隆大貿易有限公司

Listen to the boss spout bullshit and learn the art of spouting bullshit.

The restroom is incredibly smelly and tiny, yet they’re still very proud that their company has a dedicated restroom.

There are clearly electrical switches and equipment in the warehouse, yet they still smoke in there!

They make every bit of trivial nonsense and petty matter sound extremely serious, wasting time scolding employees.

They often tell employees that they need to take on multiple roles to stay competitive and avoid being fired, yet they don’t tell their own children to take on multiple roles!

They don’t even think about how much work they assign to others, while making a whole bunch of demands; if customers don’t buy it, it’s the employee’s fault.

Btw, their own children are managers, so there is absolutely no chance of promotion—please rest assured 😀

Also, they’ve had a stroke before, so please be understanding when they spout bullshit!

If performance doesn’t meet the requirements, they simply don’t pay you at all—truly outstanding~

All in all, it’s best not to come. It’s so rotten it’s falling apart, and a former employee even sued them. I advise everyone to think twice, then think twice again, and a third time.

Giving away money

If only I had known to read the webpage written by someone else first, I could have saved myself the time. But since I went through the experience anyway, I’ll give a proper review.

First, he said this company has many people with the surname Kuo. I immediately asked, “Is it a family business?” He was startled and replied, “Yes...” (Doesn’t he know I have a lot of interview experience?)

They require office staff to wear shirts and suit pants, and even compared wearing slippers with me. Ridiculous...

Lunch break is from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Personally, I don’t think this is OK.)

Today’s tasks should preferably be completed today, with one hour of flexible overtime??? (What is this??)

You have to swipe your access card even when going to the restroom or the pantry, because the company records the time. (What’s with that? Is their need for control really strong?)

Procurement staff sometimes have to travel to Keelung for work, as well as travel to mainland China. (What???)

Most importantly, the salary: upon joining the company, the hourly wage is 160, which works out to NT$28,000 per month.

Also, I asked whether reaching a monthly salary of NT$35,000 meant that your regular performance was pretty good.

He replied that for office staff to reach NT$35,000 would be considered very impressive, though some people earn NT$100,000.

(I thought to myself: Those earning NT$100,000 must be members of your family, right? And office staff have to travel elsewhere for work? I’m speechless. They still have the nerve to call it office work.)

This interview was so bizarre that of course I had to write a proper review. If you see this, don’t go to this company under any circumstances—it’s a waste of your life.

Leaving work on time

Occasionally there are snacks to eat

The boss does not know how to use a computer, only trusts paper documents, thinks his own words are the final authority, and insists that following his instructions is the only way to avoid mistakes.

The sources for sales leads are foreign yellow pages from many years ago. Every few months, we have to repeatedly pitch to the same customers or recheck the information and print it out for the boss to review.

It is a family business, and all department heads are the boss’s children. There is absolutely no opportunity for promotion.

Apart from the computers used by supervisors and purchasing staff, which have internet access, everyone else has to use a shared computer to go online. The hardware is outdated; we are still using Windows XP and fax machines.

Several senior employees are not very friendly in their attitude at work.

The boss often adjusts salaries based on “no shipments, no pay” or other ideas that suddenly occur to him.

If the accumulated time spent getting water and using the restroom exceeds 20 minutes per day, money will be deducted.

Many employees smoke in the small storage room, and the smell of smoke is extremely strong.

The restroom smells awful.

In short, the boss only wants obedient slaves. Think carefully before applying.

Leaving work on time

Occasional overtime

When you first join, you’ll be given a pile of promotional emails to send and customer information to look up.

When customers request quotes, you prepare quotations, confirm orders, enter orders, collect deposits, notify them of shipment, and collect the remaining payment.

When there are many orders, you have to write promotional emails; when there are few orders, you also have to write promotional emails.

For things you have already explained to colleagues—especially senior employees—you have to repeat yourself patiently over and over because they forget by the next day.

When sales are poor, you are constantly told to send promotional emails and look up customer information. Customers checked only three months earlier are sent to you again and must be rechecked, wasting paper.

The company’s equipment is outdated. The computers still run Windows XP, and the desktop computers only connect to the local network and cannot access the internet. To look up promotional information, you have to use the shared computer, which is always occupied and requires waiting.

Customer emails have to be translated and printed, and replies to customers also have to be translated and printed—using a lot of paper.

You are charged for swiping out to use the restroom or get water. It was changed to a 20-minute daily grace period only after someone reported it.

For lateness, they deducted money based on the accumulated actual minutes multiplied by your full-pay hourly rate. It was changed to using the base-pay hourly rate only after someone reported it.

They say they do not mind employees taking leave, but when employees actually take leave, they become unhappy and make things difficult for them.

When an employee is on leave, if they are unlucky or are slandered by a supervisor, the customers they handle may be transferred to another salesperson.

They speak badly about employees while they are away on leave, and continue speaking badly about them long after they have resigned.

The supervisor plays mobile games, browses online shopping sites, and reads novels online during work. They believe all employees are thieves stealing business, so employees are forbidden from accessing the internet or bringing mobile phones and bags into the office.

The boss is skilled at saying many malicious and slanderous things.

Employees’ salaries are changed arbitrarily without prior notice.

Purchasing staff are not paid if nothing is shipped that month; even if something is shipped, they are not paid if they have not satisfied their superior’s wishes.

The company does not cooperate with government make-up workdays or adjusted holidays. Supervisors become unhappy if there are more than four consecutive days off. The boss believes that highways will become congested when all of Taiwan has a holiday, and considers the policy of not granting consecutive holidays to be clever.

Holiday announcements are posted the day before the holiday.

Listen to the boss talk a bunch of bullshit in the background.

You can leave work very punctually.

You get charged for leaving the office to use the restroom or fill up your water bottle, under the pretext of a “break fee”! No holiday bonuses, new employees get half a month’s year-end bonus, paychecks are sometimes delayed, and only the procurement department has internet access in the entire office—everyone else has to use the public computer to get online.

A TOEIC score of 725 is only worth 28K????? That’s laughable.

Although the company is located in the most prime area in Taiwan, the company is very old, and the office looks like a warehouse.

A TOEIC score of 725 is only worth 28K????? That's hilarious.

Although the company is located in the most prime area in all of Taiwan, the company is very old, and the office looks like a warehouse.

A family-owned company; family members occupy one-third of the positions, and the colleagues are easy to get along with.

Company policies change from day to day. The only thing that never changes is the company benefits policy: no holiday bonuses or gifts for the three major festivals!! No company trips!! The year-end bonus is given at the company's discretion and is not necessarily calculated based on one month's salary. The employee traits favored by the company are: no complaining, no discussion, no taking leave, no interest in holiday bonuses or gifts for the three major festivals, no asking for benefits, no requesting overtime pay, only punishment and no rewards, not listening to advice, relying on conventional wisdom, and putting salary first—but the wages offered are often not particularly high.

When there is a problem, instead of finding a way to solve it, they hold aimless meetings. They often talk about irrelevant matters, and from time to time ask you to come over just before the end of the workday, causing your departure time to be delayed by about 30–60 minutes. The main speaker is the business owner (or owners, I hear). After listening to the lengthy speech, you only need to nod and say yes, because there is fundamentally no point!! Afterwards, you may find yourself wondering, “What exactly did I just listen to?” and start questioning your working life???