臺灣芝寶股份有限公司

I feel extremely lucky that my first full-time job was here.

1. Comfortable work atmosphere:

Everyone is very helpful to one another, and the company often gets together for meals. We also celebrate each other’s birthdays.

2. Plenty of room to express myself, along with many opportunities to learn and accumulate experience:

At work, my supervisor is very willing to give me opportunities to try new things.

I am truly very grateful! Not only was I able to contribute my abilities at work and gain a sense of accomplishment, but I also learned how different “reports” at school are from actual “work” in society. When I made mistakes or had no idea what to do, they were willing to give me opportunities to improve and even take the time to share their experiences and provide me with direction, helping me understand what I could work toward.

This is something I have rarely encountered throughout all of my work experiences, past and present.

The company has too much food and too many snacks,

and everyone gets together for meals too often.

I accidentally gained weight > <

I personally worked at this company for nearly two years, starting as a part-time worker, then becoming a full-time employee, and later switching back to part-time work due to my personal plans. When I first joined, I also felt at one point that I was not suited to the job and was under considerable pressure. However, after some time, I came to realize that whether it was supervisors, managers, or colleagues, whenever I had a question, they would help me wholeheartedly and without reservation. I was quite unfamiliar with the company’s industry, and in fact, anyone looking at me might have felt that I was completely out of place in this field. Yet the knowledge and expertise I gained at the company were things I could never have imagined when I started, and they completely broke the stereotype that I was unsuitable for this industry. At this company, from professional knowledge about the industry to software skills I had never used before, I received a great deal of help, both at work and outside of work.

So when I see some reviews based on an interview or just a few days of work that are actually uncomfortable to read, I feel that it is unfair to former and current employees alike when someone has not experienced the company and gives only one-sided negative comments after merely passing through.

Personally, I found it a very pleasant place to work. After leaving due to my personal plans, I even regretted it several times 😩

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The atmosphere and facilities are both terrible. Even if you didn’t apply for a translation part-time position, the boss’s wife may suddenly ask you to translate YouTube videos. They have absolutely no respect for professional expertise. I really don’t understand how a company like this survives.

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During the interview, I saw at the entrance that a meeting was just taking place inside, so I felt bad about disturbing them and didn’t ring the doorbell. I waited outside for a while.

When the meeting ended, a somewhat chubby woman happened to walk to the entrance, saw me, and told me to come in.

Later, while I was filling out my résumé outside, I heard her say to the others inside that I was very strange and that I hadn’t even rung the doorbell while waiting outside.

She said things like, “The interviewee saw that there were people having a meeting inside, so they felt bad about ringing the doorbell. How strange,” and so on.

It left me feeling very uncomfortable.

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During the interview, I saw that a meeting was happening inside right when I arrived at the entrance, so I felt bad about disturbing them and didn’t ring the doorbell. I waited outside for a while, until the meeting ended. Then, a slightly chubby woman walked to the entrance, saw me, and told me to come in.

Later, while I was filling out my résumé outside, I heard her say to the others inside that I was strange for not ringing the doorbell while waiting outside. She said things like, “The interviewee saw that there were people having a meeting inside, so they felt bad about ringing the doorbell. How strange,” and so on.

It left me with a very bad impression.

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I only recently discovered this website.....

If I had seen the reviews earlier... I wouldn’t have gone to the interview, let alone started working there.

After working there for almost a month, my impression is....

I’d rather be unemployed than work for this company... it’s downright humiliating.

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To state the conclusion first: The company's work atmosphere is extremely bad. The female owner is aloof, arrogant, and conceited. Relations among employees are highly problematic. It is a small company with absolutely no systems in place, and it does not proactively enroll employees in labor and health insurance. To the company, employees are disposable chopsticks—not talent they want, but servants.

The female owner (the one who wears glasses) has the final say in everything. If you ask her opinion, she may even say, “I should be dealing with more important matters instead of worrying about this kind of thing.” When asking senior colleagues, they also act as though they cannot be bothered to answer, as if you owed them several million dollars. From your very first day at work, no one trains or guides you. Furthermore, from the day I joined until the day I left, I was never enrolled in labor and health insurance.

The female owner apparently graduated from Soochow University's Department of Philosophy and also works as a lecturer. She likes to say, “I studied philosophy, so I place great importance on logic,” but there is absolutely no logic in the way she acts or speaks. She forgets what she said today by tomorrow, and then questions you the next day (even though you had just emailed her the day before to confirm the plan). She shows none of the qualities expected of an educator, instead acting as though she is above everyone else and that, since this is her company, whatever she says goes.

The position described in the interview is completely different from the work you actually do. Whatever the female owner suddenly comes up with is what you are expected to do, and if what you do does not match her intentions, she gives you no opportunity at all. She will use a threatening tone to say that you have only one last chance (which really means she gives you no chance at all; colleagues hired in the same batch said she had said the same thing to them). Do not be misled by the claim during the interview that there will be training—there is no such thing as training here. The attitude is essentially that she is a benefactor paying you, while all of you are disposable chopsticks: if you are not what she wants, she will immediately tell you to get lost, because there are plenty of “奴才” from National Taiwan University and National Taiwan Normal University waiting in line to work here—who do you think you are? This is the female owner's true attitude toward employees. There is a reason every senior colleague has such a bad temper and such unpleasant expressions. This workplace is absolutely not worth working at, and it is even less worth interviewing for.

I didn't see any advantages.........

On the day of the interview, I was arranged with a group of young women in a meeting room to fill out personal information and take a logic test. Later, the supervisor who interviewed me was a stylish woman who occasionally used English when speaking. She said she was six years older than me (which would probably make her around 40), although in reality she looked about the same age as me.

At the beginning of the interview, she asked about my previous work experience and what I knew about the company and the position. However, later on she kept emphasizing that, because of the location, they had hired many students from National Taiwan University and National Taiwan Normal University. They were very capable, easy to work with, and had strong foreign-language skills. But considering your age and whether you have experience in a related industry, can you get up to speed quickly?

So I said, “Those with experience in makeup products should probably have graduated from a beauty and hairdressing program, right?” To my surprise, she said, “Oh~ We don’t hire people who come from beauty and hairdressing programs.” Then I said, “In that case, none of the employees should have related experience either, right?” She replied, “We provide training.”

Toward the end of the interview, she kept circling back to my age and lack of professional makeup expertise. I finally got straight to the point and said, “If you’re looking for someone between 25 and 30, then it’s obvious I’m not the person you’re looking for. But that’s okay—we can just consider this a chance to make a friend.” That woman then seemed to panic or something and said that wasn’t what she meant; they were looking for someone capable who could adapt immediately.

After the interview, I felt that this woman kept contradicting herself. I thought she might simply be looking for a young girl who would accept NT$22,000 and be cheap and easy to control, because she couldn’t handle someone with too much experience. I just treated the interview as a joke.

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1. Company supervisors have a poor communication attitude and come across as snobbish in their speech. They repeatedly mention “professionalism,” yet do not respect employees’ professional expertise. When discussing work content with employees, they are too authoritarian and do not listen to or respect employees’ ideas or approaches, resulting in inflexible workplace communication.

2. The part-time position did not proactively enroll employees in labor and health insurance.