証聲音樂有限公司

1. Paid leave: Leave is approved even if requested the day before or on the same day, as long as it does not conflict with your designated backup.

2. Music: I heard quite a lot of advertising music material personally; the advantage is that you can listen to it for free, I suppose.

3. Colleagues: The colleagues in my cohort were quite easy to get along with. Even though I left several years ago, we still occasionally arrange meals and gatherings together.

1. Bonuses and salary:

(1) Lateness: Let me first talk about the bonus and salary-deduction system from when I was there, about six years ago. At that time, some colleagues often worked overtime at night, which caused them to be late for work. There were also people like me who lived relatively far away and had to transfer between several buses or trains; sometimes, all it took was rain and traffic congestion to make us late. So they established a rule allowing only 10 minutes of lateness; beyond that, half a day’s pay was deducted. Although I’m not sure whether this system is still in place, I strongly recommend that if it is still being implemented, don’t rush if you know you’ll be more than 10 minutes late! The boss won’t take pity on you and waive the deduction just because you’re one minute late. Just come in half an hour late.

(2) The three festivals: I’ve somewhat forgotten how much it was, but it was very little—about NT$500, I think~ And I remember that the year-end bonus in the year I graduated and joined was extremely generous: NT$5,000~ Great!

(3) Salary: I was a newcomer. When I first started, during my probationary period, they paid me 20K, so imagine the amount after labor and health insurance deductions. It was raised after three months. Then, within my first three months there, two network administrators left. Since my major was related, they had me take over, so my salary went from 23K to 25K. After that, it stayed the same until I left; I had been there for a little over a year, and my final salary was 27K.

(4) Benefits: Public holidays off, the three festival benefits, the year-end banquet, and lucky draws, which usually involved employees paying their own money to participate for fun. There was one employee trip, but I’m not sure whether there were any more after that. Oh, and there was no overtime pay; the position operated under a duty-based system.

2. Meetings:

They absolutely loved holding meetings: monthly meetings, daily morning meetings (reporting what had to be done each day), and even when the boss was away on a business trip, everyone still had to join the morning meeting via Skype.

3. Colleagues and boss:

(1) Colleagues: The turnover among colleagues was extremely high. There were also two senior employees who were the boss’s favorites. The boss basically took their opinions into consideration, so under no circumstances—seriously, under no circumstances—should you offend them, or you’ll be forced out.

(2) Supervisors: There was no supervisor system when I was there, but teams had started to be formed before I left. I remember a few people emerging as team leads.

(3) Boss: Constantly changing orders, doing whatever came to mind, but not interested in considering employees’ opinions—he only liked hearing what he wanted to hear. There was one employee who was very capable; anyone who wants to learn can take him as a mentor.

4. Work environment:

There was a rotating duty roster. Every day, the person on duty had to arrive early to fill the water dispenser, and the trash had to be taken out weekly. Oh, and don’t forget the fish tank, which was the boss’s favorite.

Conclusion: In fact, many colleagues were easy to get along with, but the salary was not good. To survive there, you had to get on the right people’s good side—that’s basically it.

1. Earn a stable salary of 28K forever.

2. Your Chinese communication skills will improve dramatically.

1. If you pursue a comfortable life and stable income, you are welcome to join.

However, you must be prepared to be treated as a tool and to obey absolutely,

and then your salary will certainly be relatively comfortable as well.

But if you have ambitions and aspirations for the future, do not join under any circumstances,

because to you, this place will feel like the White Terror combined with a palace-intrigue drama.

2. The employee handbook is all just bluff; constant changes in policy are what actually happen.

The promised bonuses for the three major holidays are actually only enough to buy you a week’s worth of boxed meals.

A pay raise? Unless you are exceptionally good at proving how capable you are, you might as well dream on.

3. The boss does things with no logic, is inflexible, and lacks the ability to think or distinguish right from wrong.

Every day, the only things they care about are their own interests and the office environment.

Anything they do not understand or know is always someone else’s responsibility.

