國祥貿易股份有限公司

There will be two interviews in total. The first will be an interview with a designer from the Marketing and Design Department, along with filling out basic information and a 10-question questionnaire, mainly focusing on logic and English translation.

During the interview with the interviewer from the Design Department, you will first be asked to introduce yourself. The interviewer will then describe the company’s design work. In addition to graphic and web design, the company also has extensive venue setup needs for lectures, photography courses, product launches, and so on.

The second interview will be with the vice president. You will likewise be asked to introduce yourself, after which the vice president will ask you several questions based on your self-introduction. The process is quicker than the first interview.

I was not hired because my current employer requires too long a transition period before I can leave.

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It is a relatively long-established company, and both colleagues and supervisors tend to be somewhat older.

The company gives newcomers quite a lot of room to showcase their abilities.

As the company is in the midst of a generational transition, there are quite a few opportunities to establish yourself after joining.

Moreover, the higher your level of expertise, the greater the respect you receive from the company.

There are also things you can exchange ideas about and learn from senior colleagues who joined in the past few years.

In recent years, the company has also begun introducing some digital courses and processes.

Regarding the previous issues with bonuses, there have been clear improvements since the bonus system was established.

Most importantly, the company's operations have remained fairly stable.

It is a company with more than 70 years of history....

An old company has its own set of problems. Some processes have evolved from the circumstances of their time.

Still, fortunately, there has at least been a positive response, and the people in the administrative departments continue to make adjustments.

1. The Taipei headquarters is fairly clean.

2. Except for the boss and a few freeloaders, everyone else is very nice.

3. The air conditioning is cold enough.

1. There are always people who do nothing trying to undermine those who work seriously.

2. Eunuchs wield power, and relatives of the emperor interfere in government.

3. There is a severe lack of professional managers. Senior executives know nothing about the relevant expertise yet insist on serving as supervisors.

4. As noted in point 3, outsiders lead experts, and the outsiders ostracize the experts.

5. Bonuses are inexplicably cut without any explanation.

6. The boss makes a special announcement to the entire company to give an award to an employee for meritorious work, and it turns out to be NT$1,000.

7. The boss may ask you to spend a large amount of working time on the performance of another subsidiary, ultimately affecting your own performance evaluation.

8. There are an extraordinary number of managers who do no work; the company as a whole feels like a government agency staffed by retired military and civil-service personnel.

9. A midsize company with 200 employees has nevertheless created a host of cumbersome paperwork and management procedures, making it resemble a state-owned enterprise. For example, submitting a reimbursement request for an eraser requires several levels of approval before reaching the top boss for sign-off—or selling a ruler to a customer can take three months.

If there really is an advantage, it may simply be that the brand has been around for 75 years.

Taiwan Instrument and Kuo Hsiang Trading are siblings with experience, respectively.

The same company, in the same building.

1. Nonprofessionals managing professionals

2. More management personnel than people who actually do the work

3. Sales bonuses are always paid late, and calculated by the year⋯⋯

For example: After working there for two years, you might receive only a few thousand in bonuses… Please think carefully before applying for a sales position!

4. Senior management listens to falsehoods and tells people what they want to hear.

5. Don’t expect to wake someone who is asleep (if possible, don’t experience it).

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One of the female general managers who conducted the interview had a very poor attitude. She had not seriously reviewed the résumé or personal statement and showed very little respect for the job applicant.

She only started looking through your résumé when the interview began.

Her manner of speaking was also very emotional. If you are particularly uncomfortable dealing with this type of female supervisor, I sincerely do not recommend coming here. After all, you are here to earn money, not to deal with her emotions.