力譔堂整合行銷股份有限公司

1. Learn the Great Spirit Communication Technique; when the time comes, you'll naturally know how to use it.

2. See the harsh side of organizing events, guaranteed to destroy every young person's dreams.

1. Once again, thank you to the small-business-owner manager in Taichung, who has kept the Taichung department's turnover rate the highest in the entire company and remains unshaken—he only knows how to squeeze the employees under him relentlessly and doesn't treat subordinates like human beings—for somehow not being mentioned. His way of speaking is incredibly harsh, his moods swing wildly, and he's unpredictable. I reasonably suggest that he see a mental-health professional first.

2. I can only tell everyone that this is no exaggeration: the colleagues in Taichung leave because of him; the Media Department is the same. Cursing people out hysterically and swearing at them in the group chat has become the norm, and when he's in a bad mood, it's perfectly normal for whoever happens to be nearby to get caught in the crossfire. We can only work while watching his expression. Before he took over the city office, the store and Media Department were both very stable. After he came, “things went from bad to worse” is the most accurate description.

3. He started picking fights for no reason and keeping an extremely close eye on us. The manager who is best at disturbing people during their days off—without a doubt. Everything was still on schedule, yet he started bringing up completely non-urgent matters while people were on leave, then kept asking whether they had received the messages. He said I had exceeded my break time—did he ever consider that he kept ordering me to handle work during my break? Are you this concerned about the company because you're also a shareholder?

4. He keeps demanding that we reply to messages within 15 minutes. What about you? You can schedule a long vacation or go out for an activity and completely ignore messages, leaving the other colleagues scrambling, and then still complain that we have to handle things properly while we're out at activities. What are we supposed to be—three-headed, six-armed gods?

5. I heard that going out to events used to be fun. I can only say that it isn't just us who feel the change—the managers who came to provide support have also experienced firsthand how drastically he has changed. Going to events is no longer fun; you have to keep your nerves on edge at all times in case he suddenly loses it. He is also a master of double standards: he treats hardware vendors (and that particular person) unbelievably well, while ordering those of us underneath him to do all the hard labor. Don't even get me started on being told to deal with the ventilation duct on a generator—it was unbearably hot, the company showed no concern whatsoever, and I nearly submitted my resignation on the spot. (Telling us to do even this is seriously outrageous, isn't it?)

6. He expects us to help the restaurant do everything properly: after collecting the ingredients, we also have to help put them in the refrigerator or freezer and help submit reimbursement claims. Being a planner at the city office is unbelievably unlucky. If the restaurant wants people to arrive early, he also goes to help open the doors and receive guests. Meanwhile, the store has no resources whatsoever—no people and no money—and we still have to be humiliated by being told that we survive on the restaurant's support. Give me a break. We're a historic site, okay? Do you really think you're running a commercial business?

7. Speaking of the restaurant, I really envy them for having such a powerful patron to cling to. We even have to buy flowers and tableware for the restaurant, arrange the flowers, and wash the vases. Excuse me, is the restaurant a kindergarten? Don't you have hands and feet to do these things yourselves? No wonder you're the city office's favorite child ><

8. Once, an event required setting up the venue. After 8 a.m., he said the setup would be at 10. When I went to the office to get my computer, he still cursed me out and asked why I hadn't gone. Excuse me, don't I need to get my computer? You only told me after 8—was I supposed to communicate with the spirits? Then when I arrived, the vendor hadn't even shown up, so I just stood there waiting like an idiot.

9. The shop on the first floor was urgently being transformed into a retail store, but there were no corresponding staff. And because there was no senior manager to look after it, everything had to be handled by us ourselves. There was absolutely no staff, so people from our office had to provide support. Then they asked the restaurant to assist on the first floor, simply because the head chef and the small-business owner get along well; the restaurant gets to open happily without working overtime. What does that have to do with us, exactly? When will the restaurant ever help us?

10. Everyone works overtime until they're dead tired, moving heavy objects and sweating profusely, while the small-business owner only shows up when there's socializing to do. Press conferences were even more ridiculous: he would sit right at the front eating boxed meals with a certain former manager, having a wonderful time! When someone pointed this out, he played the victim and changed his profile picture to solid black. During that period, all he seemed to think about was how to mess with people.

