Can't feel of any advantages?
The building environment is old, but you can tell it's a large company. The entire building is occupied by different departments, with no other companies.
There were two managers, one man and one woman, interviewing me together. They asked many questions, and it was apparent that they wanted to gain an in-depth understanding of the interviewee's thoughts. The interview took a little over an hour to complete.
One of the female managers seemed dissatisfied with my answers. Throughout the interview, her facial expressions and tone of voice became increasingly unpleasant and impatient. In the end, she even turned around and walked away...? Then, after seeing her leave, the other male manager seemed to understand what was going on and began repeatedly criticizing my shortcomings. What was funny was that the points he criticized sounded like mere excuses to reject me. In fact, by that point in the interview, I was mentally prepared not to get the job. So, when I received a rejection email from that female manager the following evening, I wasn't surprised at all. The content was also rather perfunctory, saying things like there were many competitors and that they weren't lacking people... Reading it, I could only feel that she was using a condescending attitude to make sarcastic, disparaging remarks about me.
Also, during the interview, the male manager said that everyone there was very nice and easy to get along with. Uh... honestly, I couldn't feel that at all. Throughout the interview, I only felt that I was talking with two managers whose wavelengths didn't match mine. If I had actually joined the company, I don't think we would have gotten along particularly well either. After reading the other reviews, I feel it's probably a good thing I didn't go!
Claimed year-end bonus of four months—gone.
How much you actually receive depends on whether your supervisor likes you and what performance rating they give you (or how they treat you).
I’ve seen employees disliked by their supervisors receive the lowest rating outright.
All their hard work for the entire year goes to waste.
1. The office environment is old and the restrooms are dirty and foul-smelling.
Even the floor visibly shakes when someone walks across it.
I don’t know whether the building will collapse the next time an earthquake hits.
Cockroaches and mice are a given.
There isn’t even a single microwave for the entire company—only steam-heating cabinets.
If you want to heat up your lunch, you have to go to a convenience store.
The pantry is cramped and tiny.
You have to queue just to throw away trash, wash your hands, or get water.
This company has very little regard for its employees and is extremely inhumane.
2. The eight-hour workday only ever gets longer, never shorter.
In the more terrible departments, working two or three hours of overtime is nothing unusual.
At the end of every month, when accounts are settled, a bunch of departments have to work overtime.
Overtime pay or compensatory leave? Dream on ^^
3. The workload increases day by day.
Turnover is high, and the departments are chronically understaffed.
The unreasonable workload and unstable staffing
lead to low efficiency, creating a vicious cycle.
If the headcount is already full, it would be one thing if they simply refused to expand it.
But the departments are chronically understaffed, and supervisors only spout empty promises and paint grand visions to pressure existing employees into working overtime for free.
Capable people keep leaving.
The useless senior managers still nitpick and act arrogantly when interviewing new hires.
They think the company’s benefits are excellent.
They want obedient people with immediate productivity while offering low salaries.
Why don’t they go eat shit? ^^
4. Incompetent old-timers rule the company; new hires are disposable.
As mentioned above, most people who can stay in this kind of environment for a long time and become supervisors do so not because they are capable.
On the contrary, they have simply endured for a long time and are sufficiently servile.
They are not competitive outside and don’t dare change jobs.
They are also used to exploiting people below them and deceiving subordinates while concealing things from superiors.
I once saw a bald supervisor surnamed Lin from a second-level unit transferred back to the original department.
He understood nothing yet was self-important.
He meddled in things that were none of his concern, while pushing things he should have handled onto other departments.
He gave nonsensical orders all day and forcibly drove away more than half the staff from a department that had finally gotten on track.
He single-handedly ran the department into the ground—I truly admire him.
Overall, although they claim to offer a four-month year-end bonus,
which may seem better than many alternatives, all the hidden costs and sacrifices
far outweigh what you receive.
It is difficult to learn anything here, and the experience is not beneficial for changing jobs later.
The longer you stay, the more severely your abilities, passion, and health depreciate.
You become even less capable of leaving, and in the end you either fall ill
or become as muddled and incompetent as the old-timers.
There are countless other incidents, too numerous to list; the record of wrongdoing is endless.
I very strongly advise against joining this company.
Easy to talk to
They told me I was moving on to a second interview, and that they would schedule the time later. Even after finding someone, they wouldn't notify me, wasting two weeks of my time for nothing ^^
This company does not fire people casually. Unless you make an extremely serious mistake—one so serious that it affects the company’s overall operations, reputation, systems, or involves breaking the law—you might get the axe. Simply put, this is a suitable place to coast toward retirement and stay for a long time. It is ideal for people who wanted to become civil servants but couldn’t pass the exam. Welcome to Shin Kong.
