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I have been at Yiguang for more than three years, and there is no real meaning to being a supervisor when you accomplish nothing.
They completely obey the squad leaders.
The squad leaders are even worse. They can take advantage of their positions to do many unimaginable things outside, including borrowing money.
There was even a team leader who scheduled himself for a week of actual leave (traveling abroad), while clocking in is just something done for idiots to see.
The team leader also collects money from the security guards, averaging NT$10,000 per month.
The people under them dare to be angry but do not dare to speak out.
When you report it to the company captain,
they only tell you:
“There is no evidence.”
After completing one year, there is a fixed year-end bonus of 8,000.
Unused annual leave is converted into wages.
Compared with other security and property management companies, they comply with the Labor Standards Act better.
Whether a security job is a shitty assignment depends on the site and the supervisor.
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The interviewer seemed to think that I was young and inexperienced, and offered me a position at a department store in Xinyi District, repeatedly emphasizing how easy it would be. The monthly working hours were 288. Fortunately, I had some idea of what it would be like—how could working at a department store be easy? So I didn’t take the job.
There are no advantages.
Absolutely terrible. I was doing perfectly fine at my original post, but because a colleague at another location had an argument with another colleague who has a mental illness, the supervisor swapped me with the colleague who had argued with them, making me work the same shift as that “psycho.” Then, two weeks later, I told the supervisor I couldn’t take it anymore, and the supervisor directly asked me whether I wanted to resign. It was truly outrageous. This is not how you treat new employees. No wonder there are so many negative reviews—it’s not surprising :))
After completing one year, a fixed year-end bonus of $8,000.
If a new employee resigns before completing 15 days, in addition to deducting the uniform fee, there is also a ""punitive contractual penalty"" of $5,000.
Please think carefully!
The outpost is great, and the supervisor is easy to get along with—basically, getting assigned here is like hitting the jackpot.
At understaffed multi-person outposts, you basically can’t take leave. There are many factions, and it comes down to who has the stronger connections.
The following are not advantages, but merely interview information:
The other party proactively invited me by phone.
Chi Mei, NT$29K, work 3 days and rest 2.
They will first arrange two days of training (8 hours each).
Two days on the day shift, then go back and rest; the following day, work the night shift, then rest for two days.
They did not specifically say how many hours must be worked each month to earn NT$29K.
They should be seriously short-staffed, because they immediately asked whether I could start work right away; if so, they would schedule shifts immediately.
Two days off per week
I am a security guard at Hua Nan Bank, earning a monthly salary of 23,000. Hua Nan Bank does not provide chairs for security guards, so basically you have to stand all day. The job involves doing everything, including cleaning the toilets, lobby, and arcade, and picking up dog poop. You are essentially also a cleaner and maintenance worker, as well as a receptionist. You also have to teach customers how to use online banking because the bank staff are too old and do not know how to use it online :(. I find this a bit ridiculous :). I have heard people say that security guards at banks earn over 30,000; if anyone knows of such positions, please let me know. I have not heard of any so far.
Some positions require someone to be stationed there every day, so it is simply impossible to have fixed days off. If you are assigned to one of these positions, you have to find a colleague to cover for you in order to take time off, rather than having the supervisor proactively arrange staffing so that you can have fixed days off. It is very strange. This was the situation six years ago; I do not know whether it has improved since then.
A monthly salary of 36,000 may seem like a lot,
but there are only 4 days off.
Calculated by working hours, the hourly wage is only about 115,
and at some locations it is even less.
Working part-time at a convenience store or gas station for the same amount of time could earn 5,000 more per month.
Security guard salaries are no longer competitive.