11. The schedules for assigned tasks are unreasonable every time. He only knows how to stand there and talk about the progress, but those tasks simply cannot be completed within the allotted time. So did you create those schedules just for show? He already knows when we're out at events or taking compensatory leave, yet still demands that we submit things before the deadline. Are you sure this isn't deliberate? Are your eyes on top of your head?

12. Even if we work ourselves to death and are highly efficient, there is never any tangible benefit. All we get are useless inspirational platitudes. A raise? No. Resignation? He gives us the cold shoulder, then feeds us more platitudes, and afterward gets angry at those who haven't resigned yet. He turns on people as quickly as he turns a page.

13. The following are things I have heard this manager say to others or seen him send in writing; every word is true: “fuck your mother,” “fuck your mom,” “idiot,” “Are you listening while I'm talking?”, “Hey! Answer me,” “= =,” and “Your cost-performance value is very low.” Wow, I wonder how much money all of these could add up to.

14. First, this isn't my personal case, but I truly sympathize with the colleagues who have helped him buy lunch and drinks and fronted the money. He never proactively gives them the money—“never.” Some colleagues are afraid to ask, or after asking several times and getting no response, simply give up. Honestly, it's incredibly shameless. Isn't it common sense to pay someone proactively when you ask them to buy something for you? This isn't a matter of forgetting, nor is it okay to refuse to pay just because you're a manager. You never pay and then claim you forgot—who are you trying to fool?

(Oh, right: if an afternoon-tea order exceeds the limit, the difference has to be paid. Some people at the restaurant also need to be chased several times before paying. I really don't understand it. We already ordered afternoon tea for you; is it really so hard not to exceed the limit if you know you'll forget? You don't owe us anything, okay ==)

15. On one rare occasion, I heard this manager proactively suggest giving someone a raise, which made me curious. He never advocates for benefits for his subordinates, yet he actually made such a request. It turned out he was asking on behalf of a relative ^^ This relative is quite the prodigy too: relying on their status, they expect others to handle everything for them and only ever hold out their hand. Do you have no brain or hands? Or should we just take time during our break to wrap a bib around you and feed you?

16. Honestly, every time I see him having a great time with the hardware vendors at an event, even thoughtfully buying them snacks and lunch, I really wonder whether these expenses are being charged to the company account. Then our colleagues still have to clean up their garbage. Hello??? I really wonder whether this manager is still a person from Lichuan Hall, or whether he actually wanted to jump ship to the other side long ago.

17. Finally, watching you hug and cuddle and flirt with each other in the office is genuinely nauseating. No one can stand it. If you don't know how to conduct yourself, don't blame others for not approving of you.

Final reminders

1. This company has violated even the most basic Labor Standards Act. I don't have much faith in what kind of benefits it will provide employees.

2. First, make sure this manager's right-hand man—the small-business-owner manager—has left. Otherwise, you'll suffer so much you'll wish you were dead. He changes his attitude extremely quickly in public and in private; the temperature difference is enough to make anyone catch a cold.

3. To the naive kids thinking of joining: I sincerely advise you of one thing—the company's name is unbelievably notorious. If you refuse to believe the warnings, all I can say is good luck. I hope you never experience any of what we encountered.

There was previously a review saying that Taipei had a manager who dressed very revealingly.

I have to say, that manager is already the only breath of fresh air in the entire company.

Anyone who has worked with her knows that she takes good care of people and is a very good manager.

She is not only responsible, but also works overtime alone instead of making mistakes and pushing everything onto her subordinates.

She also does not have a poor EQ or constantly change orders; she always handles things in an organized and logical way.

When messaging after work or during holidays, she first asks politely whether it is convenient. She has truly taken on the burden of this entire company.

She is a veteran manager, and being able to work with her is truly the luckiest thing.

The bonds forged through the struggle apply only among this manager and the colleagues.

This one and only breath of fresh air among the managers has resigned. Everyone can safely start looking for their next company.

This is a company where the salary is completely disproportionate to the working hours.

There is absolutely nothing worthwhile about the compensation, benefits, company atmosphere, or work environment.

Any company would be better than this one. The turnover rate is extremely high:

in a company of only 30–40 people, I have seen more than 20 colleagues resign in a single year, possibly even more.

First: It violates the Labor Standards Act. There is nothing but endless overtime, and overtime hours beyond the limit are forcibly converted into compensatory leave.

