台灣屈臣氏個人用品商店股份有限公司

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They find people themselves to interview

Then discover that it’s not what they wanted

They leave halfway through the interview, saying they have to go first

Leaving the HR person there

And they don’t even explain the job responsibilities

Even if you’re not the person they’re looking for,

you should at least know how to spell the word “respect,” right?

The company is very arrogant and thinks it’s great

But does being rude to people actually help?

The receptionist was very nice.

The procurement manager was extremely disrespectful, constantly criticizing the interviewee’s previous work experience and treating them with a contemptuous, disdainful attitude. The entire interview experience felt terrible!

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The salary is average.

But there are a bunch of senior employees coasting toward retirement; newcomers are worked to death, while district managers and above love to spout bullshit and make empty promises. Every day at work feels like my liver is about to give out.

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A few years ago, when I was in university, Watsons near my home had posted a notice looking for a part-time worker for the morning shift. A few days later, I called to ask whether the position was still available, and the store manager said I could come in directly for an interview.

When I arrived, the store manager handed me an application form to fill out, and only then casually mentioned that the person currently working the evening shift was starting night school, so she would be transferred to the morning shift. As a result, I would have to work rotating shifts and couldn’t work mornings only.

I genuinely felt like I was about to snap. I forced a smile and told the manager that I would think about it, then left.

No matter how many years have passed, I still think I did a damn good job handling it!

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The store manager places enormous sales pressure on the company’s own-brand products

Usually able to leave work on time

There are a great many tasks to handle

1. Each month, promotional campaigns need to be changed, and the product displays need to be rearranged as well

2. At larger stores, you may need to prepare delivery orders for two delivery services, while also keeping track of your own online orders

3. There are purchase-with-purchase targets

4. You need to sell the company’s own products

5. There is a lot of promotional information that you need to memorize

6. If a free gift is accidentally omitted, customers will ask you for it

7. There are many discount coupons, and they come with many restrictions (if customers forget to use a coupon, they may ask you to redo the checkout)

8. There are many difficult customers who frequently make complaints

9. Sometimes you have to handle many things at once (you need to be able to work well under pressure)

10. Coworkers and the store manager are very important; some supervisors may put a great deal of pressure on you to meet sales targets

11. Occasionally, you may need to support another store or be directly transferred to work at another store

For a service-industry salary, it's still okay.

They insist on staying open during typhoons no matter what. Although they later make up the typhoon leave for you, they disregard employees' safety and insist on operating. No one will go out during a typhoon anyway, so I don't understand why they insist on staying open. The job duties are very miscellaneous and there is a lot to do. You not only have to stock and restock products, but also need to know how to make sales and sell their private-label products. If you don't sell enough, the district supervisor will pressure you about your performance, and the store manager will pressure you too. As a result, employees have to mislead customers by saying that the private-label products work very well and urging them to buy them, even though the employees themselves don't want to use them. The working hours are very long; you often have to work an "all" shift, and they make up the hours for you afterward as well. When the district supervisor visits the store, if performance is poor, they will tell you to change this and that, rearranging displays in various ways. Employee turnover is very high, and you are often transferred. Wherever there is a staff shortage, they will transfer you there, regardless of whether you want to go. Even if the branch is very far away, you still have to go. Whether you are willing or not, being transferred three or four or more times within a year is considered normal.

Having good colleagues and a good store manager makes work very enjoyable.

1. You must be good at upselling and selling private-label products; if your performance is poor, you will be reprimanded.

2. Why do we need a shift like the L shift? We already work overtime whenever there is something to do, and now they have created another shift specifically for overtime.

3. Customers complain every time that there are too many receipts. On top of that, after so many receipts are printed, we have to help tear up the ones customers do not want—such a waste of resources.

4. There are too many promotions each week, and many customers may not remember them all, so having to explain everything to customers every time is quite troublesome.

5. Some colleagues are very good at delaying the end of the shift. I have been kept until after midnight or even 1 a.m. before.

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When you work overtime, they’ll ask you to clock out first and then continue working, without allowing you to apply for overtime pay.

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A terrible workplace

Get to look at girls every day

Coworkers aren't allowed to date each other, and they even transferred me to another store....

Some store managers are genuinely very kind, making it hard to leave.

Regardless of whether you join as a full-time or part-time employee, you are required to sell OB (Watsons' own-brand) skincare products. Pharmacists are also required to sell health supplements produced by Watsons. If you join as a full-time employee, your supervisors will also demand every day that you make sales, and on special days they will require you to sell a certain amount. If you do not want to be pressured into selling products against your conscience every day, it is recommended that you do not apply for a store position.

The company requires stores to close only when the scheduled closing time arrives, while also requiring employees to clock out on time. For example, a store that closes at 11 p.m. can only close at 11 p.m., after which employees can begin the end-of-day closing procedures—but by then, you have already clocked out. If you do not clock out on time, your supervisor will threaten to initiate disciplinary action. On average, you have to spend more than 20 minutes each day on the end-of-day closing procedures.

Occasionally, you may need to work a full-day shift, but you are paid for only nine hours. For the remaining time, they will tell you that you can take compensatory leave, but usually you never get the chance to take it.

Basically, there aren’t many problems with the IT department’s “managers and points of contact”; the compensation is so-so.

There’s no really proper software development process... Newcomers who want to hone their skills should still look for a large company with an on-site position to gain experience.

1. Electronic invoices are not environmentally friendly

2. Employees are forced to sell private-label products

3. When sales are poor, promotions are held; since sales are poor every week, promotions are held every week

Full-time employees are always expected to work unlimited overtime, and the company is unwilling to pay for it.