level is sure to explode.
15. Whatever you do, don’t offend the highest-ranking supervisors in the Sales or Administration departments. Don’t have ideas of your own: if they tell you to do A, do A; if they tell you to do B, do B. It’s best not to offer other opinions or personal views, or you’re destined to be blacklisted.
16. The people in the Administration Department are all cold. Apart from showing warmth toward the boss and the boss’s wife, they’ll otherwise make you feel as though you owe them tens of millions.
17. Accounting frequently issues incorrect invoices. If your position requires you to mail invoices, and you don’t carefully check them before sending them out, the accounting department that made the mistake will blame you for not checking.
It’s clear that the office’s dimness has improved significantly compared with before; overall, it is much brighter.
Since I wasn’t hired, I didn’t get to see any other advantages.
It feels like a company with a very high employee turnover rate. I proactively submitted my résumé at the beginning of August, but I didn’t receive an interview invitation until mid-September. The interview was conducted by someone from HR and the department manager and lasted about an hour. They said that they would notify me by phone, but it was unclear whether they meant they would also notify unsuccessful candidates. In any case, I never heard from them again. I wouldn’t particularly recommend it to people who are anxious to find a job. They also really do take your photo, saying that it is so they can match the résumé to the right person when they review it later. I don’t quite understand why they don’t simply ask interviewees to bring an ID photo.
福利也有談到，對方是直接詢問你認為的福利是什麼，有三節、勞健保，提到加班費沒出聲，講到年終只說看表現，以上經驗供參考。
1. The company is located in an industrial area, and the building where it is located looks fairly new. The security guard on the first floor is very friendly 👍
2. The company’s interior is quiet and peaceful—so quiet that you might think no one is inside.
3. Nothing else.
1. Whether you drive or ride a motorcycle, there is nowhere to park at the company’s location, so it takes a long time to find a parking space when going for an interview.
2. The atmosphere at the company is quite peculiar. Everyone is very quiet, the lighting is dim, and there is no energy.
3. During the interview, the interviewers ask many questions, making it feel like you are being investigated. They also take photos for their records, but rarely mention the company’s benefits.
4. Overall, the interview experience was not very good. If you like an energetic office environment, this place may not be suitable for you. Working here feels very rigid and systematized. After Googling other reviews, I can only say that if you run an e-commerce business but cannot even manage your online image properly, there is not much else to say.
By the way, after all the background checks and having your photo taken, there may also be a second interview.
Pros
The company’s only benefit: near-expiry products, usually expiring in about a week, or even the next day or on the same day.
Company dinners: 0–1 time per year
Year-end bonus: Not everyone receives one.
At most, regardless of your seniority, it is one month’s salary.
Other benefits: Besides near-expiry products, pomelo tea or company products are given at Mid-Autumn Festival.
Employee trips: None
Other bonuses: None
Spring banquet: None
Year-end party: None
Despite being in the food industry, the company provides no health examinations or subsidies for them.
You cannot arrive early for the interview, or you will be scolded.
The interviewing supervisor had a very bad attitude and secretly took photos, saying they were for record-keeping.
During the interview, they will ask whether you can cooperate with on-site activities.
Transportation subsidies for the northern region are basically nonexistent.
It is best to ask for an extremely high salary during the interview,
because there is almost no salary adjustment afterward—not even after passing the probationary period.
I was notified by phone that I had been hired and was told to open a bank account in advance.
I asked the company for an employment certificate or offer letter,
but was told that no such thing existed.
I replied, “Then at least send me an email through 104 notifying me of the offer, okay?”
In the end, I received no response at all.
On my first day of work, the owner and the owner’s wife had a very sincere interview with me, but it turned out to be completely false.
The company has an extremely high turnover rate.
Coworkers would resign before I even remembered their names.
Many people quit after three days or one week.
Almost everyone is replaced within about two months.
During the interview, they said the company did not like an overtime culture,
but that you could only leave after finishing your assigned work.