4. One employee is exceptionally good at making things up and is very eloquent.

Easy to take leave

To put it bluntly

The company has approximately 10 employees.

The atmosphere is extremely poor.

It is a company controlled by an old subordinate.

The boss basically only cares about money. Anyone who has spoken with him should be able to quickly realize that he really has no substance.

There is no execution capability, no management ability, and no problem-solving ability.

He only looks at the surface of everything and has a thick skin. He is 87% like our national military. Anyone who has worked with him should know what I mean. (The boss was also a professional soldier in the past.)

Also, I almost forgot to mention: although this is a music-related industry, this handsome boss knows absolutely nothing about music, so don't even think about discussing music with him.

The boss's greatest strength is probably observing the company's cleanliness—for example, whether his fish's anus is clean, whether everyone's desks are tidy, and so on.

Or calling everyone into the conference room just to talk about "how" certain things should be used.

When everyone thinks they are about to hear about some important annual company matter, all they hear is the aforementioned blah blah blah.

If you have a lot of free time and want to earn money with no future while working alongside an empty-headed boss, I suggest submitting your résumé immediately—although there is no need to hurry.

That is because the company's turnover rate is extremely high. Anyone with even a little common sense knows that this is not a place to stay for long.

As for the high turnover rate, the boss is also "excellent": he believes it is all the departing employees' problem and does not need to understand their issues.

He can just find someone else. In short, he is looking for cheap, disposable employees who constantly put the company first. (P.S. Best of luck finding them soon.)

You can look at this company's job postings on the employment websites. The recruitment requirements are described very nicely, but the salary, listed as negotiable, is probably around 26,000–28,000.

The benefits are just enough to deceive newcomers, mostly consisting of items required by the Labor Standards Act. Apart from the three major holiday bonuses and year-end bonus, not one item is what could be called a "benefit."

Of course, benefits are not mandatory, but because there are none, they can only pad the list with irrelevant items.

"Enjoy paid annual leave after completing six months of service." After seeing this, wouldn't you apply?

Also, if you want to win the boss's favor, remember not to leave work on time. Even if you have nothing to do after work, stay at the company and pretend to be busy, chatting aimlessly with the boss.

Several old subordinates understand this very well. If you don't, you can ask them for advice on "how to make the boss think you are a serious and responsible employee."

In particular, one male old subordinate is obviously just someone who loves sucking up to the boss. Feel free to ask him for guidance.

And the most important point: never offend an old subordinate. Even if you have all kinds of complaints about his behavior and report them to the boss,

it will still be futile. That old subordinate holds an irreplaceable position in the boss's heart. The boss will not listen to anything else—and would not understand it anyway.

Next, the company environment.

There is no need to mention the computers used for work: some are old, and others are simply poor. The boss has no intention of replacing them.

Because all of that costs money, and spending money is his Achilles' heel. As long as something can still be used, it will continue to be used.

There is no such thing as an upgrade. Naturally, the company will not upgrade either; judging by the current situation, things are getting worse and worse.

As for the relationships among coworkers, just wear a mask and laugh things off every day. Fortunately, there is also one old subordinate who is not at the company.

He works from home, supposedly because he needs to take care of his child. Taking care of a child is hard, of course. (The child is already in kindergarten—take care of what?)

He also carries weight in the boss's eyes because he has a good educational background (as mentioned earlier, the boss places considerable emphasis on appearances) and studied music.

Therefore, the boss believes he understands music very well. But if you ever have a chance to talk with him, you will also realize that this is all "understanding music" amounts to.

But in fact, all of these problems are thanks to the boss. Because he lacks ability, he has delegated a considerable amount of authority to the old subordinates,

which has led to the company's current state of affairs.

In conclusion, leave once you've had enough. But this experience will not help much with the next stage of your life, and don't expect any promotion opportunities.

Most importantly, don't try to lecture the boss or have a heart-to-heart conversation with him. People who have never experienced the real world will not listen to you.

You can listen to the company’s music while at work (company music only).

