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The company wants to diversify its operations, but fails to replace departing staff. When engineers resign, it expects salespeople to fill the gap. Naturally, this causes product or departmental revenue to decline further and further...
When salespeople go out without engineering support, it is like being without weapons—they can only engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy..
Salespeople spend all day cleaning up afterward and dealing with problems in troubled product projects. Just ask... do they still have time to develop business under these circumstances..?
When performance targets are not met, the salespeople are blamed and pushed out for this very reason..
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The female manager kept repeating herself incessantly during the interview, only willing to offer the base salary and telling the applicant to acquire a skill or get a perfect TOEIC score before coming back to negotiate this laughable salary. You’ve got to be kidding.
Clean work environment
Harmonious relationships among colleagues
Not much overtime required
Provides bonuses for the three major holidays.
The direct supervisor is a senior internal sales staff member who has been assigned to lead the team.
The supervisor's leadership and management skills are weak.
After briefly training new hires once, they are left to fend for themselves.
There is no comprehensive training on the company's products and job responsibilities.
The actual job responsibilities differ greatly from the scope described during the interview.
The pace of work in the industry is very fast, and the supervisor has a low tolerance for mistakes.
At every stage, employees have to humbly plead for assistance.
People without relevant industry experience can easily be eliminated immediately.
PIP is initiated early, before the probationary period ends.
Employees are given only one opportunity and one week to improve and adjust?
After the supervisor informs an employee that they are unsuitable for the position,
HR nonetheless asks the employee over the phone to choose whether to resign voluntarily...
It is advisable to think carefully before interviewing,
or for people with relevant industry experience to apply.
The long-standing employees at this company are quite helpful. Some may look a little stern, but basically, if you ask a question, they will answer it, and they are very willing to help newcomers.
If I really had to point out a drawback, it would be the most laughable HR person. The HR person even says on their own LinkedIn that they were the one who raised the company’s satisfaction rating on Job Review Network, yet they do not mention at all that they are someone who does not keep their word and whose remarks are full of gender and age discrimination. For example, they said the salary was an annual salary but failed to mention that it did not include the year-end bonus. If you want to learn from foreign companies by offering an annual salary, then do not ignore the fact that many foreign companies are also willing to provide year-end bonuses in accordance with local conventions. For another example, they said that the salary would be adjusted after the probation period, but when the time came, they said it depended on the department manager. In that case, do not make such definitive statements—you are just HR, not part of the executive management team!
1. Rarely need to work overtime
2. Most colleagues are kind and willing to help
3. HR is proactive and resolves issues quickly
1. The colleagues in my department are not very familiar with operating the system, so I still had to rely on colleagues from other departments to teach me
2. I hadn't been here long, but the weekly routine reports were very time-consuming. I hadn't even become familiar with my original duties before I was already assigned new ones….
The HR representative was very proactive, and the company's interior design was simple and clean.
The manager hadn't read my résumé and asked me to talk about myself..... What do you want to know? Personality traits, work experience/attitude? Less than five minutes in, they interrupted the conversation and left....
Next, HR discussed salary based on a different position and level of seniority....
The entire interview process was extremely unpleasant.
As someone who entered the workforce for the first time at the beginning of this year, I’m grateful to have previously benefited from information on Tianyan Tong and avoided some pitfalls, so I wanted to share my experience so far:
[Interview] The interview was conducted by the supervisor and an HR representative. Overall, it was relaxed, and the job responsibilities were explained very clearly.
[First day] Quite a few people reported for work that day (I’m afraid that being too specific about the number might reveal who I am…). After checking in, we had orientation training. Once the training ended, it was around noon, and HR took everyone to their respective departments. In the afternoon, I began the handover with the colleague who was about to leave.
[Actual work] I’m worried that describing my work too specifically might identify me (my workload isn’t very large yet), but I really entered a lot of orders incorrectly @@. Thanks to the senior colleagues in my department for not giving up on me…. The desks are electric and can be raised so you can work standing up, which is a blessing for women worried about gaining weight. However, we often order afternoon tea together, so it may accidentally cancel that out hahaha. Also, perhaps because there are more women in our department, everyone helps each other more. Although I’m still a complete rookie, my colleagues are all very nice, so I’ve felt that things have been pretty okay since I started working.
Although the supervisor mentioned during the interview that the pace of work in our department was fast, it is actually extremely fast. Just memorizing the products I’m responsible for is already challenging; for someone who isn’t interested in 3C computer products, it would probably be difficult to endure. The various models are genuinely hard to remember. I’m often afraid that I won’t be able to keep up and will hold everyone back, so I’m still working hard to learn and adjust my mindset. The above is more of a personal issue and probably shouldn’t count as a drawback, but I’m sharing it as a reference for everyone.
I joined during the pandemic.
The separation system seems pretty good.
The field staff and office staff are in different buildings.