No salary statements are provided, and overtime and clock-in records must be back-entered at the end of the month; even back-entering clock-in records can result in overtime hours being deducted.

Second: There are no benefits whatsoever. There is no such thing as holiday bonuses, project bonuses, or anything else.

The year-end bonus is also delayed by a month and a half due to “funding issues.” Even the guaranteed one month is not provided.

They will only brazenly tell you that there are no rules about when it must be paid—if you can endure it, then endure it.

The company does not recognize employees’ efforts either. They say year-end bonuses are not assessed based on seniority, but they cannot provide employees with any concrete criteria for reference.

Even after dragging it out for two weeks, HR still did not provide the year-end bonus evaluation form. (They were the ones who promised to provide it.)

Third: Employees are required to front expenses, and there is no petty cash. Everyone has to advance at least tens of thousands of dollars.

A “large company” that starts by borrowing money from its employees. There are no shares, and upper management berates people as if they were dogs.

Fourth: They never learn how to manage cash flow. Salaries are delayed, payments to vendors are delayed, and then no one is satisfied on either side.

Fifth: The managers are merely figureheads. They do not even know whether they have looked at what is submitted; all they do is lecture and shift blame, without the slightest sense of responsibility.

You also have to act as the managers’ intestinal worm and their punching bag for stress. I really cannot understand how an entire company can have managers of this type.

They paint an attractive picture at the beginning, then constantly change orders, leaving the people below to clean up the mess and endure the managers’ poor EQ and incompetence (they even curse using profanity).

Sixth: If a manager is as good as nonexistent, of course you will be left to face clients and government offices alone.

You get no credit for your achievements. They show everything you submit to senior management, but when it comes to execution, they only criticize you after the fact and obstruct your work.

Then they add some sarcastic remarks. Clients pile complaints on you and demand that you be replaced, while the manager does not feel they bear the slightest responsibility.

Seventh: Most colleagues who work here need to see a doctor.

They either need to see an ENT specialist because of constant overtime, or a psychiatrist because the work pressure is too great. I sincerely recommend that you do not come here.

Working at this company means one temporary assignment after another, endless proposals, and work that can never be finished.

The constant resignations and increasing workload will make you question your life, but your salary will still not be adjusted.

All you can do is stay up late constantly, ruin your health, work overtime until midnight, and then get up early the next day to go on a business trip.

Life is no longer a life. Senior management does not think that contacting employees during holidays or after work is disturbing them at all.

If you reply during work hours, they will even ask, “Why didn’t you reply?” They have absolutely no respect for workers’ rights.

This company does not treat its employees like human beings at all and does not value talent. With such a high turnover rate, it is only to be expected.

All glitter on the outside, rotten to the core.

1. The projects are well-known and large in scale, with many projects and high budgets. If you want to accumulate more experience in a short time than you would at a typical company, and potentially become a supervisor, this is an opportunity. However, the prerequisite is that you are someone who works logically. When newcomers first arrive, they may be scared off by the workload and feel that they have to do everything, without knowing how to prioritize the important tasks over the minor ones.

If you can stay for more than a year, the amount of project experience you accumulate is basically equivalent to three years at an outside company.

2. There is a high degree of flexibility—you manage yourself. When you have a problem, bring a proposed solution to your supervisor or the owner, and you will get results more quickly.

3. The owner is genuinely very capable when it comes to managing large-scale events and presentations. They can also be very harsh and unpleasant in the way they speak. If you are able to block out what they say, there are some work skills you truly would not easily learn elsewhere.

1. There are many work group chats, and they keep buzzing nonstop, which can be quite disruptive to your personal life. Government agencies in particular like creating group chats, so you have to make an effort not to open them and be able to withstand some sarcastic comments from government contacts asking why you are not replying on weekends. The owner also hopes everyone will respond, but some senior colleagues simply disappear on weekends, so I eventually learned not to reply either.

2. After finishing a major project, you move on to a smaller one and still have to write proposals, leaving very little time to catch your breath. The high degree of flexibility comes from the company being extremely busy, but this can be very harsh for newcomers. If you are not good at surviving in that environment and mentally resilient, you will not be able to stay.

3. I also encountered that strange cleaning lady. I do not know whether she is still there, but her constant nonsensical chatter was really quite annoying.

