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Working inside Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, there is no three-festival bonus! There are many miscellaneous tasks, and the year-end bonus is 1.5 months. If you want to go, consider it carefully. This place is just a stepping stone, and you have to know a little bit of everything—even how to write official documents~
Tonghua Street lunch bar
The Taipei Film Commission could be renamed “The Ruler’s Kingdom.” This organization is a one-person operation, with the person in charge using taxpayers’ money to run their own business and expand their personal network. The person in charge changes orders from morning to evening, goes back on their word, forgets the content of the previous meeting, has no core principles guiding decision-making, and makes different decisions every day depending on their mood. The Film Commission looks glamorous on the surface, but in reality it has been rotten for ages, silently waiting for the day when its karma finally explodes, and for the day when the person in charge finally admits their age and retires—liberating the Ruler’s Kingdom!]}]}-offsetof＿日本ิมพัน жәа truncated? Wait valid JSON. Need only final. Ensure exact.
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The film committee is ruled by a tyrant who often locks subordinates they dislike in a small room and berates them in a frenzy. Once, all the employees were outside the room, yet still had to pretend to celebrate the madman's birthday harmoniously; holding the cake outside, they could hear everything clearly. If you have mental or emotional problems, please seek medical attention first instead of continuing to be a tyrant and bully young people in the workplace, okay? Councilor, please kindly care about the physical and mental health of your staff.
The salary is paid on time
Damn! The Ministry of Culture is a complete disaster.
The International Affairs Division looks glamorous on the surface and seems to involve frequent business trips, but in reality, the director has held the position for ten years without being replaced. She acts like an empress dowager, is scheming and gloomy, and whenever anything does not go her way, she arbitrarily punishes people. She has no management skills at all and is extremely emotional. Everyone has to work according to her mood, resulting in an extremely high turnover rate throughout the unit.
Please, legislators, do the right thing: replace people when they need to be replaced. If someone stays in one position for too long, even a talented person will become a tyrant, using only public-agency money for their own public relations.
This place is a complete disaster, a complete disaster, a complete disaster—because it is so important, it must be said three times.
The salary is paid on time
Damn! The Film Commission is extremely problematic.
The International Division looks glamorous on the surface, as if it frequently goes on business trips. In reality, the director has held the position for ten years without being replaced, acting like an empress dowager. She is calculating and gloomy, and whenever something does not suit her, she arbitrarily punishes people severely. She has no management skills whatsoever and is extremely emotional. Everyone has to work according to her mood, resulting in an extremely high turnover rate throughout the unit.
Please, legislators, do the right thing: replace people when they should be replaced. When someone stays in a position for too long, even the most talented person will only become a tyrant, using public-agency money solely for their own public relations.
This place is extremely problematic, extremely problematic, extremely problematic—because it is important, it has to be said three times.
It has an official, quasi-civil-service character.
Convenient commute.
Located near a bustling area of Taipei.
The workplace is in an arts and cultural district, with a creative and cultural atmosphere.
For recent graduates, the salary may be pushed very low, even cut directly to around NT$26,000.
You are also told that the workload is very heavy; basically, it consists of miscellaneous administrative duties, and there are very few opportunities to use your creativity.
Most jobs at this foundation are stepping-stone positions, meant for gaining experience.
There are many interview stages, which is somewhat time-consuming. The process feels very rigorous, possibly because of its official character.
If this is not where your aspirations lie, don't apply, because administrative experience adds limited value to your career.
Compensatory leave is usually not difficult to get approved as long as there is someone to cover for you; a semi-official arts and cultural institution.
Overtime for events is the norm. The organization is highly bureaucratic overall, and superiors’ subjective opinions often become the final decision. There is virtually no room for salary growth, and the workload is complex and enormous—a distorted and far from straightforward arts and cultural institution.
Salary and attendance calculations comply with the Labor Standards Act, making it one of the few lawful organizations in the arts administration field.
Pay is below average, though slightly better than in comparable organizations. The work is complex and the workload is heavy. Its semi-official nature often means having to clean up strange messes for government agencies, and when treated unfairly, employees cannot speak as freely as they could in a private organization. The administration department has a strong bureaucratic atmosphere. The budget is subject to oversight by the council and procurement laws; although it is a cultural organization, it is often required to procure based on the lowest price rather than evaluating proposals according to the most advantageous offer or creative content.