However, the supervisor liked to assign work right before the end of the day,
and would not sign overtime application forms.
If you take leave on Monday or Friday, you will be nagged about it.
If you know Korean and dream of business trips to Korea, forget about it.
Even if it is mentioned during the interview, in more than ten years no one except the supervisor has gone on a business trip.
After joining, I was assigned a position different from the one discussed during the interview.
The nice way of putting it is that they want you to learn everything; in reality, they want one person to do the work of two people.
It is common knowledge that the company is extremely stingy.
When the weather is hot, they are reluctant to turn on the air conditioning.
When you request stationery, they may lecture you, asking whether previous employees did not leave any behind.
Or they may say that your department does not need a utility knife and refuse to approve the request.
It is best to clarify the salary amount during the interview.
If you have Korean-language qualifications, clarify the level and the additional allowance.
Once you are sure you have been hired, ask for a written offer letter.
When receiving your first month’s salary, calculate it carefully,
as there are often shortfalls.
They may even claim that this was the amount discussed during the interview and that you heard incorrectly.
If you are lucky enough to endure it and get promoted,
congratulations—you will no longer be able to apply for overtime pay.
Many people work until 8 or 9 p.m.
When you are promoted, remember to clarify the salary as well.
Those who do not complain get nothing.
1. For a period of time, there was some soon-to-expire food available to take, though most of it expired within a week.
2. The manager often treats us to drinks.
3. The company is in a new building, and the work environment is fairly okay.
1. The big promise of business trips to Korea
The boss and the boss’s wife are Korean. People who know Korean and apply will only get to use it for everyday conversation. Those who want to learn Korean should not expect to learn much more. During the interview, they say there may be opportunities to go on business trips to Korea, but in reality, you can forget about it!
2. Appearance-based interviews
During interviews, the interviewer takes photos and circulates them among the managers to see whether the applicant’s photos are misleading. They comment critically on the applicants’ appearance. If you are not good-looking or are too heavy, you basically will not be hired (unless they are very short-staffed).
3. Overtime pay you never receive
During the interview, they say there will be overtime pay. However, the workday ends at 6:00 p.m., and overtime pay only starts counting from 7:00 p.m. (overtime is calculated in half-hour units, so if you work until 7:29 p.m., you receive nothing). They say there is a break in between to eat dinner, but usually there is no opportunity to go out for a meal. Also, if you work overtime without the supervisor’s approval, the supervisor will not sign off on the overtime pay. After being promoted to主任, there is no overtime pay. If you work overtime because the work is unfinished, that is considered a problem with your ability.
4. High turnover
Except near the end of the year, staff turnover is high at other times. After six months, you are considered a veteran. In addition to the increased workload, you also have to keep training new employees.
5. A promised raise after three months
Promises about salary raises and promotions within a few months are basically just something to hear and forget.
6. Year-end bonuses are not guaranteed
If the boss wants to force you out, there will be no year-end bonus, regardless of whether it would normally be paid after the New Year.
7. Taking leave
In principle, you cannot take leave on Mondays or Fridays.
8. Shared computers
You cannot set a password on your computer. During your days off or after work, other people may open your computer. The email system also uses several accounts shared by everyone.
9. Verbal bullying
Supervisors sometimes insult people with profanity or yell at them, or tell them they are completely worthless.
10. Forging documents
Sometimes you are asked to sign forged documents—for example, signing to confirm training that never took place, or signing someone else’s name on a funding application to the Korean government.
11. Pirated software
The company uses pirated software and demands high work efficiency while making you use extremely laggy software.
12. Resigning
It is extremely difficult to resign because the company is always understaffed. When you submit your resignation, they pretend not to hear it, which is highly disrespectful. Otherwise, they make the handover materials unnecessarily difficult or keep postponing your departure date.
13. Accommodation for event staff
The company is extremely disrespectful toward female event staff. When staff from northern and southern Taiwan are asked to provide support, the hotels they stay in are what are commonly called “rooms for prostitution,” and both the environment and safety are extremely poor.