順天堂藥廠股份有限公司

I worked at Juntendo for a little over three years, which is considered a long time for someone my age. I genuinely enjoyed being part of the Juntendo family, and everyone in each department was easy to get along with. I resigned because I planned to move abroad.

The company has a long history and very well-established systems. The employee welfare committee frequently organizes activities and prepares gifts. Every year, the company also gives us the small delight of not requiring make-up workdays, and provides colleagues with defensive and health-preserving teas to drink. In addition, since I have been taking the company’s products for a long time, I can purchase them at very favorable prices XD

The company’s managers and senior executives are forward-thinking and easy to get along with. They are willing to spend time communicating with employees, so employees can understand market trends and the company’s direction. This makes work more than just an individual task; it allows employees to truly integrate into the company and understand why each thing is being done.

I worked in the Foreign Trade Department, whose pace was faster compared with other departments. Based on my personal experience, there should be no problems as long as you can coordinate well with your colleagues and supervisor. I personally have a strong desire for opportunities to grow and learn, so I was very happy that my supervisor was willing to give me opportunities, provide guidance, and trust me. Even newcomers to the workplace were given plenty of opportunities to learn and perform. In my first year, I was already responsible for important clients, and I made several domestic business trips and two overseas business trips. Later, business travel decreased because of the pandemic.

Colleagues in the department were capable and easy to get along with. We would eat lunch together, and if anyone encountered a problem, everyone would work together to solve it instead of leaving you to handle it alone. Most importantly, don’t be afraid to ask questions. The department also frequently went out for meals together, which helped strengthen our internal bonds~

After more than three years, I could feel how much I had changed and grown. I have also maintained good relationships with my colleagues since leaving. Of course, in addition to passion for the industry, work also needs incentives. Newcomers who are fortunate enough to join this department can look forward to the Lunar New Year bonus!

The department works at a relatively fast pace, so it may not be suitable for people who prefer less challenging work.

1. Colleagues are generally quite friendly

2. Professional pharmacists prepare the company’s own medicines for sick employees

3. Many department dinners; the company organizes dining events from time to time

4. The salary is somewhat more generous than that of typical jobs

During the interview, I was told that the company rarely required overtime, with the stated end of the workday being 5:30 p.m. Little did I know that the moment I entered the Foreign Trade Department marked the beginning of hell. Since the manager always leaves early, perhaps she cannot see her subordinates working overtime and therefore assumes that no one is working overtime?!

Whenever the end of the workday approaches, people in the General Affairs Department happily take out the trash and prepare to leave. The departments that work overtime every day, sometimes until they nearly miss the last MRT home, are the Foreign Trade Department and the Finance Department.

Although colleagues are friendly, the main reason is that the department must follow its motto (namely: do not make the manager unhappy), so everyone helps one another because nobody wants to become the manager’s cannon fodder.

I have to admit that the manager is very capable, which is why she is always late and leaves early. If you delay her early departure, you will be scolded for taking so long to come to her to discuss something.

The manager loves using LINE to remotely control all her subordinates, regardless of whether it is a weekday or holiday. If you want to rest on a holiday and do not reply to her LINE messages, you are basically as good as blacklisted. Previously, the manager may have been someone who understood reason and dealt with matters on their merits, but once you make her unhappy, she will look for fault with you every day. For example, whether you wear makeup or not, occasionally wear high heels, or dress up slightly for work—if she sees you like this and is displeased, she will call you into the office to scold you, but she will berate you over nonsense completely unrelated to your work.

Basically, this job requires an extremely high level of cooperation: speak a little more sweetly, join the manager in criticizing the colleagues she dislikes, and treat being made to suffer as training for your work experience. You can certainly give it a try, because it will absolutely broaden your perspective on workplace experience.

It has been some time since I left the job, but I still constantly dream about being shouted at by this manager and wake up in fear amid her screaming.

BTW, while I was still employed, I also saw a psychologist and received psychiatric treatment, but neither was effective. It was not until I decided to resign—and after I left—that things began to improve. I suggest that anyone considering taking a sales position in the Foreign Trade Department think twice. After all, it is not something that an ordinary sales role in a traditional manufacturing company can handle—especially soothing the manager’s emotional and hysterical behavior. Calm her down, and you will have succeeded.

There are many company gatherings, and the year-end bonus is higher than the industry average. The working environment and atmosphere for positions related to domestic sales are both favorable.

If the department you want to join is not domestic sales (the Taiwan market), think it over. I can't state this too explicitly, but at headquarters, the only department where no one leaves when the workday ends every day is a department other than domestic sales. The manager of this department is extremely fond of flattery from subordinates; the sweeter they speak, the better. If you work in design or marketing, after you finish preparing your work, the manager will neither accept the proposal nor tell you how to revise it. The manager will say to you: “I don't know. Think of it yourself and bring me a proposal.”

If you unfortunately join a department other than domestic sales, there will still be a few colleagues with the moral courage to speak up, but don't expect to be able to change the department's unhealthy culture. In my own experience, even after I passed the probationary period, when the manager evaluated me again in a probationary-period performance review, they could assess me without fully understanding the projects I had previously carried out. If you hope to develop your career here, I suggest you not fantasize about that possibility. The manager will subject you to a great deal of pointless verbal abuse without understanding your workload.

The company's overall atmosphere is good. The only problem lies with the manager of a department other than domestic sales: poor emotional control, an inability to communicate, an overbearing manner, and the attitude that whoever has money is in charge. If you are willing to take on the challenge and confirm what I have said above, you are welcome to come and take on the challenge of “refreshing the Three Views.” Essentially, when it comes to communicating about carrying out requests, the manager completely refuses to communicate.

In addition, in this particular department, you will find that regular overtime is taken for granted, and you are completely unable to claim overtime pay. The company-wide system does exist, but if you want to claim overtime pay, you need the manager's approval. As for the outcome of requesting overtime pay, I'm sure you can figure it out. That's all.

1. The work is easy, and you can usually leave work very punctually. (Because the company does not have much business, the workload is also light; you might even finish everything in half a day.)

2. Don’t simply accept the salary the company offers you; otherwise, your pay may end up being much, much lower than the receptionist’s. When you find out, you may feel that you are seriously undervalued. (Even the receptionist’s salary is negotiable, although the receptionist is a good friend of HR, so the situation is naturally different in terms of personal relationships.)

3. Everything else is fairly okay.

4. STN is a job opening at Shuntian Bencao, not one at Sun Ten Pharmaceutical.