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It feels like quite a large company

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, the HR contact made the position sound amazing. After speaking with two managers in the interview, the discussion was fairly ordinary, though the senior manager seemed satisfied. HR contacted me quickly the next day, implying that everything was fine, and we began discussing the salary. After I provided the requested information, they also said there were no problems. They said the process would be confirmed after the long holiday break.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I was confused and emailed to ask about it. They suddenly said they were still continuing the interviews, as if everything they had said verbally before was meaningless. They kept refusing to give me an answer. Finally, they told me they would proactively notify me once there was a result. After waiting a full month, I discovered that the job posting had been removed. I emailed again to ask, and only then did they say they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to handle things? Do they consider the job applicant’s time worthless?

It seems like quite a large company

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, HR described everything in glowing terms. After the interview, I spoke with two managers, and the discussion was fairly ordinary; the senior manager seemed satisfied. The next day, HR contacted me promptly, implying that everything was fine, and we started confirming the salary. After I provided the requested information, they also said there was no problem. They said the process would be finalized after the long holiday.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I was confused and emailed to ask about the status. They suddenly said they were still continuing with interviews, as if everything they had said verbally before meant nothing. They kept refusing to give me an answer. In the end, they told me they would proactively notify me once there was a result. After waiting a full month, I discovered that the job posting had been removed. I emailed again to ask, only to be told that they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to handle things? Do they consider the applicant’s time worthless?

It feels like quite a large company.

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, the HR contact made the opportunity sound fantastic. After the interview, I spoke with two managers, and the conversation was fairly ordinary, although the senior manager seemed satisfied. The next day, HR contacted me promptly, implying that everything was fine and began confirming the salary. After I provided the information, they also said there was no problem, and that the process would be confirmed once they returned from the long holiday.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I was confused and emailed to ask about it. They suddenly said they were still continuing with the interviews, as if all the previous verbal assurances had been meaningless. They kept refusing to give me an answer, and eventually told me that they would notify me proactively once there was a result. After waiting a full month, I discovered that the job posting had been removed. I emailed again to ask, only to be told that they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to handle things? Do they not consider the applicant's time to be valuable?

It seems like quite a large company.

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, the HR contact made the position sound wonderful. After the interview, I spoke with two managers, and the discussion was fairly ordinary, although the senior manager seemed satisfied. HR contacted me quickly the next day, implying that everything was fine, and we began discussing the salary. After I provided the requested information, they also said there was no problem, and that the process would be confirmed after the holiday.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I was confused and emailed to ask about the status. They suddenly said they were still continuing with interviews, as if everything they had said verbally before meant nothing. They kept refusing to give me an answer, and finally told me that they would proactively notify me once there was a result. After waiting a full month, I discovered that the job posting had been removed. I emailed again to ask, and only then did they say they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to do things? Do they consider the job seeker's time worthless?

It seems like quite a large company.

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, the HR representative made the position sound incredible. After the interview, I spoke with two managers, and the conversation was fairly ordinary, although the senior manager seemed satisfied. The next day, HR contacted me promptly and indicated that everything was fine. We started discussing the salary, and after I provided my salary expectations, they also said there was no problem. They said the process would be confirmed after they returned from the holiday.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I was confused and sent an email to ask about the status. They suddenly said they were still continuing the interview process, as if everything they had previously said verbally was meaningless. They then kept refusing to give me an answer. Finally, they told me that they would notify me proactively once there was a result. After waiting a full month, I discovered that the job posting had been removed. I emailed again to ask, and only then did they say that they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to handle things? Do they really consider the job seeker's time worthless?

It feels like a fairly large company

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, the HR contact made the position sound incredible. After the interview, I spoke with two managers; the discussion was fairly ordinary, though the senior manager seemed satisfied. The next day, HR contacted me promptly, implying that everything was fine, and we began discussing the salary. After I provided my salary expectations, they also said there was no problem. They said that once the holiday break was over, they would complete the process and confirm everything.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I became confused and emailed to ask about the status. They suddenly said they were still continuing the interview process, as if everything they had said verbally before meant nothing. They kept refusing to give me an answer. In the end, they told me they would proactively notify me once there was a result. I waited a full month, only to discover that the job posting had been removed. I emailed again to ask, and only then did they tell me that they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to do things? Do they not consider the applicant's time to be valuable?

