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Pros

I heard they provide a cup of water and a coaster.

Cons

Calling out Ogilvy—what the hell is wrong with Ogilvy?

Ogilvy social media junior position

At the beginning of October 2020, they proactively contacted my girlfriend. (I don’t know how long they had been looking to fill this position before contacting my girlfriend.)

They kept selecting and rejecting candidates throughout the process.

On April 1, 2021, HR finally contacted my girlfriend’s classmate, who is also my friend A. (A had applied two or three weeks earlier and had already been contacted; in fact, he had applied more than once. He guessed that he was contacted so late because he was only chosen after the others had been eliminated.)

I don’t know whether they will continue looking.

But for a position that only offers a monthly salary of NT$30,000—

A salary that is less than what you’d make selling bubble tea—

They can still spend at least half a year picking and choosing candidates, haha.

And they keep posting the position in all kinds of job-related Facebook groups and university department groups.

So, basically, the salary of a cleaner, but the selection process and standards of a CEO.

Oh, and I heard the HR person is quite nice (the one whose name starts with B), but the two managers who conducted the interview both looked very stern and spoke rather sarcastically.

Those managers are also pretty out of touch. They actually didn’t know that National Chengchi University’s College of Communication had already merged its departments and no longer separated advertising, broadcasting and television, and journalism.

They even thought the current program didn’t confer a degree, haha. It makes you wonder whether the managers really have experience interviewing new hires.

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1 Taipei City 109/10/05 109/08/21 Taipei City Labor Letter No. 10960385531 Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Co., Ltd. (Song Chih-Ming) Article 30, Paragraph 6 of the Labor Standards Act Attendance records did not record employees’ attendance status down to the minute for each day 20,000

2 Taipei City 108/11/05 108/09/18 Taipei City Labor Letter No. 10860317101 Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Co., Ltd. (Song Chih-Ming) Article 32, Paragraph 2 of the Labor Standards Act

Article 24, Paragraph 1 of the Labor Standards Act Working hours extended beyond the statutory limit

Wages were not increased as required for extended working hours Ministry of Labor 2019 Project on the Labor Conditions of Student Workers and Part-Time Workers

3 Taipei City 108/02/01 107/12/12 Taipei City Labor Letter No. 10760406871 Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Co., Ltd. (Song Chih-Ming) Article 32, Paragraph 2 of the Labor Standards Act

Article 24, Paragraph 1 of the Labor Standards Act Working hours extended beyond the statutory limit; wages were not increased as required for extended working hours

4 Taipei City 106/01/26 105/11/10 Taipei City Labor Letter No. 10535523100 Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Co., Ltd. (Song Chih-Ming) Article 30, Paragraph 5 of the Labor Standards Act Failure to prepare and maintain employees’ attendance records as required

5 Taipei City 105/05/26 105/03/03 Taipei City Labor Letter No. 10531101700 Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Co., Ltd. (Song Chih-Ming) Article 30, Paragraph 5 of the Labor Standards Act Failure to prepare and maintain employees’ attendance records as required

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1 Taipei City 109/10/05 109/08/21 Taipei City Labor Letter No. 10960385531 Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Taiwan Ltd. (Kevin Song) Labor Standards Act, Article 30, Paragraph 6 Attendance records did not record employees’ attendance status on a daily basis down to the minute 20,000

2 Taipei City 108/11/05 108/09/18 Taipei City Labor Letter No. 10860317101 Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Taiwan Ltd. (Kevin Song) Labor Standards Act, Article 32, Paragraph 2

Labor Standards Act, Article 24, Paragraph 1 Extended working hours exceeded the statutory limit

Wages were not increased and paid as required for extended working hours Ministry of Labor 2019 Project on the Labor Conditions of Student Workers and Part-Time Workers

3 Taipei City 108/02/01 107/12/12 Taipei City Labor Letter No. 10760406871 Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Taiwan Ltd. (Kevin Song) Labor Standards Act, Article 32, Paragraph 2

Labor Standards Act, Article 24, Paragraph 1 Extended working hours exceeded the statutory limit; wages were not increased and paid as required for extended working hours

4 Taipei City 106/01/26 105/11/10 Taipei City Labor Letter No. 10535523100 Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Taiwan Ltd. (Kevin Song) Labor Standards Act, Article 30, Paragraph 5 Employee attendance records were not prepared and maintained as required

5 Taipei City 105/05/26 105/03/03 Taipei City Labor Letter No. 10531101700 Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Taiwan Ltd. (Kevin Song) Labor Standards Act, Article 30, Paragraph 5 Employee attendance records were not prepared and maintained as required

The work atmosphere is good, and the colleagues are all very young.

The salary is unbelievably low. I interviewed for other positions with similar job responsibilities, and the salaries elsewhere were much better than this. I initially joined with the intention of building up my résumé, and they said a raise after one year was guaranteed, but that turned out to be an empty promise too. Apart from building up my résumé, I can’t find any reason to want to stay.

Pros

Newcomers can hone their skills here; everyone is welcome to gain experience.

If you work overtime past a certain hour (when the MRT stations close) and the company is worried you won't be able to get home, you can claim the taxi fare.

The company has a strong reputation; Ogilvy products are built to withstand the demands of the job.

Cons

1. The working hours are extremely long.

Working until 10 p.m. is the norm. Occasionally, it goes until 11 p.m. or midnight. Once the MRT stations close, just take a taxi.

What is overtime pay? Can you eat it?

2. You often work from home on weekends too.

It depends on the supervisor. Based on the situations of three or four teams of colleagues I know, the supervisors all assign work on weekends.

Sometimes the tasks are small and trivial; sometimes they are substantial and take one or two days to complete.

What is personal time? Can you eat it?

3. The salary is extremely low.

The interview process is extremely demanding—you may have to go through three or four rounds—and even after being hired, they do not give you an offer. You only sign the employment contract on your first day of work.

That is when you finally get to see the salary details.

In my own case, I have a master's degree from overseas, but as a fresh graduate with no work experience, I was offered less than 30K (excluding the 2,400 meal allowance).

Based on all of the above, if you still want to come here to build up your résumé, go ahead. Having your own ideas is certainly a good thing.

I just hope you have a realistic understanding of the situation and don't get lured in because of insufficient information.

The decor is very impressive.

A few years ago, I went to OgilvyOne for an interview.

I discovered that the senior copywriter interviewing me didn’t understand digital at all.

They would just write copy and give it to the AE, then the AE would report that the copy’s performance metrics weren’t very good.

They would ask the copywriter to write something new for them.

I want to tell this old-fashioned company that your copywriters don’t understand digital at all.

You’re just using traditional advertising thinking to do digital marketing.

The atmosphere is great because everyone is young. It is very suitable for young people who are just entering the workforce to gain experience. I think what you learn the most is communication skills; it provides basic training. However, improving your abilities requires figuring things out on your own.

The salary is ridiculously low. If you are not very passionate or do not have a proactive attitude toward learning, it may be a bit of a waste of time.

Most of the time, you finish work very late, and there are occasions when you finish after the MRT has stopped running.

Good colleagues

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