SHIATZY CHEN_夏姿服飾有限公司

The company provides meals. No other advantages. Pathetic.

1. There are a bunch of old hags in the pattern-making department who love causing trouble, especially the pattern maker (dirty x mosquito). In addition to loving to bully newcomers from ancient times to the present, she also brings her own assistant along to gang up on new hires, making life difficult for newcomers there (the sewing aunties inside have confirmed this).

2. The pattern-making corpses on the fourth floor basically all have emotional-management issues (with only two or three normal people). They love making personal attacks, humiliating assistants, gossiping behind people's backs, being two-faced, sabotaging others, shifting blame...

3. The so-called responsibility system means they simply don't pay you overtime. If you come in to work overtime on Saturday or Sunday but still haven't finished the patterns, your weekend overtime is simply confiscated.

4. The pattern-making corpse's master of a certain gender (tumor x0) likes to humiliate you by saying they are “just blunt,” using bluntness to cover up their lack of manners (the pattern-making corpses inside are all about the same).

5. They expect you to reach the level of a formal pattern maker while paying you an assistant's salary.

6. Instructions from supervisors are incomplete, and in the end they turn around and blame you for not handling things properly.

7. After rushing to finish a major show, you can be fired on the spot, with no prior notice and no severance pay (even after you have worked there for more than three months).

To any newcomers considering joining, really think twice. Excluding and targeting new hires has been a long-standing tradition in their pattern-making department. They even take smug pleasure in driving away yet another newcomer. Anyone who has worked there knows that the place is deep water.

1. To put it nicely, there are meals provided, but in reality, it’s because there aren’t many places to eat out in the Wugu Industrial Park;

2. Everyone almost always leaves work on time at 6:30, or is “forced to leave work”

There is honestly far too much to write down, which makes it completely understandable why this brand will never become an international luxury brand.

(Only the design director and general manager themselves think they are on par with CHANEL and Hermès?)

1. The design director, Mrs. Wang, constantly says that people are inexperienced and don’t understand the situation, but she thinks it’s perfectly fine when her favored employees do stupid things, bully newcomers, and deceive their superiors;

2. Design Director Mrs. Wang has absolutely no respect for employees. She yells and curses at them, and her standards are different every time. She tells people to come up with innovative ideas, but all proposals ultimately have to follow the methods she has used for over 20 years;

3. The plans are changed over and over all day long, and she never gives a definitive answer until the very last second. Processes that have already been revised hundreds of times can be completely overturned at the last moment;

4. There is serious infighting among the younger employees. Colleagues they dislike are ostracized and excluded from cliques, and senior employees seriously bully newcomers. Even the director joins in bullying new employees. HR and the general manager do not want to deal with the infighting either, so people who are not mentally strong enough to endure it will be advised to resign;

5. Mrs. Wang is basically someone who will fly into a rage at any time and for any reason whenever she is unhappy. There is no way to prevent it or appease her, because she simply wants to be unhappy;

6. The company has a young secretary to Mrs. Wang and Mr. Wang who often treats minor matters as important orders. If there is something she dislikes, she will say, “Mrs. Wang said it’s not allowed.” If no one stops her, she will use all sorts of petty tactics to make your work difficult;

In short, there are troubles both inside and out.

There are many incidents of internal conflict and ostracism among colleagues, while the boss is volatile and throws tantrums recklessly. The retail staff may look glamorous, but in reality they are also exploited by their superiors.

As for external matters, there is even less to say: the customers of Shiatzy Chen and Tsai Tsai Tea are mostly older people.

During a meeting, the general manager once humiliated an internal employee by saying that no matter how much they saved throughout their life, they would never buy Shiatzy Chen as everyday clothing, considering it a luxury brand that only wealthy people could afford. (But honestly, even young people who could save up don’t want to buy this brand, do they?)

Both the interview and the period after joining the company were nightmares. Young people who care about their expertise, ideals, and ambitions should absolutely not try it lightly—it will make them question themselves after being worn down by all these struggles.

The only benefit I heard about was that the company has an employee cafeteria providing meals.

Interview questions:

Self-introduction

However, because the interview was held in the lobby, I felt it was very casual. The security guard outside was separated by glass, and the receptionist was sitting nearby watching me interview 😆

The written test consisted of 10 grammar questions.

I answered according to my own English ability.

I admit that my English grammar is really quite poor, so I only got half of them right.

Maybe that’s why the interview was just hastily conducted (that’s just my opinion).

Interview process:

The location in Wugu was not very convenient to get to.

(The interview was held directly in the lobby.)

Before the interview, I first completed a 10-question English grammar test.

Then there was a self-introduction, an explanation of the job duties, and questions about and discussion of my previous work.

Later, a visitor arrived (in the lobby), so you can imagine how strange it was.

Questions about company benefits and salary were discussed and then hastily glossed over.

The interview lasted less than 10 minutes.

As for the other systems and benefits, honestly, I didn’t hear them very clearly because the interviewer said she wasn’t very familiar with the back-office staff-related matters?!

Interview advice:

I really don’t have much advice to offer.

The company didn’t really give a direct response to the questions I asked about its systems and benefits.

As for the actual job duties, honestly, you really have to work at the company to understand the entire SOP and operating procedures and overcome the blind spots.

Also, visitors may need to be received, so the interview was hastily wrapped up.

The company should improve its systems and benefits and broaden its scale and perspective

before it can approach the international market, I suppose.

Asking one person to improve the systems and their related issues

is basically the typical mindset of small Taiwanese companies.

The pattern assistant interview opens with a low-price inquiry.

Politely and directly asking about Saturday overtime.

The interview requires a full day of testing. Basic pattern inspection is enough to get hired.

The company looks very polished and glamorous, and it seems to participate in many events showcasing how great its products are.

1. The company's internal governance is head-scratching; its work rules and rules regarding rewards and disciplinary measures were only recently announced. Many documents are from ten years ago.

2. Starting this year, supervisors are all under a responsibility-based system, so they cannot apply for overtime pay or compensatory leave.

3. The head of the personnel department and the HR staff don't seem to stay for very long. I wonder why? Maybe it's related to the company not placing much importance on this area.

4. They once had only a part-time student handle attendance. I wonder if it will still be like this in the future.

5. If you've worked at a large company with established systems, I don't recommend coming here. The flattering way to put it is that it's highly challenging, but...?

Strongly recommend looking at several other companies.

Employees are required to clock out before returning to work overtime.

(This only reflects the situation of sales staff; the situation of office staff is unclear, so it will not be separately verified or disclosed.)

1. Before the One Fixed Day Off and One Flexible Rest Day policy, the monthly days off increased from 4 to 6. After the policy, there were 10 days off per month, but employees still worked more than the statutory hours without receiving overtime pay. In the early days, employees were even required to clock out first and then return to work overtime. One retail employee did not take any leave for an entire year (because the employee personally loved working), and was actually praised publicly and had the whole room applaud.

2. Employees were forced to use annual leave to cover typhoon days off; employees were forced to resign, maliciously denied severance pay, and not assisted in obtaining proof of unemployment. The company even threatened to report employees for absenteeism.