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There are no performance bonuses, yet you’re expected to improve your performance. Performance targets are basically inflated at random, so they’re not easy to achieve. An annual raise? Dream on—you have to look at performance. If you’re not part of the fat-cat circle, you basically can’t make any money; you can only watch helplessly as they throw their weight around and act shamelessly (just like the privileged elite). Basically, you have to figure out how to handle everything yourself. The company’s main responsibility seems to be constantly auditing, assigning blame, and punishing internal employees. If customers make things difficult for you, that’s your problem. Resigning requires going through a whole series of procedures, and they won’t let you leave easily.
The work atmosphere is extremely poor, much like a Japanese-style slave labor camp. It is very easy to be singled out as a scapegoat. Malicious dismissals and mass resignations, with high employee turnover, are commonplace. It has a Japanese exterior but a Taiwanese core, with no reasonable systems in place. This is an exceptionally mean-spirited, terrible company. Before joining, be mentally prepared as if you were entering a battlefield.
A terrible place with slave-like management that singles people out as sacrificial victims.
It is a well-known company in Japan.
There is a female manager who frequently abuses her position for personal gain and loves appointing people connected to her by blood or other relationships. She exploits subordinates with no connection to her. She speaks harshly and sarcastically and has no professional competence.
If you want to join this company, it is best not to end up working under her.
Besides helping the company save on processing fees, the three-section arrangement lets you receive a large quantity of items nearing their expiration date, as well as physical-store discount vouchers that must be used within six months.
The salary offered in the job posting was already considered low, yet a certain manager still complained that it was too high! People who do nothing but criticize this and that and complain all day earn more than those who work hard. This company has not only normalized low wages, but also cannot retain capable people; those who remain are all problematic. Anyone considering working there should think very carefully before proceeding—unless you can slack off even more effectively than they can. Do not be deceived by the fact that it is a Japanese company.
The coffee company with the largest market share in Japan. In Taiwan, the only advantage is being able to tout the company name; its scale is not large, its reputation in the industry is poor, and it has nothing but name recognition.
The workplace atmosphere is exceptionally bad; colleagues even argue and fight. Japanese senior executives turn a blind eye, while many Taiwanese employees are inexperienced and know little, passing the buck to one another. There are not enough sales staff, yet the performance requirements are high. Most importantly, sales staff receive no bonuses. The training, job duties, and compensation discussed during the interview were completely different, giving the impression that the company only wanted to trick people into joining to fill vacancies. A company with enormous red flags!!
Although it is a fairly well-known Japanese company, its current scale in Taiwan is not large. I heard from the interviewer that it is still in the "early stages."
Perhaps its future development will be fairly good?
Interview: Sales
Salary: Since I was transitioning from an unrelated industry, the salary proposed by the interviewer in the first round was lower than at my previous job, but it was still acceptable, so to show my sincerity, I expressed that I was very willing to commit.
When I entered the second interview, a female manager (probably from HR or Finance...) asked about my expected salary. I said my expected salary was xxxxx, but since I did not have relevant experience, I could accept xxxxx (I had already coordinated this with the first-round interviewer).
In the end, the other person said disdainfully that the first interviewer had probably quoted me a higher figure, and that since I had no relevant experience, the most they could offer was xxxxx (about 1,000 lower than the figure I had agreed on). At that moment, I was just left with a series of question marks = =
Is it really necessary to cut costs to this extent? More importantly, this wiped out my respect for Japanese companies. After taking root in Taiwan, they eventually succumb to the same practices...
In the end, I had a very good conversation with the main interviewer that day (probably a manager dispatched from Japan). However, he kept asking me afterward whether I had any questions, and I kept saying, "No... It's fine..." Later, nothing came of it.
Conclusion: The company itself is actually quite good, but it was ruined by that one person. So my evaluation is: more than friends, but not quite lovers.