It seems like a fairly large company.

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, HR painted a very rosy picture. After the interview, I spoke with two managers, and the discussion was fairly ordinary, although the senior manager seemed satisfied. The next day, HR contacted me quickly and indicated that everything was fine. We then began discussing the salary, and after I provided the details, they also said there was no problem. They said that once they returned from the long holiday, they would complete the process and confirm everything.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I became confused and emailed to ask about it. They suddenly said they were still continuing the interview process, as if everything they had previously said verbally was meaningless. They kept refusing to give me a definite answer. Finally, they told me they would proactively notify me once there was a result. After waiting a full month, I discovered that the job posting had been removed. I emailed again to ask, and only then did they say they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to do things? Do they consider the job seeker’s time worthless?

It seems to be a fairly large company

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, the HR contact made the opportunity sound incredibly promising. After the interview, I spoke with two managers; the discussion was fairly ordinary, though the senior manager seemed satisfied. The next day, HR contacted me promptly, implying that everything was fine and began confirming the salary. After I provided the information, they also said there was no problem, and that the process would be confirmed once they returned from the long holiday.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I was confused and emailed to ask about it. They suddenly said they were still continuing to interview candidates, as if everything they had said verbally before meant nothing. They kept refusing to give me an answer, and finally told me that they would proactively notify me once there was a result. After waiting a full month, I discovered that the job posting had been removed. I emailed again to ask, only to be told that they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to conduct business? Do they really consider the applicant’s time worthless?

It seems like quite a large company

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, the HR contact made the position sound wonderful. After the interview, I spoke with two managers, and the conversation was fairly ordinary, though the senior manager seemed satisfied. HR contacted me quickly the next day, implying that everything was fine, and we began discussing the salary. After I provided the requested information, they also said there was no problem. They said that once they returned from the long holiday and completed the process, everything would be confirmed.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I was confused and emailed to ask about the status. They suddenly said they were still continuing with the interviews, as if everything they had said verbally earlier had been meaningless. They continued to avoid giving me a clear answer, and eventually told me that they would notify me proactively once there was a result. After waiting a full month, I discovered that the job posting had been removed. I emailed again to ask, only to be told that they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to do things? Do they consider the job seeker's time worthless?

It feels like a fairly large company.

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, the HR contact made the position sound absolutely wonderful. After the interview, I spoke with two managers; the discussion was fairly ordinary, though the senior manager seemed satisfied. The next day, HR contacted me promptly, implying that everything was fine, and began confirming the salary. After I provided the information, they also said there was no problem, and that the process would be finalized after the holiday weekend.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I felt confused and emailed to ask about it. They suddenly said they were still continuing with the interviews, as if everything they had said verbally before meant nothing. They then kept refusing to give me an answer. Finally, they told me that they would notify me proactively once there was a result. I waited a full month, only to discover that the job posting had been removed. When I emailed again to ask, they finally said they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to handle things? Do they consider the applicant’s time worthless?

It seems like a fairly large company.

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, the HR contact made the opportunity sound wonderful. After the interview, I spoke with two managers, and the conversation was fairly average, although the senior manager seemed satisfied. HR contacted me quickly the next day, implying that everything was fine, and we began discussing the salary. After I provided the requested information, they also said there were no issues. They said the process would be confirmed after the long holiday.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I felt confused and emailed to ask about the status. They suddenly said they were still continuing with interviews, as if everything they had said verbally earlier meant nothing. They then kept refusing to give me an answer. Finally, they told me that they would proactively notify me once there was a result. After waiting a full month, I discovered that the job posting had been removed. Only after I emailed again to ask did they say that they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to conduct business? Do they consider the job seeker's time worthless?

It feels like quite a large company.

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, the HR representative made the position sound incredible. After the interview, I spoke with two managers, and the discussion was fairly ordinary, although the senior manager seemed satisfied. The next day, HR contacted me promptly, implying that everything was fine and began confirming the salary. After I provided the information, they also said there was no problem, and that the process would be finalized after the long holiday.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I felt confused and emailed to ask about it. They suddenly said they were still continuing the interviews, as if all the verbal statements made earlier were meaningless. They then kept refusing to give me an answer. Eventually, they told me that they would notify me proactively once there was a result. After waiting a full month, I discovered that the job posting had been removed. I emailed again to ask, only to be told that they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to handle things? Do they consider the job seeker's time worthless?

