The office environment is fairly good, but there don’t seem to be any other advantages.
Because the company isn’t profitable, it offers no benefits at all—no holiday bonuses or year-end bonus. Overtime is the norm, but there is no overtime pay. Salaries are below the industry average, while a small number of long-serving veterans in the company earn astonishingly high salaries, which feels quite unfair. The boss has relatively poor emotional management; they are not a bad person but are easily angered. The boss also completely refuses to accept differing opinions, so the company’s problems with its products and pricing have never been resolved. To be honest, I would not particularly recommend it to job seekers.
The company is currently called:
Bonk Co., Ltd.
1. Every morning, we have to attend a meeting to report on our work.
2. Colleagues at the company are very aloof and do not help one another. When you ask colleagues for advice, they only tell you to look at previous records and do it yourself, then tell you afterward that you did it incorrectly.
No. There’s nothing to eat near the company.
The owner of this company really has major issues.
His thinking is extremely outdated, yet he acts as if he understands marketing.
Everyone knows that achieving a ROAS of 3 is already quite impressive,
but this owner still expects it to be above 5.
Boss, if things worked the way you think they do, no company in the world would ever go bankrupt.
If placing ads were guaranteed to make money without any losses,
would there be any companies going bankrupt in this world?
Just look at your company after 15 years of entrepreneurship—has it ever made a huge profit?
Dozens, or maybe even hundreds, of marketers have left, right?
Why not reflect on whether your products are outdated and lack uniqueness?
Even the IPs you represent aren't the currently popular ones.
This place really isn't suitable for working.
The owner's emotional control is far too poor.
The office is fairly nice.
The boss’s temper is stubbornly unchanged, and he has driven away a bunch of capable people. In fact, the biggest problem with this company is the boss himself. He refuses to acknowledge that he is getting old, the products being developed are already outdated, and he also disrespects professional expertise. Whenever he gets upset, all he does is yell. When the company is short-staffed, he refuses to hire replacements and only pressures the people who remain to take on the burden. If you don’t have the money to hire people and don’t want to fill the vacancies, then have the guts to just drop the matter outright.
Before working for this company, make sure to ask whether you’ll report directly to the boss. If you won’t, it may be okay; if you will, absolutely do not come. Be careful not to have things thrown at you.
The supervisor has strong opinions about confidence in the products and thoughtful silence. The head of the design department, who is also the owner, is also a good person.
The supervisor or assistant manager of the sales department has relatively few subjective ideas regarding the nature of the sales channels and some meaningful work.
The product channels, cultural and creative channels, and the speed of product updates are all quite slow.
Obtaining products with partial IP authorization gives them a sense of being able to conquer the world, yet they have few ideas and collect little data regarding the corresponding competitive market.
The atmosphere among colleagues is pretty good, but not checking Glassdoor before joining was a real mistake. It turns out the experiences shared by former employees on Glassdoor are true!
After joining the company, a senior colleague said: “The only people here who don’t quit are those who don’t disagree with the boss…” That’s true too.
1. A Taiwanese original-design company with manufacturing in mainland China. The products are actually improvements on existing products already sold on the market, but are then priced at ten times the cost (with an extremely inflated sense of self-worth)
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2. The marketing resources may look generously provided, but the demands are equally high. If ROAS isn’t above 5 after two months, the boss won’t even look you in the eye.
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3. The boss thinks he knows everything: he knows SEO is important, knows KOL marketing needs to be done, knows the Facebook advertising dividend is gone, knows LINE ads can work, and is even willing to invest in affiliate networks and CRM. He also thinks social media engagement is important and knows that all he can do is talk, but in the end he only believes in a product miracle and dismisses the cumulative effects of marketing.
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4. As a results-oriented person, he never reflects on whether his own product simply isn’t a hit. He only questions the marketing team’s efforts, then keeps firing or laying off employees who disagree with him—a vicious cycle.
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5. The boss appears to be a nice person, but in reality he is someone who judges a gentleman with a villain’s mentality. Once he develops a prejudice against you, he will keep looking for trouble with you. Terrifying!
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6. Joining the brand marketing, social media marketing, member marketing, or e-commerce operations teams is not recommended unless you are confident you can deliver highly leveraged returns.