1. Watch free palace-intrigue drama and an affair.

2. Several earlier reviews mentioned that the business situation is worrying. If you join, is there a chance you’ll receive severance pay because the company goes under?

1. The managers were all raised being scolded by the boss, so they don’t dare offer constructive opinions. They only placate the boss’s anxiety and play along with the boss’s make-believe game of running a store, resulting in chaos both internally and in the operation of the venue.

2. The division of responsibilities and authority is unclear, and even matters that have nothing to do with you can get you dragged into trouble.

3. The managers who have followed the boss since they were young also only know how to solve problems emotionally. There was once an employee who was disliked by the boss and was driven out by a manager through humiliation, in order to save on severance pay and please the boss. There was also the remarkable incident of the Taichung manager forcing the entire media department to resign collectively, leaving the company permanently understaffed.

4. They are very good at owing money: They take it for granted that employees should front a pile of expenses and then take an extremely long time to reimburse them. They would rather lend the money to others, at least earning interest.

5. The company’s reputation has always been very poor. In the past, it could only choose fresh graduates left over after other companies had picked over them. Now it can’t even recruit people, so who knows whether it can keep going.

1. The owner, Ouyang Ying-Hua, and the outward-facing sugar-coated packaging of her companies (Li Zhuan Tang, Zhong Yun, and Left Bank Life Design) are very polished. Outsiders all give this company extremely high evaluations.

2. They are very willing to give fresh “livers” opportunities to “work” and “learn”—cheap and useful. Yay, yay, yay.

3. If you like a flexible, dynamic work environment rather than simply clocking in and out, the Taitung position is a great challenge.

4. You can experience hell without physically dying first. It effectively reminds and advises anyone considering joining that they should keep their language clean and interact respectfully with others; otherwise, like the owner, they will be heavily criticized by their own employees.

The main text begins:

　　The owner is someone who does everything “personally” but is also “prone to forgetting.” After you often follow the previous instructions, you may receive “strict concern” because your way of doing things is supposedly wrong. She appears willing to communicate, but in practice, if things do not go her way, or if she is emotional about other matters at the time, you will receive “strict care.” We are all members of society, especially those working in planning-related roles, so of course we understand that the boundary between work and personal time is not always easy to define. But that does not mean she can send messages or call at ten or eleven at night to ask about non-urgent matters, or call to interrogate you on the rare days off you finally get. Oh, and unless you are extraordinarily lucky enough to come in and directly execute a new project, almost everything is handed over to the next unlucky person without any proper transition. From administrative tasks to project content, no one can tell you how to do anything. You can only learn while being scolded and rushing to get up to speed, and naturally, anything you do poorly will continue to receive “attention.” In addition, the standards are extremely inconsistent. If you have the “right” gender, the honeymoon period will be longer. For example, with tasks following the same SOP, every colleague can handle them directly, while only you need to wait for special approval from a supervisor/the owner; or everyone else can handle things in the A-B-C order, but only you are subjected to nitpicking and forced to follow A-B1-B2-C1-C2-C3. Overall, this makes you feel targeted and distrusted. More seriously, the owner may say that you are “paying lip service while acting otherwise...”

　　I also need to mention that when I first joined, the company was experiencing a staffing gap (meaning there were no existing employees and no other newcomers). I was the only person in the entire office, so I had to figure everything out myself, get scolded myself, and work overtime myself. I would like to ask: what extraordinary merit does a new employee have to work nearly sixty hours of overtime in their first month? Was I being valued too highly...? Moreover, only twenty hours of overtime can be exchanged for overtime pay (and I spent that overtime pay on medical treatment); the rest becomes compensatory leave that you can only see on the day you resign, because under normal circumstances you have neither the time nor the inclination to take it. Another point is that employees are very often asked to advance payments, but reimbursement is delayed for more than one to two months. Then, when it comes to payments owed to vendors, employees are asked whether payment can be postponed. Anyone with eyes can tell what this company’s cash-flow situation is like...

　　Simply put, the owner of this company does not know how to speak respectfully to people, thinks she is impressive, and passes along incorrect information. This “brilliant” owner has far too many sarcastic remarks. All you good “livers” out there are welcome to come here to train yourselves and temper both body and mind!