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The company’s hierarchy is extremely rigid, even though it is a small company with fewer than 10 employees.

Yet it has several layers of management, and ordinary employees cannot speak directly with the boss.

Conversely, the boss has absolutely no idea what you are working on and has to go through your supervisor to find out what you are really doing~

This leads to another major problem: according to what senior employees have said, the supervisors at this company became supervisors simply because they had enough seniority.

But they are complete incompetents (◣_◢), spending all day fighting within the department instead of actually handling company affairs.

They take credit for achievements and shift blame for mistakes, like the eunuchs of a fallen dynasty who only know how to curry favor with the emperor.

When they see an employee showing even a little potential, they will basically do everything they can to force that person out.

The boss is semi-retired, so the company’s growth has stagnated. He knows absolutely nothing about the music industry.

The management also almost always takes the most conservative approach to please the boss. If you come up with any new business model here,

don’t bring it up under any circumstances. You will only be labeled as someone who likes to show off or does not fit the company culture, and you will be fired within a short time (◣_◢).

During the time I was there, I witnessed an astonishingly high turnover rate (ಥ﹏ಥ).

If you love music, do not come here. It is not just that the boss does not understand music—your supervisor and others practically do not understand music either,

yet they will still dictate the direction of your song selection and composition at work. This place is truly hell~ The only things the boss really understands are matters related to environmental hygiene. You need to be mentally prepared for a military-service-style environment in this regard: whether your desk is clean, whether recycling is done properly, and so on.

Perhaps you and I have never met, but I hope that reading these words will help you become better.

The situation here will not improve, but you certainly still have better choices. (T＿T)

You may listen to the company's music, depending on the circumstances.

1. Although it is clearly a small company of around ten people, there is serious infighting. The hierarchy is rigid, and the work atmosphere is very poor.

2. During the interview, the boss seemed very Westernized and open-minded, but is actually just a businessman who does not love music at all. If you join with the passion for music, you will soon become exhausted, because the work is essentially miscellaneous tasks. Apart from the music-selection team, there are very few opportunities to engage with music. The boss also has a military background, so the management style is very serious and rigid—not the lively, relaxed atmosphere people would expect from a music company.

3. The pay is poor. New graduates probably earn only NT$1,000–2,000 more than NT$22,000, and there are no salary adjustments. Even sales staff with many years of experience earn less than NT$40,000.

4. The boss has no understanding of management, yet loves quoting articles from business-management magazines. The boss also lacks leadership ability—for example, placing excessive importance on formalities such as the format of morning meetings and work logs, with different standards for each person and criticisms based on personal preferences. The boss's thinking is very disjointed and does not organize things clearly before assigning tasks. The boss often makes more than a dozen consecutive phone calls without organizing and explaining everything clearly in one go. I really wonder how much of those books on work efficiency the boss has actually read.

5. The boss is extremely suspicious and often suspects employees of slacking off. Even when you are visiting a client and the client is willing to confirm it, the boss still suspects you. Or, if you take work home to handle it, the boss may think you are stealing client data.

6. The boss has had very unpleasant conflicts with many former employees and frequently threatens to sue people. In the industry, the boss is also said to be very fond of filing lawsuits. Job seekers are advised to think carefully.

Personally, I think you should consider this carefully.

When discussing salary, they will tell you, "Because we are in the music industry, the salary we offer is not high."

They then offer you 26K, which only increases to 28K after you have completed three months, and will be reviewed based on the situation in March after you have completed one year. In other words, if you join in April 2017, you complete one year in April 2018, but your salary will not be increased until March 2019. With this level of salary, even if you change jobs, the adjustment will be very limited because your baseline salary is not high.

In addition, the company's internal hierarchy is extremely pronounced. Although it has only around 10 employees,

it still manages to have junior supervisors, senior supervisors, different groups, and so on,

which is completely different from the flat organizational structures popular today.

The company owner's way of thinking is typically traditional; they love reading Yahoo News and support the Kuomintang.

Please think carefully.