Something the company could consider
Before the interview, they send you an email asking you to fill in interview information (down to the names and occupations of family members, and even the names of supervisors and managers from every company you have worked for).
The on-site interview lasted more than an hour. At the beginning, they gave me a form and asked me to handwrite answers to a whole bunch of questions (my strengths and weaknesses / the parts of my previous work experience that gave me a sense of accomplishment / my impression of Melaleuca / whether I knew what the job involved / how I would handle interpersonal relationship problems, etc.). During the interview, they repeatedly emphasized that stress tolerance was extremely important (at least three times). When they were dissatisfied with my answers, they would put me into hypothetical situations and keep pressing me on what I would do.
For six months (or was it a year?), you need to take turns handling telephone customer service work, contacting people on lists provided by the company and reminding members. It is a responsibility-based system, so you cannot leave work until all the calls have been made and everyone has been contacted.
They said the employee dinner was a company benefit, but it was held on a regular day off, taking up employees’ rest time and requiring you to spend your day off with colleagues and supervisors.
After the interview, I could only feel that the amount of work required was unbelievably large, while the salary was unbelievably low.
I would not even recommend considering this company.
A 20-plus-year-old American company
Good image, average quality, and an opportunity to make money as an agent
The HR representative was late⋯
This caused the interview with the second department manager to run longer
It was delayed from 10:30 to 12:50
We were both hungry and really uncomfortable!
An online questionnaire with 120 questions
Estimated completion time: 10–15 minutes
The personnel information form was three pages long and included seven questions
Estimated completion time: 30–40 minutes
I asked why they did not digitize the process to save time.
(They could email it to the applicant to complete and return.)
HR said they wanted applicants to fill it out and answer the questions on the spot
because they did not want interviewees to have time to think beforehand,
so they chose not to digitize it.
What kind of answer is that? It was very unprofessional and inefficient—terrible!
They avoided eye contact⋯and spoke hesitantly
They asked the applicant questions based on the paper form
Their eye contact and tone were compared against the information on the personnel form
For example:
“Here, I see that you wrote about⋯handling projects, strengths and weaknesses⋯blah blah blah.”
Overall, the interview felt very bad⋯
Interview advice:
This is a 21-year-old American direct-selling company
Its culture is traditional, the average age of its internal staff is 45, and there is a generational gap
The average salary is about the same as that of ordinary traditional manufacturing companies
The products are high quality, and the business philosophy is good
Unfortunately, the internal HR team created a very poor impression of the interview
They need to reflect on this! It really is better to see once than hear about it a hundred times
Although I was notified of a second interview,
the experience felt so bad that I was left bewildered.
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The salary structure is low, and bonuses for the three major holidays and other occasions are all product vouchers.
You often need to attend classes, work on Saturdays, and perform duties unrelated to your position.
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Operating under the name of a U.S. company, but in reality it is entirely a Taiwanese enterprise
Low pay, lots of work, and no benefits; every now and then, they even require you to attend classes
Poor workplace culture, with everyone scheming and engaging in office politics
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On the surface, it is an American company, but in reality it is much like a small or medium-sized enterprise in Taiwan.
The work is plentiful and miscellaneous, and the compensation is poor.
The so-called bonuses are all product vouchers.
The work environment is not bad.
The salary is about the same as in traditional industries, so if you’re hoping to earn over 30K, you can skip this place.
The so-called bonuses and gift money for the three major holidays, etc., are all just product vouchers, basically just trying to get you to use their products.
(There’s a very high chance they’ll ask you to switch to direct selling later.)
The advertised job opening is just a pretext; in reality, much of the work does not match the advertised position at all.
There are many internal problems and a lot of rigid rules. Unless you actually want to do direct selling, I wouldn’t recommend going there.
Recently, a friend joined and couldn’t stand it after less than a week. I’m very glad I didn’t join back then.
The work atmosphere is pretty good, the employees are all quite young, and most leave work on time.
The compensation isn’t very good; for a multinational company in the direct-selling industry, the salary is about the same as in traditional industries.