Learn by doing, using skills that don’t quite match to carry out large-scale international projects!! Yet the projects can still all be held successfully~ Either I’m naturally gifted, or these government tenders are just for show—good enough as long as something gets done, with no noticeable difference and absolutely no consideration for quality!

The boss really is crazy. He carved out his world through his madness, and successfully bought over government agencies that are forever unwilling to see the truth with his seemingly respectable, on-the-surface "achievements." Although it was only a brief job many years ago, whenever I think of the unreasonable overtime, employees having to pay expenses out of pocket, and the boss’s hysterical barrage of calls followed by furious tirades after we responded, I can’t help but wonder how Taiwan can tolerate such a hypocritical, disgusting boss. Young students, you deserve better!!!

The business is extensive; 力譔堂, 中韻, 立得, and 左岸生活設計 are actually all the same company :)

The long working hours are putting everyone’s health in the red. There have also been instances of salaries being paid several days late and reimbursements for out-of-pocket expenses being delayed. The company’s finances are worrying :)

The turnover rate is extremely high. As people leave one after another, projects can only be passed around, waiting to see who is unlucky enough to join and shoulder them :))

The other issues have already been covered more or less by the aggrieved employees’ accounts below. If you don’t believe it, go in and experience it yourself—you’ll know then :)

- Solid hands-on experience in the events field

- Entrusted with heavy responsibilities; one person is expected to do the work of three

- Suitable as a stepping stone into the marketing field

- Diverse projects; the work is never boring

- Workaholic-friendly; ideal for those focused on their careers

- The overtime system violates labor laws

- Human capital is not valued, resulting in high turnover

- Rarely able to take normal breaks; required to provide event support at various locations on weekends and holidays

- Lacks a constructive and effective communication channel with management

- Treating the company as home has raised serious health concerns, both physical and psychological

The colleagues are very nice, and you also meet many interesting people when attending events.

You can learn many skills.

I don’t think this place is suitable for people who are emotionally sensitive, afraid of socializing, or overly responsible......especially those who are very good at putting psychological pressure on themselves should avoid it even more.

1. Emotionally sensitive: If you tend to magnify negative information, although there are many good things here, there are just as many bad things. Sometimes you may receive complaint calls or feel frustrated when things are not handled well. Since many of the things you have to deal with are related to “people,” there is no such thing as “perfect” or “finished.” You will experience a lot of frustration and may be unable to recover.

2. Afraid of socializing: Here, “afraid” means not only being fearful but also being unwilling. I think some people are good at it but do not like it; I also think people like this will accumulate a lot of negative energy in this job, because communication and talking are genuinely required very often. If you are either not good at or do not like this aspect, I would say just forget it……don’t come here.

3. Overly responsible: If you really want to do everything well and have a strong need for control, there are too many uncontrollable factors here. I think unless you are exceptionally capable, it is easy for reality to fall far short of your expectations, causing you even greater frustration……You may enter a mode of working and striving through endless overtime, but the results may still not be satisfactory.

Rather than sharing the job content, I would much rather see you consider your own personality traits. Work abilities can still be developed, but everyone’s resilience and characteristics are different and difficult to change. I strongly recommend that sensitive people think it over carefully.

But if you are carefree and don’t overthink or dwell on things, I think you would be a great fit here!

Seeing the reviews from the previous “former colleagues,” I really felt a deep resonance! The only advantages are probably the camaraderie forged with colleagues through working around the clock, besides doing backbreaking labor at on-site events! (Except for the supervisors and boss.)

Oh right, there’s also the benefit of the company providing 24-hour uninterrupted electricity for overtime work and unlimited drinking water from the water dispenser (lol).

Other than that, there really aren’t any!!

Company structure:


1. The company mainly handles government tenders. For the sake of performance, the boss usually takes a scattershot approach: whether a project is suitable or whether you can do it, if it might help make up the performance figures, they bid for it first. It is very common to be told suddenly on Wednesday or Thursday that you have to bid for a certain project, because it may close for bids the following Monday or Tuesday. At that point, you’d better prepare to work overtime on Saturday and Sunday!

2. It is not unusual for each person to be responsible for three or four projects at once. You may have projects you are primarily responsible for, but you may also be pulled in to support other projects or sent to the site to work like a laborer. Why not assign the work to part-time employees? Because part-time employees can leave once they have completed their scheduled hours, and the company also has to pay them separately. Of course, regular employees receive that fixed monthly salary with no overtime pay, so naturally they are used to the fullest!