1. Salary: The pay is somewhat higher than that of a typical fresh university graduate or master’s graduate, but that’s about it. Want a raise? Ha. I once asked colleagues who had been there for five or six years, and their salaries were as flat as a dead person’s ECG, with almost no adjustments. Want a promotion? Please trade half a century of your life for it.
2. Benefits: There is an annual employee trip, and participation is optional, but it is always a local trip somewhere in northern, central, southern, or eastern Taiwan. Simply put, they give you a subsidy to go love Taiwan. Three major holiday bonuses? Yes, but they are so small they barely register.
3. How much is the year-end bonus? This is definitely something job seekers want to know. Compared with ordinary companies, Shin Kong’s bonus is considered generous. Even fresh graduates get four months. It looks generous, but Shin Kong isn’t stupid—why should a fresh graduate get that much? They use a special way to tie you down: “staggered year-end bonus payments”! They make you obediently remain a company slave. Of the four-month year-end bonus, they pay you three months first and hold the remaining month until July or August of the following year. That makes you miss the job-switching season and unable to change jobs, so you can only obediently stay year after year.
4. Workplace culture: Are you a fresh graduate eager to learn? Then this company can definitely extinguish your enthusiasm! After a while, you will discover that you constantly have to clean up the messes left by your seniors—even by colleagues who have already resigned. Your own responsibilities are never-ending, and the crap your seniors leave for you to deal with will absolutely make you feel more and more powerless at work. Your supervisor will only say, “Young people—treat it as a learning experience.” Using “learning” as an excuse to “help” seniors or colleagues clean up their messes is the norm, until you are wiping crap so often that you start questioning your life.
5. Unspoken rules: Overtime is compulsory at the end of the month. They tell you to clock out at 6:30, then stay at the company and continue being a slave. Huh? Overtime pay? Don’t be silly—you’re our Shin Kong “family” ( ･᷄ὢ･᷅ ). If we ask you to stay and “help,” why would we need to talk about overtime pay? Talking about money hurts the relationship~
6. Other: “Arm-swinging exercises”—a morning routine unique to Shin Kong Property & Casualty Insurance. It is like the older men in a park practicing tai chi at five or six in the morning. Every week, on several mornings, the entire company is required to swing their arms for ten minutes like people with dementia. What is the purpose? Hmm... I would really like to know too. I guess every moderately large company probably has one or two morale-boosting activities that leave you with a head full of question marks!?
1. The company is growing steadily, and the benefits are average.
2. There is a variable employee bonus in the middle of each year; sometimes it is offered as employee stock options.
1. Salary: The base salary is not high.
--> For new graduates, the maximum is 32,000 for university graduates and 34,000 for master's graduates.
2. Salary adjustment system: One big pool, divided among everyone.
--> There is a system for key personnel; whether you receive an increase depends on luck.
3. Benefits: The year-end bonus is approximately 3.5–4.5 months' salary, and there are bonuses for three holidays (but only two are actually given, 2,000 each).
--> The base salary offered by competitors is relatively acceptable, and the year-end bonus is about the same, but the company takes pride in having ranked among the top three in year-end bonuses.
4. Emotional managers can be found everywhere; reasonable managers are relatively rare.
5. You do not need to think too much about promotion. Basically, you will not be promoted to management; Level 3 Specialist (an additional 3,000) is the ceiling for you.
--> Many people stay for three years without any pay raise, and then are promoted to Level 3 Specialist in an attempt to tie them down.
6. The work is miscellaneous (the same in every department), with little concept of division of labor.
7. You have to pay the registered-mail fee when sending letters (an original cost-reduction concept).
--> This includes mailing insurance policies, which employees must pay for themselves.
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Originally, you could occasionally claim overtime pay; now, you can still claim overtime pay.
However, overtime increases the company's costs, so be careful—your year-end bonus may be adjusted.....
Of course, none of this will be stipulated in writing; it's all communicated verbally by supervisors.....
Overtime cannot be reported up the chain; this should be apparent from the other comments.
【Annual leave】The rules require that it all be used. The company does not issue an official announcement, but silently requires employees to schedule their leave in advance (otherwise HR will call you and put you in an awkward position). In other words, the company does not want to pay wages for unused annual leave. Everyone, please take note of this company. Recently, ask the relevant authorities whether this is legal.
Overtime pay is not provided in accordance with the Labor Standards Act
The company has regulations but does not follow the procedures
Working yourself to death through overtime is considered expected
Especially for back-office units in southern Taiwan