There is a snack bar, good coffee, and both a refrigerator and microwave. The work environment has an open seating arrangement and music is played. Colleagues get along well; apart from the manager, everyone is under 30. Energetic and easy to communicate with. Very close to the MRT station.
Eating is relatively inconvenient, as nearby food options are quite far away, so you have to use Uber Eats or Foodpanda. Alternatively, you can only bring your own packed lunch.
The work environment is good, colleagues are friendly, you can leave work on time, and overtime can be compensated with time off in lieu.
If you don't know how to raise issues or communicate across teams, you may feel that this company has many shortcomings, because everyone is very busy; in fact, your own abilities may not be up to the requirements.
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1. Constant overtime; leaving work an hour late is part of the company culture, and some employees even work until 11 p.m. on Fridays without receiving overtime pay.
2. The boss yells at employees and bangs on the desk, urgently needs psychiatric treatment, and makes things difficult over unimportant matters. I personally witnessed two employees being fired within a month, and they were also made to write voluntary resignation letters.
3. Don’t even think about the benefits system—it simply doesn’t exist.
4. If you’re capable, I suggest not going there; it will harm your health.
The environment is nice, and there’s a snack cabinet.
The interview involved asking a whole bunch of questions, and they even said they would conduct a background check and call my former company. After I agreed over the phone to report to work, they only then told me that the overseas sales position required developing new customers and achieving US$30,000 in sales within three months. I thought I’d grit my teeth and give it a try. On my first day, the female supervisor told me to look at the products on the company website by myself, and there was absolutely no training. Two weeks later, the boss tested me on the products at a meeting. Of course I wasn’t familiar with them yet! I got severely berated and was asked, “How can a salesperson not even be familiar with the products?” 😤. Naturally, I failed to meet the sales target by the end of the probationary period. Is it really that easy to find customers and get orders online? I was simply told goodbye. Also, the female supervisor often arrived late and left early, and she didn’t manage or care about how her subordinates were doing—she was extremely irresponsible. The boss was a nice person, but had a very bad temper and absolutely would not accept other people’s opinions!
Beautifully decorated office, ample personal workspace
Perhaps you are skeptical of the other reviews; let the objective data speak for itself:
The company was founded nearly 20 years ago and is not a startup, yet its employee turnover is very high. Nearly half of the employees have been with the company for less than a year (17 people), and there are only 39 full-time employees in total, including the boss.
The highest turnover I personally witnessed: four colleagues left within two months.
(Why do I know how long my colleagues have been employed? Because the employee numbers in the contact list are their dates of hire.)
As for why the turnover rate is so high: Setting aside a few personal factors, the main reason is the boss, the designer Lin.
The boss admits to having a bad temper, but it goes far beyond that! Communication is virtually impossible.
He has extremely strong opinions and prejudices. Once he decides that you have done something wrong, it is difficult to change his mind; sincere explanations are simply treated as excuses. Even more frighteningly, he will continue to pressure you aggressively to give “an explanation he can accept,” leaving you completely trapped.
Because even a small misunderstanding in a conversation could mean that you are told not to come back the next day, everyone is constantly on edge when dealing with the boss.
When one person leaves a negative review, the problem may lie with the employee; however, when so many people tell you the same thing, it is probably not that simple.
P.S. Before I joined, I asked about overtime pay, and the boss personally replied: “We can all apply for overtime pay or compensatory leave.”
In reality: There is absolutely no overtime pay, and it is also difficult to apply for compensatory leave. The fact that no one has reported it does not mean it does not violate labor laws.
There is no such thing.
Very good at exploiting employees
Usually likes to assign tasks suddenly just before the end of the workday
Can't you give us advance notice?
The salary is also famously innovative-low in the industry
Oh right, the boss gets angry and berates people very easily
The way the company retains employees is that all the other colleagues are very easy to get along with.
Looking at the other reviews, I don't think I need to say much more.
The office environment is good and looks like a creative design company. You can have access to materials related to licenses for some unreleased films.
The boss is a good designer but not a good manager. He is too subjective and has very poor emotional control, with his moods changing in an instant. The company is neither profitable nor does it offer benefits. Employees work hard but are only measured by their output. They only want to raise funding and IPO, but it is just an empty promise. Most employees who come and go are young people who believe startups have prospects. The product is worth buying, but working there is not highly recommended.