3. Basically, your days off are not really your days off. You are either coming to the company to continue working overtime or on your way to an event site. If you genuinely have personal matters to attend to and are doing neither of those two things, be careful—the supervisors may start deducting points from you in their narrow-minded hearts.


The boss and supervisors:

1. The boss teaches at a certain university, likes to recruit graduate students as free labor—oh, sorry, interns—and hire them directly after graduation if they do well. He is a very pragmatic person: he treats you courteously when he needs you, but once he no longer does, he treats you like a tissue and throws you away after use. To him, working overtime is normal. He has no ability to allocate time, resulting in several projects being carried out simultaneously through overtime. Never mind that your time after work is private time—you still have to keep receiving messages from him and the other supervisors after you clock out. You must remain on standby on your phone before work the next morning; if you do not reply immediately, you will be harshly berated. If you tell him the schedule is too tight and you cannot finish, he will only say that all of you must have been leaving work too punctually, so you must have been pretty idle lately, huh? (The boss’s theory.)


2. The company has several departments. There is a male supervisor in the design department who has a terrible temper and is very difficult to deal with. Because he is supposedly extremely senior, he is basically second only to the boss and above everyone else. He does not know how to lead or communicate properly. He practically does not want to handle any of the company’s projects: if he can avoid doing them, he pushes them onto the designers below him; otherwise, he puts them off for as long as possible, then starts ranting only after something actually goes wrong. The people under him are truly miserable too (crying).

3. If you want to learn design and work in design, the only things you can learn here are how to read people’s moods and how to soothe this grand gentleman’s tsundere ego. You cannot offer any substantive opinions, nor can you learn much about design aesthetics or skills. He acts as if everyone owes him something. Whenever you go to discuss a project with him, he either wears a sour expression or deliberately treats you like air and ignores you. You have to ask him repeatedly and soothe him before he is willing to cooperate. Otherwise, you first have to ask the designers under him what kind of mood he is in that day. Every discussion becomes nerve-racking. Over time, though, you learn to bring a snack or coffee when discussing things with him; alternatively, if there happens to be a more handsome colleague, it goes more smoothly if you go discuss it with him together. He often does not participate at all in the early stages of a project, then starts ranting when it is time to execute it, criticizing everyone for not consulting him. This leaves everyone caught in the middle. Oh, and he loves drinking until he gets completely drunk; then he comes to work saying he has a headache and not to disturb him. You have no idea whether he came to work or to sober up.


4. Several supervisors have been with the company since very early on. Either they could not leave, or they went elsewhere and later returned, saying that the outside world was not suitable for them. Whenever someone displeases them, they start criticizing or complaining about everything wrong with that colleague in their private supervisors’ group chat. Be especially careful around the company’s female supervisor (with a reduplicated first name) and another female supervisor who is also in the design department (who loves wearing revealing clothes and showing off her body). Both of them speak to you gently and pleasantly on the surface, but say extremely nasty things about you in private group chats. According to former colleagues, they wanted to dismiss employees without paying severance, so they would devise schemes to pin nonexistent offenses on you and summon you for a meeting, humiliating you until you voluntarily left. It is truly heartbreaking—you work yourself to death without even knowing how you died; I suppose that is what it feels like.


5. The company also has a branch in Taitung. The female supervisor there is also quite “amusing.” After work, she does not consider you off duty and continues sending messages late at night or at seven or eight in the morning. If you do not reply, she badmouths you behind your back, saying you have a bad attitude or are uncooperative. She also often makes unreasonable demands over trivial details. Unless you are driven crazy by her, she assumes you are not doing any work. Oh right, according to local colleagues, this woman also “evaluates” your overtime hours and abilities. If you worked three hours of overtime that day but she decides that the work should have taken only one or two hours, she will cut those overtime hours.

6. There is also a very strange fellow in the equipment department. He is always bringing bizarre cleaning staff into the company. As they clean, people’s belongings frequently go missing. Even when concerns about the cleaners are reported, nothing comes of it. Only later do you learn that this fellow thinks the company’s employees are boring, so he deliberately brings in people who look strange to see what new developments might occur. He also frequently disappears for an entire afternoon without anyone knowing where he went. When there is an equipment problem, he only wants to deal with it at the lowest standard and efficiency. If your computer breaks, he will only repair it enough to boot normally; whether the programs and software inside can open is none of his concern. He is extremely apathetic. How has he managed to stay there so long?