It feels like quite a large company.

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, the HR contact made the position sound fantastic. After the interview, I spoke with two managers; the discussion was ordinary, although the senior manager seemed satisfied. The next day, HR contacted me quickly, implying that everything was fine, and began confirming the salary. After I provided the information, they also said there was no problem. They said that once they returned from the long holiday, they would complete the process and confirm everything.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I was confused and emailed to ask about it. Suddenly, they said they were still continuing with interviews, as if everything they had said verbally before was meaningless. They kept refusing to give me an answer, and eventually told me that they would notify me proactively once there was a result. After waiting a full month, I discovered that the job posting had been removed. I emailed again to ask, only to be told that they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to conduct business? Do they not consider the applicant’s time to be valuable?

It seems like quite a large company

I had one interview. During the initial phone call, the HR contact made the opportunity sound incredible. After speaking with two managers in the interview, things seemed fairly ordinary, although the senior manager appeared satisfied. The next day, HR contacted me quickly, implying that everything was fine, and began confirming the salary. After I provided the information, they also said there was no problem, and that the process would be confirmed after the long holiday.

Then the nightmare began. After waiting for more than a week, I was confused and emailed to ask about it. They suddenly said they were still continuing with the interviews, as if everything they had said verbally earlier meant nothing. They kept refusing to give me an answer, and eventually told me that they would proactively notify me once there was a result. After waiting a full month, I discovered that the job posting had been removed. Only after I emailed again did they say that they had already found someone. Is this really an acceptable way to handle things? Do they really consider the applicant’s time worthless?

The interview location in Zhonghe was fairly easy to find, and the interview space was clean. The HR representative was not particularly attractive.

On the first day of the interview, three people were present in person and one supervisor joined by video. They questioned me one by one, like police conducting an investigation. At the end, after the interview, they said, “Welcome to the team.” Two days later, they contacted me proactively and deliberately avoided making any commitments in writing, steering everything toward phone conversations. They told me I had been hired and that they would send me a formal offer letter by the end of the month. This made me wait in vain for two weeks. Yet by the end of the month, I still had not heard anything and had to ask them about it myself. After I asked, they irresponsibly told me that the job description had changed substantially, that they had not yet determined how much salary they could offer, and that the work location would also be changed. It was no longer the location they had originally promised, and they did not even know where it would be afterward. How long was I supposed to wait? When would they expect me to give up? They even changed their wording and said, “We hope to hire you; we didn’t say that you were definitely hired.” Then who was the formal offer letter supposedly going to be sent to when they said they would issue one? They have no credibility.

This company lacks the professional ethics it should have. And it is obviously not just the HR representative who is uncultured; I believe the senior management must be much the same, otherwise they would not have such an HR representative as the point of contact. If you are considering interviewing there, you really do not need to think twice. They cannot even offer a salary of NT$35,000 and still try to bargain it down.

If they cannot afford to pay, they should not invite people to interviews or verbally say they have been hired, only to waste job seekers’ time afterward. Karma will come eventually, HR representative Grace.

Remember that they will deliberately steer communications toward phone calls so that no evidence is left behind.

Interview in Zhonghe, visit the plant in Wugu

The HR representative is pretty

Interview in Zhonghe, visit the plant in Wugu, going to two locations wastes twice the time

The HR representative is pretty, but speaks ambiguously. It was really just like what I saw on Tianyancha: as long as you don't ask, she glosses over things vaguely.

Only at the end did she say that the NT$30,000 position was a contract job, with a whole bunch of things you had to accommodate. I quit after only two days of work. There were a ton of problems in the warehouse, yet during the interview they said everything had been improved.

Ha, keep deceiving people. Take this money and go trick monkeys instead.

Interview in Zhonghe, visit the plant in Wugu

The HR representative is pretty

Interview in Zhonghe, visit the plant in Wugu—going to two locations wastes twice the time

The HR representative is pretty, but speaks vaguely. It was exactly like what I saw on Tianyancha: if you don't ask, she glosses over it vaguely.

