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Two years ago, when I had just graduated and was new to the workforce, I went to that company for an interview. The interviewer looked down on me in every possible way, saying that I didn't know this or that and had no experience. They only offered a lousy salary of 27K, and there was no training, education, or anything else.
Other companies were willing to offer me a salary of 45K. After working for a year and a half, I left that company. I was willing to give up a job with an annual salary of over 900K—do you really think I would want to join your company? Today, I am the one choosing the company, not you choosing talent. You have some nerve, coming back to recruit me after rejecting me. Here's another negative review.
Wait until your company is willing to offer a salary of at least 35K before posting on 104 to hire new employees, okay? An electronics factory pays less than a dishwashing job. It's utterly embarrassing.
The interviewer also made it sound like they could do everything. Well, if they can do everything, how did they end up staying there earning only a little over 30K? Get your facts straight.
An old company
The boss of Gede Electronics is about to retire and has no intention of running the company; the products lack innovation, and the company is very stingy with its employees.
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MIS information engineer ... an everlasting job opening ... low pay ... many requirements ... no wonder ...
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As soon as you walk in, there's an overwhelming stench of welding fumes. Surprisingly, there is no air filtration system, nor is the office and break area separated from the work area. The environment is terrible. Seeing this environment, even if the company hired me, I wouldn't want to come.
The manager who conducted the interview was extremely arrogant and self-important. Do you think only your company can choose candidates, and that I can't choose a company? What kind of attitude is that? If you don't have the resources to train newcomers, then don't hire people without experience. An assistant engineer is offered 27K, yet is expected to know and be able to do everything. What a terrible company. Your department is short-staffed, but you don't want to train anyone and only want to spend very little money hiring highly experienced engineers? You want a good horse but won't feed it—what an overambitious, self-important company. In the end, was I unprepared, or was your company unprepared and using 27K as bait?
The HR lady has a pleasant voice.
The interviewer’s attitude was extremely bad. They asked a bunch of pointless questions to humiliate me, then exaggerated and bragged about how, despite graduating from a vocational high school, they could do everything. They were just acting arrogant because they entered the workforce a few years earlier and had some experience. I had only recently entered the workforce and had no experience—I was merely applying for an engineering assistant position. They kept boasting about how they could do and understood everything. If I already knew and could do everything, why would I come to your company to earn NT$27,000? If your company is unwilling to train newcomers, why recruit people?
To put it bluntly, if you expect every applicant to know and be able to do everything, how can you offer NT$27,000 for the position? Even dishwashers earn NT$28,000. You complain that hiring me would require retraining and teaching me from scratch, and criticize me over all sorts of things. The salary you offer determines the kind of candidates you can recruit, okay? It’s not as if you were offering NT$37,000 or NT$47,000—you offer NT$27,000, label the position as “no experience welcome,” and then humiliate people during the interview.
At NT$27,000, you still expect to hire someone who knows and can do everything. You should just keep doing the work yourself instead of ruining newcomers’ confidence. Otherwise, raise the salary to at least NT$37,000 before hiring. If you can’t afford to hire people, then don’t. Even if you do recruit, don’t humiliate applicants during interviews—it’s really disgraceful. Do you actually think your company is the only one that gets to choose candidates?
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Gadget Electronic's boss monitors every employee's emails; as soon as one is sent, a copy is sent to him. The factory is currently being expanded, and there are insufficient parking spaces on the premises.
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The manager is really difficult.
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Gade Electronics: The boss goes to extreme lengths to monitor employees. Every email sent automatically has a copy sent to the boss.
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The exterior of the building is old and looks scary, and the supervisor is a jerk.
You can barely park inside the company premises.
The person who greeted me during the interview looked a bit grumpy.
You can leave work before 8 p.m.
There are no annual salary increases. You definitely need to ask for a higher salary during the interview. If your performance is poor or you make a mistake that causes the company to lose money, your salary may be reduced.
The year-end bonus is 0.5–1 month’s salary. Engineers’ project workloads are always over 120%; if you do not work overtime, you will be assigned more projects. I do not recommend working yourself to the bone at this company.
The company trip is only 2 days, and employees can participate after completing 1 year of service.
The factory leaks as soon as the rainy season arrives; when the rain is a little heavier, the inside will even flood.
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The laboratory and office are not separated, so the foul smell from soldering drifts everywhere. There is also no ventilation equipment to exhaust it outdoors.
The experimental equipment is old and scattered everywhere, making the place look dirty and disorganized. As for the product’s wireless antennas, no one in Taiwan designs them anymore.
This company is one of the few remaining, but its products are not competitive.
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The company does not provide toilet paper
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There is no salary adjustment every year
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The factory is old, unpleasant odors occasionally waft through, the lighting is dim, and the departure of senior employees has caused a gap in experience.
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When a typhoon day off is declared, you have to use your own annual leave; if you have no leave remaining, one day’s pay is deducted.
The colleagues are easy to get along with
The company is old-fashioned, the equipment is outdated, and the staff are all older employees