Summary:


1. Taken together, all I can say is that after enduring several days of late nights and overtime, the colleagues below usually develop some camaraderie. In contrast, the supervisors above (not to mention the boss) are practically immovable toxic tumors. To be fair, a few of them may—“perhaps” (who knows)—be capable at their jobs, but they truly do not know how to lead people. The only thing you can learn is how to read their moods and avoid being blasted in their private group chats. On top of that, the boss keeps taking on projects like crazy to boost performance without caring whether everyone lives or dies. People come and go in batch after batch. Truly good supervisors who are worth learning from are extremely rare; there are very few good people, and surprisingly many who will scheme against or undermine you.

2. After almost every project is completed, another wave of resignations comes. Of those who joined at roughly the same time, usually only one or two survive. At every supervisors’ meeting they talk about changing direction, but when the leaders set a bad example, those beneath them continue to go astray. The boss goes without saying. The supervisors seem to want to change the culture, but they never seem to implement any meaningful reforms. It is genuinely puzzling: if they are all so experienced, how do they still let the employees below them keep leaving? (呵呵)

Spending day and night with colleagues, sharing hardships and joys, and forming revolutionary bonds forged through life-and-death experiences.

I worked there many years ago. Out of curiosity, I looked it up and discovered that nothing has changed? We used to think it was suffering; now we just tell the stories as jokes.

．Constant overtime, with no private life. The most private time you get is the very limited time for showering, eating, and sleeping (sometimes when busy with events, you cannot even shower, sleep, or eat at all ^^)

．Senior colleagues look like the walking dead; their bodies have already been worn down. To meet deadlines, they simply do not go home and instead sleep at the company, unwashed and disheveled.

．The boss is a lecturer and very good at brainwashing people, telling you that enduring such hardships is all for creating a better artistic environment, and that passing down the great local culture is our mission.

．There are too many stories to list. If I kept going, I think I could write a whole book.

Let’s cut straight to the conclusion: For this kind of company to still stand firm after so many years, there must really be... countless fresh livers lining up behind an exploitative old boss!!....

Oh, I forgot to mention: “After working here, you’ll never have to fear going to hell again.” That counts as a benefit too, haha.

—An honest practitioner who once mistakenly wandered into hell

The colleagues are very easy to get along with!!

1. The high turnover rate has left the company in the awkward situation of being full of rookies.

2. The company's policies and systems are extremely, extremely, extremely not OK.

2-1. You often have to pay out of pocket and then apply for reimbursement, but who knows whether you'll actually get the money back—perhaps not until hundreds of years into the Republic of China calendar. Employees paying out of pocket is standard: sometimes just a few thousand, sometimes tens of thousands. Am I here to earn money or to front money for the boss? I really don't understand.

2-2. On holidays, the boss will occasionally throw work your way, so you still have to work for him unpaid while you're supposed to be on vacation. In his eyes, working overtime beyond regular hours is perfectly reasonable. He simply has no understanding of or consideration for employees.

3. In conclusion, if you have a strong enough servile streak, want to be abused and exploited by this old-fashioned boss, and don't want a personal life of your own, you're welcome to work for this company.

He really loves fresh graduates—newcomers who will burn out their fresh livers working themselves to the bone for him!!

He isn't afraid of being short-staffed, because the company is always hiring and keeping backup candidates on hand in case they're needed.

The colleagues are nice. That's it.

Working hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (That's what they say! But in reality, we'll clap and cheer if we can get off work at midnight.)

Oh, right! They only count 20 hours of overtime per month for overtime pay, and give you compensatory leave for the other 20 hours (but you won't get a chance to take it anyway, because your boss is constantly pushing you to finish the projects on your hands). Basically, you'll definitely work 100 hours of overtime a month (don't think I'm kidding). Why do you have to keep working overtime? Because during the day, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., you have to deal with a bunch of miscellaneous or pointless tasks. Only at night do you finally have time to work on your own projects. Sometimes, your boss will suddenly ask you to drive down to Chiayi to provide support (it really is sudden—they'll call you half an hour beforehand and tell you to leave immediately).