Only at the end did she say that the NT$30,000 position was a contract job, with a whole bunch of things to accommodate. I quit after going to work for two days. There were a ton of problems in the warehouse, yet during the interview they said everything had been improved.

Ha, try fooling someone else. Take that money and go try fooling monkeys.

July 2022, interview at the Zhonghe headquarters

This was the second interview.

This time, I mainly raised the problematic issues.

Previous interview experience: https://www.qollie.com/comments/625e0f377f2450004f8f63c8

1. The warehouse is messy, there are no designated storage locations, there are many small items, and the supervisor does not know how to manage the warehouse, among other issues. All negative information is completely withheld.

Job applicants have to take the initiative to press HR for answers; only then does HR start speaking somewhat more sincerely—but only a little. If you do not bring it up, HR deliberately evades the subject.

2. The workforce is already becoming insufficient, yet the company wants to save money by using contract workers. (Opening a new warehouse) + (moving goods from the central and southern warehouses to the north) + (increased business volume later on)—it is obvious that two warehouse staff members at the new warehouse will definitely not be enough, yet the company insists on using contract workers. I only found out it was a contract position because I asked proactively. If I had not asked, I would have spent three hours interviewing for a contract job. It is clearly a large company, yet there are so many petty tactics.

3. The company is business-oriented, which I can understand, but please fix your warehouse first. If the rear is on fire and cannot support the front line, muddling through is no wonder the warehouse is such a mess.

4. Training and memorization both rely on crude, old-fashioned methods; there are no SOPs.

5. The supervisor is incompetent and is unwilling even to pretend to be busy by typing on a keyboard or clicking a mouse—in the truest sense, they do nothing.

6. In April, they said there was no overtime pay for shipping; in July, they said there was.

7. A parking space was said to be guaranteed, but it became “you might get one.”

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The supervisor is incompetent, communication is poor, people do not do their jobs, the company wants to save money, there are no basic SOPs, there are many petty tactics, HR is insincere, the atmosphere is rather lifeless, and the warehouse is so disorganized that the difficulty level is medium to high. The salary, however, is lower than elsewhere.

The previous assessment was that fresh graduates could use this as a stepping stone.

This time, the assessment is: unless you have no other choice, it is still better not to come. The reason is that there are too many complicated internal problems.

Online interview during the 2022 pandemic

This was an interview experience for a warehouse-related position.

I was notified about whether I was hired.

Before the online interview, I was asked to fill out various basic personal details.

After replying by email, I was asked to complete a test. Before the test began, I was again asked to fill out "nearly identical" basic personal details.

During the interview, I was questioned as if it were a background investigation, while questions I asked about the job received vague answers.

Regarding this kind of basic information, if you do not ask, she does not provide an answer, yet she digs into your personal information. People who mind this may find it annoying.

Here is a brief summary of the information:

1. Working hours

Week 1: 8:00–17:00 (the reading group requires employees to arrive one hour early)

Weeks 2–5: 9:00–18:00 (regular working hours)

2. A parking space is provided.

3. They claim that employees will not be required to lift more than 15 kilograms.

4. Overtime is required at the end of the month.

5. There is no system for scanning shipments in and out, so the operation follows a more traditional small-warehouse model. If something goes wrong, you know what that means.

6. HR genuinely wants to find suitable candidates, but the area manager only wants to hire people for NT$28,000–30,000. If you ask for NT$30,000, there is a chance you will be screened out.

Summary

1. The hiring standards differ too much between HR and the area manager.

2. They only want entry-level candidates. For entry-level candidates, this can be used as a stepping stone.

3. They want to expand the warehouse, but some of their thinking is difficult to respect. You get what you pay for; if they only want to hire people at low salaries, there will naturally be more people slacking off.

4. You must participate in the spiritual reading group.

5. Do not expect to discuss practical issues during the interview; try to give the standard answers as much as possible.

There is water to drink

Only HR interviewed me; the manager didn’t interview me at all.

During the interview, they asked what I usually do and whether there was anything I wanted to learn. When I answered with the things I usually want to learn and do at home, it seemed that wasn’t the answer they wanted. It seemed the answer they wanted was necessarily something listed on their website under company benefits, such as spiritual growth and book clubs. It was really baffling.