Although there currently aren't many people in the office where I work,
the atmosphere still feels fairly relaxed and pleasant.
Because the person who was originally supposed to train me is currently working from home,
a junior manager is training me instead.
She has continually served as a bridge between me and the field staff I have never met in person,
and she patiently answers my silly questions as someone new to this industry.
I’m truly, truly grateful to her!
The situation for new employees is awkward.
Before the junior manager finished working from home and took over,
I was quietly figuring things out on my own by reading the new employee orientation materials and learning the system.
Although there was nothing anyone could do because there was no one around,
there was no one to ask, so I never really figured things out.
When the time came, I would quietly leave work.
Maybe it’s because my previous job was in traditional manufacturing.
Even though I felt that this unusual period should be understandable,
I was still extremely afraid that people from other departments would misunderstand me.
1. The training is quite detailed, and files are also provided for those who forget things to refer to after class.
2. The senior colleague who trained me was very patient, and provided electronic files documenting the procedures during the handover.
3. When I raise issues, my supervisor can usually give a positive response.
4. As long as you don't go overboard, eating, drinking, and chatting in the office are all quite unrestricted.
5. Most of the time, I leave work on time.
1. My supervisor claims to be a perfectionist—and haha, that really isn't an exaggeration!!
2. Most of the department consists of mothers, so it's harder to find common topics of conversation and I sometimes feel out of place.
3. I don't understand why people at this company sometimes love ordering vegetarian food so much; it leaves me having to buy food outside...
The reason I applied was that it was close to the elementary school my child attends, making drop-off and pickup convenient. After I submitted my résumé, HR contacted me very quickly. First, there was a phone interview covering some details about the job, expected salary, and so on. There was no indiscriminate recruiting or discrepancy between the actual position and the job description.
In the second interview, the hiring manager and HR took turns asking follow-up questions based on the phone interview, along with discussing my professional abilities in detail. Overall, the interview experience was fairly pleasant.
Because I was one minute late waiting for the elevator… And the job duties were too similar to those at my current company, while the salary wasn’t much different either. I still wanted to explore other fields, so I decided to pass for now.
1. The salary and benefits discussed during the interview were all provided as promised.
2. Colleagues in the department often order afternoon tea and drinks together, and everyone generally gets along well. The manager is usually nice, but when busy, they tend to explain things unclearly. Fortunately, there are senior colleagues to ask.
3. Snacks are provided during holidays.
4. There is a grace period for arriving at work.
1. The job requires more interaction with other departments. People from different departments are not actually very familiar with one another, yet some people like to force small talk, which can be a bit annoying.
2. During the day, there is often a long line for the coffee machine. When it runs out of beans, some colleagues simply slack off and leave it for the people behind them to handle.
3. Our department is small, so taking leave is not particularly difficult, but you do need to request it in advance.
4. I have absolutely no talent for gardening, yet I am responsible for watering the plants.
1. The MRT goes there
2. There was a phone interview at the beginning, so some questions were asked in advance to save time
3. The manager who interviewed me on-site felt a lot like a mother and gave me many suggestions for improvement, since I didn't have much work experience
4. The company is very large and beautiful
5. The résumé can be filled out online
1. The elevator shook so much on the day of the interview!!! I found out after the interview that it was under maintenance….
2. The plant area is relatively old, and many large trucks go in and out
3. Maybe it was because of the position I interviewed for, but I felt that there would be fewer opportunities for a future transfer
4. It rained heavily on the day of the interview, and the first-floor floor was extremely slippery. People wearing high heels like me should be careful…
Because I had to move on short notice and urgently needed a job, I applied after finding a position on 104 that was fairly close to home… There was a phone interview first, followed by an in-person interview that lasted almost an hour, I think? (If I remember correctly…) The manager was a woman with a very gentle voice, but the questions she asked were very professional. Also, the restroom was beautiful, like the kind you’d find in a department store. I still haven’t been notified of the result, but overall, the experience was okay.
Although it’s very close to my home, the company’s street address is difficult to find. I recommend asking the security guard directly so you don’t waste time. The elevator happened to be under maintenance on the day of the interview, I think? Only one was left, so I had to wait a long time…. Also, the meeting room was freezing….
1. Flexible leave
2. Supervisors and colleagues are friendly toward new employees
3. The company's offices are newly decorated and bright
4. About a 10-minute walk from Kunyang Station, which is convenient for commuters
5. You can leave work on time after finishing your tasks
6. When the company makes money, there are sometimes bonuses
1. Nangang is a food desert
2. If you don't arrive at the office about 10 minutes early, the elevators can get crowded
3. A gift exchange is held at the end of the year; not participating can feel stressful
4. Colleagues in the department tend to be older, so there can sometimes be a generation gap
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Long working hours When the salary is divided by the hours worked, the resulting hourly wage is worse than that of a part-time student