The salary is completely disproportionate to the work. You might think you're a young, fresh worker there to learn new things, but once you've worked for three months and quit, you may need two months to recover physically. I'm not exaggerating.

I don't know

Below standard working hours

Leading tours + interpreting for more than 12 hours a day; approximately 50 people per tour (leading two groups)

The offered pay was NT$1,000 per day

After negotiating, the highest offered pay was NT$1,500 per day

You can build strong bonds with your colleagues by enduring hardships together, and you might even find a boyfriend or girlfriend (after all, they’re your companions in staying up until dawn almost every day).

They feel so sorry for you coming home at 3 a.m. every day that you can use compensatory leave to cover being late, and they’ll give you a taxi voucher to take a cab.

The boss doesn’t treat people like human beings. The customer is always right: if a customer casually messages on LINE at 10 p.m. saying they need the materials the next day, you still have to produce them.

There is absolutely no training system, because the manager is also so busy—practically working all 365 days of the year—that they have no time to pay attention to or provide you with feedback.

Working on holidays gets you NT$500, while supervisors get NT$700, but the hours may run from meeting at 6 a.m. to returning to the office at 8 or 9 p.m. Oh, wonderful.

One person handling one project is perfectly natural; one person handling two projects is entirely reasonable; one person handling three projects means the boss appreciates you.

You do whatever the boss says, completely disregarding the manager’s warning that the company is understaffed. If someone asks a favor, you keep accepting, accepting, accepting; when you see a proposal, you keep writing, writing, writing (even if the tender closes in three days. Once, I stayed at the office for two consecutive days watching the sky get light, sleeping only three hours on the sofa).

Overtime pay? Of course not—only compensatory leave. But you can’t even take that, because you’re the only one handling the project; even when you’re on vacation, they still LINE you, call you, and hound you.

In summary: hell on earth.

Colleagues are partners who weather hardships together; other than that, there aren't really any advantages.

1. There are very few good supervisors. It's anyone's guess where the terrible supervisors came from, and they're arrogant to boot.

2. There are lots of activities, leaving little room for a private life. If you have a private life or express your opinions, the boss and terrible supervisors will blacklist you and cast you aside. They'll even say that you're not a team player, and so on.

3. Working at events on holidays pays only 500 per day, which is even worse than a part-time worker's pay. If they can't hire part-time workers, you'll still have to take the blame and endure the criticism.

4. Good employees aren't taken care of, while bad employees can't be driven away. A great many good employees are forced out, often within a short period, and handovers are incomplete as well.

5. The system is set by the boss alone. He doesn't adopt the one-case-one-rest policy, there is no overtime pay, severance pay is calculated arbitrarily, and the reimbursement process takes a long time.

Prepare your liver; they value the fresh livers of newcomers.

Colleagues are easy to get along with

That's all.

The workload is heavy, staff turnover is high, and overtime often lasts until midnight

New employees need to figure things out on their own; even though there is technically a supervisor, the assistance is limited

The company's systems are chaotic, with one person handling multiple projects; the quality of project execution needs improvement

Working here is very tiring, and it is very difficult to maintain a good quality of life

I really can't think of much. I suppose the only thing I can say is that colleagues tend to develop a sense of camaraderie from going through hardships together, since it is honestly such a terrifying place.

An outrageous company with extremely long working hours. Almost every day, you have to work overtime until very late; on several occasions, people even worked until morning, went home to shower, and then returned to the company to continue working. Whenever there was an event, even Saturdays and Sundays had to be sacrificed to go to the venue and work, and there was absolutely no organization. The boss completely regarded such excessive overtime as only natural. Employees who had stayed at the company for a while all looked like the walking dead, with an extremely submissive attitude. There was no system at work, and it was difficult to see any prospects, because the turnover rate was simply too high: seven or eight people left in just three months. It was completely a matter of luring inexperienced newcomers in to exploit their labor. There were no capable seniors to help me improve at work, so I had to figure out and guess many things on my own. The most terrifying thing was having no life of my own. A classic example of the exploitative practices of a Taiwanese sweatshop boss.

There was almost no personal life during my employment.

The boss took on cases relentlessly to make money, exploiting subordinates’ labor.

Cash flow was also a major problem. Employees had to front money, and even after the final payment was transferred to the company, they could not get back the money they had advanced.