楓橡科技股份有限公司

The office is very new, and the colleague who came to open the door and helped fill out the interview forms was polite.

The entire interview process was a complete mess.

I thought I would give it a try since the company had proactively invited me to interview, but only after the actual experience did I realize that the negative reviews online were not unfounded.

First, after I finished filling out the forms, I waited approximately 15–20 minutes. The interviewer came in without introducing themselves at all (I presume they were HR). When I politely asked about their position, they completely evaded the question and only emphasized that they were not the hiring manager. This evasive attitude left me stunned right from the start.

Even more concerning was that the interviewer seemed to have almost no grasp of the types of projects the company was currently undertaking or the basic situation of the department, demonstrating an extremely superficial understanding. Some of the questions were even rather laughable, and their way of speaking and level of professionalism did not resemble those of an HR representative. They even got the name of the position I was applying for wrong several times (lol). After about 15 minutes, they suddenly stood up and said, “That concludes today’s interview. We will notify you if there are any further steps.”

Overall, the process made me feel that my time had been wasted and raised concerns about the company’s internal management and hiring process. Job seekers considering going for an interview are advised to think twice.

Close to the MRT station

The actual situation after joining was different from what was presented during the interview. The boss is very emotional and will yell in the office. One person is expected to do the work of several people. When problems arise, they do not communicate rationally, but instead directly assign blame and expect employees to take the fall. They talk about complying with the Labor Standards Act as though it were an enormous favor. Technically, they use very outdated methods. Senior employees do not learn new technologies, but instead ask newcomers to work according to the old methods. Standard procedures that are normal at other companies do not apply here. They will treat you as an outsider. This company is more suitable for people who are extremely M and do not think independently. Those who have their own opinions and clear logic may need to think it over carefully.

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1. Small company with a severe shortage of staff

2. The boss has a terrible temper, yelling and screaming all the time. Even with so few people, they still form cliques and ostracize others.

3. Be careful—you may be treated as if you were multiple employees. An engineer is also expected to handle SA, PM, administrative work, switchboard duties, miscellaneous tasks, sales, and more. If you don't do it well, you'll still get yelled at.

4. The salary is ridiculously low. What kind of person would put up with this?

5. Only a small group of people in the company are valued by the boss; everyone else is looked down on and singled out for criticism. If that small group targets you, that's just your bad luck—no matter what happens, it's your fault. Being called into the office and chewed out is considered getting off lightly.

6. Extremely poor benefits.

7. Unpaid overtime awaits you (unless you talk to your supervisor, they won't even let you take time off in lieu. There's no money for overtime—you can only exchange it for time off).

8. It's really shady, with a pile of behind-the-scenes dealings with clients.

9. They keep working with obviously lousy outsourcing vendors. Truly speechless~"~

10. They use nothing but technologies from the ancient past. You won't learn anything useful, and it won't help you after you leave (new graduates, don't come, or you'll be humiliated in job interviews afterward; seasoned workplace veterans, on the other hand, can come here to coast toward retirement).

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Halfway through the interview, the manager suddenly left and told me to find another time next week to continue the interview.

I then spent time going there again for a detailed discussion, only to find out that he didn't have the final decision-making authority. So why did I waste my time going there twice?

The worst part was the female manager, who had an extremely condescending attitude. Please show job candidates some respect—after asking me to introduce myself, she didn't introduce herself at all.

That kind of attitude will scare away many candidates. What exactly is there to be so arrogant about?

All in all, I absolutely do not recommend this company. It was a very poor interview experience.

After the company moved from Zhongxiao Fuxing Station to Guting Station, the work environment became clean and comfortable, and the colleagues were also very easy to get along with.

The salary for programmers does not exceed 40K, while the salary for system analysts is around 47K.

For ARTs and programmers, in order to reduce costs, the company hires people who are young and inexperienced or willing to negotiate a lower salary.

The company does not proactively provide employee training, but expects employees to find time to improve their technical skills on their own.

The company has only one salesperson, who is also the owner. He takes charge of projects and makes the schedules extremely tight. For some large projects, engineers must complete development, testing, and deployment within 1–3 months, so the quality of the systems developed is very poor.

(Reasons: First, the schedule is rushed; second, the abilities of the development and design staff vary considerably.)

We sleep at the company for around three days a month (that is, working more than 12 hours of overtime in a day).

There is no overtime pay; employees are forced to take compensatory leave instead (employees are pressured to agree unilaterally—I don't know whether this counts as workplace bullying).

If you are a Java developer and are lucky enough to be stationed at their post office client site, the workload and working hours will not be as bad as described above. However, if you are a .NET developer and a recent graduate, you could join for a few months to train your system debugging skills. If you are already a senior .NET developer, working for this company is not recommended.

One final point: Although the owner is usually very polite to employees, during working hours he loudly berates other business partners over the phone. You should pay attention to whether this affects your mood at work.