Sent an interview notification via 104 on Monday: scheduled the interview for Thursday afternoon.
I arrived at 1:50 p.m. to check the people I needed to contact on 104... I was shocked to see that the interview cancellation notification had been sent.
At 10:27 a.m., they sent a cancellation notification: The position had already been filled.
I have no objection to them finding someone, but the company's HR didn't even call to notify me; they only posted a message in the 104 message box.
If they wanted to cancel the interview, they should have called to confirm that the other party had received the message, right?
This is the first company I've encountered that was so disrespectful to applicants and wasted applicants' time and money.
If there were a rating lower than the lowest, I would give it that.
The only advantage is that the handful of colleagues are nice.
1. The boss is moody and loses their temper very easily. They show very little respect for employees or for professional expertise, thinking they know everything.
2. Do not work in marketing here. The boss has a typical small-company mindset and thinks that every dollar you spend must generate ten dollars in return, otherwise they will explode with anger again.
3. The managers are useless. They do not dare raise problems with the boss and only know how to comply.
4. Some senior employees are incompetent and difficult to communicate with. The boss does not deal with them; instead, they give them shockingly high salaries.
5. The company has an extremely high turnover rate, mainly because of the boss’s serious problems with emotional control and management philosophy.
6. The pay-raise system is effectively nonexistent. Even when the boss makes more money, employees are not rewarded.
Overall, I strongly do not recommend it! It would also be better for advertisers not to accept advertising work from this company; otherwise, you will be driven crazy.
The environment looks very good; it has the vibrant feel of a design company.
1. The interview was very time-consuming because the owner asked many personal questions (who is in my family, each person’s occupation, whether they are retired, my partner’s job responsibilities, etc.).
2. During the interview, the owner brought in a colleague to discuss the job duties together (which was essentially part of the interview). From the conversation, I learned that working overtime until 8:00 p.m. is the norm.
3. After the interview, the owner said that a job offer notification would be sent. By noon the following day, I still had not received it, so I called to ask about it. However, the HR representative said she did not know and that the owner was not there, so there was no way to find out. It was not until after 7:00 p.m. that the offer notification was sent, confirming that overtime really is the norm. Overall, I felt that job applicants were not taken very seriously.
4. After seeing comments from previous applicants, I decided not to take the job.
Relaxed work environment
Snacks provided
The company's location is extremely inconvenient, but if you need to travel for work or meet with vendors, they expect you to drive a company vehicle. If you can't drive, sorry—you'll have to take the bus, ride the MRT, or drive your own car. If you want to take a taxi, please wait until your next life.
There is indeed a subsidy for buses and the MRT, but the company is counting on the fact that many people will be too lazy to apply for those NT$15 or NT$20 reimbursements.
The subsidy for cars and motorcycles goes without saying—it's pitifully small.
Every position requires you to do work outside your actual duties, including ordering lunch boxes and helping the cleaning auntie clear out trash bins.
A lot of employees throughout the company are extremely good at passing the buck. They do things rigidly and cannot accept any new ideas.
If you don't care about the company's benefits or money, and you like working overtime just for show, feel free to give it a try.
Relaxed office environment
Some colleagues are easy to get along with
Cookies and snacks are available
The listing on 104 stated that there would be year-end bonuses for all three major holidays and domestic and overseas travel subsidies. Unfortunately, after joining the company, there was none of that.
The boss calls themself a creative designer, but in fact cannot really accept much professional input and always thinks they are right.
The bonus system has a high threshold and a low commission rate. Reaching the threshold is nearly impossible, so you only receive bonuses a few times over the course of an entire year, if at all.
Even after finishing your work, you are not expected to leave on time. The boss and supervisors will think you have too little to do or do not care about the company enough.
Want to participate in the year-end banquet raffle? Sorry, there is no such benefit.
The turnover rate is high. Almost everyone who joins is a new hire who stays for less than half a year; there are no more than five employees with substantial seniority.
The boss and supervisors like to deny others' opinions but cannot provide professional advice, so employees cannot grow.