The advantage is that most employees are quite friendly, easy to get along with, and happy.
This company has considerable room for improvement in its operations and management style. Of course, this is also partly influenced by the broader environment. Times are constantly changing, but the company's management and creative philosophies are relatively outdated and traditional. The overall work atmosphere is relatively serious, and in such an environment, it is indeed difficult to produce groundbreaking advertising work. What are referred to as proposals are often rather scattered and lack a clear core concept.
The company's benefits and compensation need to be improved. It tends to sign freelancer contracts with employees, leaving them without the standard protections they should have. To secure their professional positions, newly appointed internal managers may create an unfriendly or unequal atmosphere through their communication styles. Employees' professional development is generally limited, and there is also a lack of time. As a result, there is no systematic training mechanism after joining the company, and most people can only rely on drawing from their past experience to complete their work.
Due to insufficient overall protection, inadequate benefits, and high turnover, employees generally lack long-term motivation at work. Over time, it becomes difficult for project results to reflect a high level of sincerity and effort, and clients may notice this as well.
As with other reviews, the professional standards of HR and assistants need to be improved, and the services they provide cannot fully meet employees' needs. Their closer relationships with senior management may lead to unfair allocation of resources and credit. When recruiting talent and allocating daily expenses, they do not consider or plan from the perspective of the company's long-term development. The company always says it puts “people first,” but I do not sense an employee-centered spirit of service in the way HR and assistants work.
Everything is so terrible that someone would actually spend their holiday coming here to leave a negative review. Do you really think a company like this could have any advantages？？？
Before joining, I came here to read the reviews. At first, I thought it was just a bunch of losers who only knew how to complain, but after actually joining, all I could feel was: The reviews from all the seniors were truly far too kind! I’m really sorry, everyone!
This place is so awful that it’s impossible to describe it with words alone. I really can’t believe that in 2023, a foreign company in Taipei (one that even claims to have a long history) could offer a bunch of jobs with monthly salaries “below NT$30,000.” It’s so pathetic it’s laughable. Overtime every day is entirely based on a “take responsibility for it yourself” system. Filling out that work-hours form is basically just for show—there’s no point and you get nothing. Taiwan’s labor rights have become this terrible precisely because of companies like this that “see that young people won’t fight back, so they exploit them as much as they can.”
The end of the year is approaching, and I expect a large number of people will leave after next January as well. If you’re thinking of coming here, think twice. Don’t say you weren’t warned: this place, where a large number of people leave every quarter, has no career development at all—only a stain on your life.
There are two afternoon teas and one happy hour every month, and plenty of vacation days. But do activities funded by squeezing money out of employees’ salaries really count as a benefit?
Hehe, I should still write something down, otherwise there wouldn’t be a single positive.
If you’re in the creative department, there are frequent events such as “Creative Sharing” and the quarterly conference where you have to give presentations. Each one takes up an entire afternoon (sometimes even running past 8 p.m.). There’s already more work than you can finish, yet you still have to waste time on these optional, pointless activities. After giving your presentation, you also have to sit there and listen to the entire thing. If you go back to work on official matters, your supervisor may even call you in for a meeting. What kind of terrible system is this?
On one occasion, everyone in the creative department was suddenly told to go to an event venue in the Xinyi District that same day, solely to help create a crowd and take photos for a retired company consultant. We wasted several hours and still had to work overtime (it was a Friday). The boss wasn’t even there at the time. For an advertising agency that touts a free-spirited foreign-company culture, having such a disgusting and terrible bureaucratic atmosphere is truly pathetic.
HR is also extremely awful. The head of HR has long been notorious across all departments, using every possible means to threaten and exploit employees. Recently, after promising you a permanent position, they suddenly gave you a one-year contract at the statutory minimum wage. Looking back, they really should be reported.
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Anyone who comes to a place like this is bound to suffer.
If you’re a recent graduate joining the company, regardless of your educational background, you’ll receive the minimum salary of 25,000 (take-home pay). A “foreign company” in Taipei has the nerve to offer this kind of salary—it’s a complete joke. Even a part-time job at McDonald’s pays more. On top of that, they’ll only offer you a contract position and will never make you a permanent employee. Despite paying such low wages, they somehow manage to hold afternoon tea twice a month, along with happy hours and various other activities. But who do you think has to put in the extra time to organize and run these activities? Of course, the unfortunate new employees.
‘’There is no overtime pay‘’. The company only gives you compensatory leave (which you often can’t even get). It really makes you wonder whether this is legal, and there’s always so much work that you never have time to take a day off. They replace an entire batch of employees every year. Why is the turnover rate so high? It doesn’t take much thought to figure it out.
Oh, and when new employees join, they’re also made to perform a “newcomer dance” at the year-end banquet. You have to use your lunch breaks and weekends to practice. I heard the company was even reported for a labor inspection over this last year—what a joke.
There are many benefits. Although the work is geared toward traditional advertising, it is still possible to produce good work (videos).
1. The finance department's attitude is very poor. Even simply making an inquiry is treated as if the whole world owes her something. Whenever business staff need her to handle something, she starts scolding them without listening to what they have to say, and after scolding them, she still does not handle the matter or resolve the problem.
2. I was unable to log in to the company’s reporting system from the day I joined. I also asked the colleague responsible for this work (in finance) and IT to help, but it still was not fixed after more than two months. By the time I left, both HR and finance were blaming me for being unable to log in to the reporting system and continuously verbally bullying me. The company clearly failed to deal with the issue from the start, but in the end blamed the employee and even threatened not to let me resign (this directly violates labor laws).
3. Many long-term employees are just stealing their salaries; they spend every day browsing online shopping sites and watching dramas.
4. The company’s overall emotional intelligence is very poor, from the top boss, HR, and finance to some junior managers. Their attitudes are bad, they do not solve problems, and they do not respect professional expertise; in any case, it is always the other party’s fault.
5. Salaries are relatively low.
The office looks very American, and the employees all seem cheerful and get along well. It looks like everyone uses Mac laptops. First, HR conducted an interview, followed by an interview with the manager. The process took a little over an hour.
Working hours are around 10:00 to 19:00. The schedule is fairly flexible; you can leave once you have finished your work. I don't know whether overtime pay is provided.
The manager introduced the department's main responsibilities and finished products. The company's departmental division of labor is quite detailed.
If you are passionate about advertising, you can give it a try. The clients are generally quite large, and working on the projects should be very rewarding.
The job bank lists two positions with different salaries. Although the advertised position states that the salary is negotiable upon interview (regular monthly salary of NT$40,000), they said during the interview that the starting salary would be under NT$30,000. Those with enthusiasm and a fresh liver can give it a try!