Punctual working hours
A 20-year-old company, with many senior executives being relatives of the owner.
The turnover rate is fairly high, so it is not particularly recommended for young people.
The old-timers have rigid mindsets and always believe that their ideas are the only correct ones.
Unable to accept new information.
Many work processes are overly cumbersome and waste time.
Moreover, they do not respect professional expertise.
Lacking aesthetic appeal, with an old-fashioned environment.
The water dispenser often runs out of water.
1. Employee purchases are easy to make
1. There are communication problems between departments
2. Management is very good at nitpicking
3. The policies are just for show
Punctual working hours, and employee purchases are easy to make
Some departments have absolutely nothing to do, while others are insanely busy.
Employees are often required to work across departments. Even though you belong to Department A, you may be asked to handle work for Departments B and C. Departments headed by the boss’s relatives do not have to do anything; saying “I don’t know” or “I can’t” is enough to avoid the work, which is then all dumped on employees from other departments. Some department employees lack empathy—in plain terms, many are just taking a salary without doing their jobs. They say there will be pay raises, but none come; they come up with all sorts of excuses to withhold bonuses, such as deducting money because your performance does not meet the supervisor’s standards. There is essentially no employee welfare to speak of.
Whenever foreign guests visit, everything becomes extremely extravagant: high-end meals, fruit, and ice cream are ordered! To make a good impression when foreign guests arrive, they hypocritically require everyone in the office to tidy their own desks.
Overall, this is a truly ridiculous company.
They most often wait until the last minute to prepare (for audits).
They have been talking about going public for several years, but no one knows how far that has gotten.
People looking for a place to coast until retirement can come here.
Those seeking career advancement can skip this company!
Unless you are a close blood relative of the royal family, that is.
1. Punctual working hours, with no culture of overtime
2. For people who like taking health supplements: employee purchases and near-expiry products are available
1. Family-owned business: There are many of the bosses’ relatives within the company. Even when they do not have the authority, they often interfere simply because they are relatives. For example, product development is handled by the boss’s younger brother, who likes to interfere with product advertising materials, promotional copy, and so on. Even when the requesting departments have already confirmed that everything is correct, he wants to change things whenever he sees them. In this company, blood relationships are more important than job rank.
2. No salary adjustment or promotion system: If you unfortunately interview at this company, do not take what the HR interviewer says at face value. HR is the boss’s younger sister-in-law. She said that salaries would be adjusted after one year with the company, but when I reached that point and asked her about it, she said that salary adjustments were only given to people who had made significant contributions to the company (possibly things like taking bullets for the boss) or who were promoted. After I pointed out that this contradicted what she had said during the interview, she changed her story and said that the company’s salary-adjustment list had already been submitted and it was too late to make the adjustment. She said she would first help me adjust the bonus portion, and then proceeded to ignore the matter and drag it out for a year and a half. The bonus was either not paid or not adjusted, and my salary did not change. Later, I asked my colleagues and learned that the company had not adjusted their salaries when they were promoted either.
3. Stingy toward employees: After three year-ends, the company had not held a single year-end banquet or spring dinner. They said it was because of the pandemic. Even after the disease-control center announced that restrictions had been lifted, the company still used this as an excuse not to hold one. However, when overseas clients come to Taiwan, the company spends lavishly.
4. High turnover: The company likes internal power struggles. If you have a good relationship with the boss’s relatives and say something bad about someone, that person will quickly be dismissed. As a result, it is common for A to be dismissed today, B the day after tomorrow, and eventually the entire department to be dismissed.
5. Lack of professional knowledge: The company has no professional interviewers, so it often hires people with insufficient professional skills or work-related problems. It then keeps them on until it finds a replacement before dismissing them, leaving the people doing the actual work below to shoulder all the burden.
Summary: The pay is average, and the work is not difficult but tedious. However, there is no room for development or promotion. If you are simply looking for a place to get a paycheck and coast until retirement, can accept the culture here, and have no ambition to advance, this is not a bad choice.
A family-owned company; if you seriously ingratiate yourself with the people of pure lineage, you can get by quite easily.
They may ask you to do fanciful and impractical things. At a larger company, working on such pointless projects could get you fired, but the people of pure lineage look down on successful examples from other companies. In conclusion, no matter how terribly people of pure lineage perform, the company owners have enough money to let them squander it.
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An impersonal company with high turnover and militarized management; employees are fired if they are deemed unsatisfactory.
Pros:
The prices of products close to their expiration date are very cheap, but they probably only have a few months left.
None otherwise
Cons:
1. The company has a high turnover rate; there may be 4–6 people leaving in a single week.
2. The new female assistant, who comes from a sales background, wants to manage the marketing department, but does not understand the work and does not assign tasks professionally.
She is emotional. Although she presents herself as open-minded, personal preferences are extremely important to her. She would rather save face than pursue performance.
Personally, I am concerned about the department’s prospects. She has been here for three months, but performance has not improved. New hires are advised not to join the marketing department.
3. She likes to notify people of their termination at 5 p.m. on Fridays. Employees cannot back up their personal data or files; they may even be deleted. Several employees reportedly experience this almost every week.
4. Performance bonuses? Well, I’ve heard they exist, but no one has ever received one.
5. The position advertised and the actual position are completely different, with no way to communicate about it. Someone whose expertise is A may be assigned to B.
6. Every department is full of people who eavesdrop, and there are many two-faced people. Speaking quietly is essential.
7. Computer screens are monitored at all times. Anyone joining should take note.
8. From the beginning, they introduce the company as preparing to go public, but according to Tianyancha, they were saying the same thing three years ago. The company does not even have a basic audit department.
9. Basically, this company has no human touch. Every department focuses on looking after itself; it is best to avoid getting entangled with others.
10. Every payment, even as little as $1, must be reviewed by the accounting department. Payments are often delayed, with a three-month payment term????
Recommendation: Think carefully before proceeding.
Whenever the company makes a profit, there’s a bonus to collect every quarter.
This year, in order to push for a stock market listing, we started doing some things that generate revenue but have no profit margin.
The company is full of old-timers.
The old-timers don’t get along with one another.
Most importantly, the company has been very unprofitable lately—we can only say, run for your life!
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A speechless company. They emailed me saying they wanted to schedule an interview; when I called back, no one answered at the main switchboard or in HR. The next day, they said they no longer wanted to interview me!!!？？？
The following correspondence speaks for itself: this company is truly disrespectful to people. No wonder the position is always open.
Position: Planning Specialist
Congratulations, you have passed the initial résumé review. Please call 3234-8041 XXXX, Ms. Chen, directly to arrange an interview date.
Thank you for applying for a position at our company. We hope you can come to the company for an interview as soon as possible.
Thank you!
My reply
Hello: Thank you very much for your company's interest and for giving me the opportunity to interview. I am willing to go to your company for an interview. Unfortunately, when I called back just now, the contact person was not at her desk. I am available for an interview on Thursday and Friday mornings. Thank you.
2019/02/19 16:30
Position: Planning Specialist
Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to apply for a position at our company!
Your qualifications are excellent, but after considering various factors, we regret that we are unable to make use of your services this time.
Once again, thank you for your enthusiasm in applying to our company, and please feel free to offer any criticism or advice!
2019/02/20 12:43
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A lousy company, there’s not much else to say.
Policies change constantly, with no strategic direction. Routine matters are overly cumbersome, and communication channels are ineffective.