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An old-fashioned company that deceives and exploits its workers.
When I was informed by phone that I had been hired, I was told that the salary was 35k, and I accepted on the understanding that it would be increased by another 2k after the probationary period. However, I did not sign any contract when I reported for work. When I asked about it, I was simply told that the contract would be signed after the probationary period. As a result, my salary for the first month was only 31k. When I asked the vice president about it, they flatly refused to acknowledge it and even asked, “Who told you that?” Absolutely outrageous.
A final warning: in an employment relationship, you still need a written contract to protect yourself.
1- You have your own desk and area; the work environment is good, and there are cabinets available for use.
2- The workday is 9 hours, but there is a 1.5-hour break.
3- Company meetings genuinely raise issues about market conditions or internal improvements, but this also creates a serious drawback.
1- Department heads at the company are very unfamiliar with their subordinates’ work. Even when employees follow the guidance of senior employees or established methods, supervisors still nitpick and may even question their competence.
2- Because supervisors cannot keep track of employees’ work, employees have to write reports every day like students, recording what they did during “each time period.”
3- During company meetings, employees must propose “company improvement initiatives.” This is included in the annual bonus evaluation, so employees internally begin picking faults in their colleagues’ work to prove that they care about the company.
4- Before interviews, supervisors do not review candidates’ résumés in advance, and may not even look at their portfolios. The recruitment process does not feel like genuinely “selecting the right people for the job”; it is simply looking for someone to fill a vacancy and handle miscellaneous tasks.
5- The company recruits someone to handle online marketing and management, but in practice only wants someone to take care of miscellaneous online tasks. Although employees are told beforehand, “We hope you can develop this area properly,” when it comes to actually carrying it out, the supervisor tells them not to waste time on it.
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1. Work starts very early, at 8:30
2. A bell rings when it's time for lunch break, which feels a lot like a school managing children
3. I scored over 700 on the TOEIC, but my very old boss said it was terrible. At that moment, I really wanted to ask her: Then what score can you get?
The work (supposedly as an advertising AE) is fairly autonomous, and once your performance stabilizes, life is comfortable.
An old, small company with low salaries and little room for promotion or pay raises. It is a niche media outlet followed by people in specific industries, and the sales team is responsible for selling traditional print and online advertising. The company’s tone and mindset are essentially entirely rooted in magazine publishing, with none of the DNA of the advertising and marketing industry; if you want to learn the latter, you won’t find it here.