加拿大路比教育顧問中心/英語教學_路比國際移民顧問有限公司

Convenient location, on the first floor on Ren'ai Road.

The daily wage during the probationary period (which they called training) was raised to NT$2,000 per day.

The interview was just as everyone said: they scheduled many people for the same day, time, and location. A “manager” asked everyone to introduce themselves and answer questions one by one. Later, my impression after attending one day of “training” was that, regardless of what position was listed on the recruitment website, they simply wanted you to join as customer service/sales staff, so it made no difference what position you applied for.

You are required to wear a black suit jacket and a white shirt, but you have to provide them yourself because the company does not. They also require women to wear makeup that is “noticeable.”

You have to work on holidays, but it is unpaid and compensated with time off instead. There is no holiday pay premium. I also heard from colleagues that after holding an event for two days over the weekend, they worked straight through and then went to work on Monday without any break. Wouldn’t that mean working 12 days in a row?!

They said during the interview that there would be no overtime, but after receiving a call after 8 p.m. about another training session, I decided not to pursue it.

The company is located on the first floor on Ren'ai Road. On this stretch of road, the first-floor tenants are either banks or real estate agencies, which suggests strong financial resources.

Another interviewee appeared during the interview. I thought we were both being interviewed together for the same position, but it turned out to be a completely different position. This was the first time I had encountered this kind of interview process.

The supervisor stated that there would be a trial period before confirming the offer, and that I would be asked to spend five days working at their company without pay. I thought, do they think people are fools? Should I take five days off from my current employer for this position?? (Anyone willing to do this must have an exceptional dream and passion for working at this company.)

They operate an immigration business focused on the United States and Canada, but upon walking in, the place gave me the impression of a real estate agency, perhaps because all employees are required to wear uniforms.

The salary advertised on job sites is generally higher, but I don't know what the actual situation is.

I interviewed for a graphic designer position, but they did not look at my portfolio at all, so it seemed that what you could actually do was not very important. They conducted group interviews, but did not divide the candidates into groups; those interviewing for graphic designer and consultant positions were all put together to listen to the boss talk about the company culture and claim that their standards were very high. They said they had selected us from among so many applicants for an interview, but you can take that with a grain of salt because they are constantly scheduling interviews. The company environment and atmosphere were tense. Overall, I felt that the boss did not really respect the employees. After the interview, they required a seven-day trial period, during which they would provide NT$1,000 per day for transportation expenses (they really do pay this). For the graphic designer position, they told me: “If you don't have anything else to do today, come in directly on the first day for a trial.” If you agreed, they would ask you to create materials that they were about to use. After the seven-day trial period, you would find out whether you had been hired (according to them), but there was no labor or health insurance during those seven days. Judge for yourself.

The interview ended after 10 minutes.

Candidates for different positions were interviewed together, which was a waste of time. There was also a strange smell in the office, and the daily pay during the probationary period was 1,000—absolutely ridiculous.

The salary offered is considered high, but without actually joining, it is impossible to know whether the salary is commensurate with the work.

They completely disregard interviewees’ time. The interview was scheduled for 2:00, and I arrived 10–15 minutes early. When the receptionist was looking through the folder, I noticed that it said “2:30 interview” on the folder, which made me hesitate for a moment. I sat there until 2:10, but nothing happened. Then another interviewee came in, so I thought it was a group interview. Shortly before 2:30, yet another interviewee came in. After sitting for a few more minutes, a manager came in, and I thought the interview was about to begin. Instead, she said that HR had to go out today, so they would notify us by phone on Friday about the second interview, and that today she would first give us a brief introduction to the company. After the introduction, she asked whether anyone had any questions. The key point is that she later asked me and the other two candidates what positions we were interviewing for. One of us and I were both interviewing for accounting positions, while the other person was interviewing to be an English translator. How could people applying for different positions be scheduled for an interview at the same time? I was completely baffled.

I traveled to Taipei from another county specifically for this interview, spending both time and money on transportation, and was shown absolutely no respect. If HR had something to attend to, why not notify us in advance and avoid making us come all this way for nothing? Does the interviewee’s time simply not matter? It was extremely hot, and they did not even ask whether we wanted a glass of water or anything.

You say your company is considered a leader in the industry—is this really how you treat guests?

Then I never received a call on Friday, so I called to ask myself. The receptionist said she did not know, and even asked me, “Did they say they would notify you by phone? If so, would you like to wait and see whether you get another call?” I was completely speechless! I called to ask, and you still want me to wait for a call myself? Couldn’t you simply ask someone and get back to me? The efficiency was absolutely terrible.

The boss doesn’t come into the office until 4 or 5 p.m. every day, so when it’s normally after 6 p.m. and you want to leave work, he has only just started assigning tasks. The website advertises high salaries to recruit talent, but in reality, you can’t leave before 8:30 p.m. every day.

The company has only four permanent employees (including the owner); everyone else has a very high turnover rate. I applied for the document secretary position. Before starting work, they asked me to review materials (immigration-related legal English). On my first day, they asked me to write about my understanding of the materials, which turned out to be a test. They then mocked me for not having studied properly. After that, they started a one-week probationary period (with a minimum wage of NT$21,000 during the period). If you had questions, the person assigned to train you was very busy and would not teach you. When you asked questions, you were even scolded and told, “Isn’t it written on the documents?” (Legal English is difficult enough to understand even with the Chinese translation...) After the week was over, you were fired. During that time, I saw three people leave the company. It felt like a very unpleasant company.

The boss was unilaterally late for the interview and told the interviewee to go out and kill an hour before returning for the interview. The interviewee was also treated disrespectfully during the interview—the boss did not even look at the résumé and simply talked on and on. Applicants for different positions were interviewed together, but were then asked to leave individually when it came time to discuss salary.

Two days later, there was a second-round interview. The boss was still not punctual, making the interviewee wait for more than 20 minutes. As soon as the interview began, the applicant was asked to give a presentation on the company’s main product. Whenever what they said differed from the boss’s views, the boss would mock them. The entire process was extremely disrespectful.

Later, after visiting PTT’s JOB board, I learned that this boss consistently behaves this way... I have an extremely, extremely bad impression of this boss.