佳樂事達科技有限公司

The colleagues are easy to get along with, young, energetic, and lively. The managers and vice presidents are also very friendly. The atmosphere at the company is pleasant; everyone chats and discusses work together. In addition, my manager is unusually approachable and easy to communicate with, without the typical managerial attitude, which is truly rare. Although the Taipei office was newly established and the employees generally did not have long tenures, which made me somewhat concerned when I first joined, I discovered after joining that the company’s revenue was growing rapidly. At this stage, the company has changed its management executives, making its planning and systems more comprehensive in various aspects. I heard that several unsuitable managers and employees had previously been replaced. Now, the company appears to be actively expanding its business footprint and staff. With a long-term vision and good performance, employees can obtain opportunities for promotion and salary adjustments. However, if you want to coast at work, this company is genuinely not suitable for you. The managers are very clear that they only want people who are willing to work hard. Anyone who slacks off or has a poor attitude toward work will be dismissed. Moreover, this company does not subscribe to a culture of flattery. I consider this a relatively fair culture for me: your pay reflects how much you do, and salary adjustments based on performance are more meaningful in practice.

During the early stages of establishing the Taipei office, the systems were not yet fully developed. For positions that were not managerial, annual salary could not necessarily be guaranteed, so this was a relatively weak point in terms of security. However, I have recently noticed that the company has been continuously building better benefits and systems. Some benefits are ones that did not exist before. The current system includes bonuses or gifts for the two major holidays, as well as a year-end bonus. The year-end bonus is distributed based on the company’s profits and performance evaluations for the year, which is about the same as at most companies.

Dreams make life beautiful; may hope be with you.

1. The sales team never gets bonuses.

2. Office staff have to work overtime every day without overtime pay. Working overtime every day is part of the company’s culture; the more and longer you work overtime, the more seriously management thinks you take your job. Leaving work on time is considered a worse offense than murder or arson.

3. The vice president, the highest decision-maker at the Taiwan company, lives in a dream world all day.

4. The authorities may do as they please, but ordinary people are not allowed to do the same.

5. The vice president is too young. Lack of experience would be one thing, but they are also conceited and spend all day daydreaming.

6. The vice president has to approve everything, big or small, before it can be done. This ties everyone’s hands and wastes time.

The interview process was very relaxed. I interviewed for the position of Management Trainee in International Operations.

The first round was with the secretary, who confirmed some details on my résumé. It felt like she was taking notes for the manager and helping shorten the manager’s interview time. However, some of the questions were quite challenging—you need to have actually done something to talk about it; otherwise, you won’t be able to answer. They place a strong emphasis on the depth of your experience.

The second round was with the Vice President. The Vice President talked a lot about personality traits and asked about my travel experience, career plans, personal strengths and weaknesses, and the most difficult thing I had encountered in life. The Vice President was very direct and left plenty of time for questions. At the end, they also shared career advice with me.

Personally, I found this interview very worthwhile. It did not feel like an interview; it was more like an experienced elder sharing their experiences with me. Through chatting with the Vice President, I gained insight into their perspectives on different positions and their explanations of the fundamentals. I definitely came away with a different understanding of operations management.

The Vice President also seemed very intelligent and strict. If I were managed directly by them, the work pressure would indeed be quite high, but I would probably learn a lot.

The air conditioning was a little too strong, though.

I was job hunting while employed and interviewed for a senior position. During my first interview with the Operations Director, we had a very pleasant conversation. They said that my qualifications and experience were extensive and strongly recommended me for an interview with the boss. A week later, they scheduled a second interview during my working hours, and I took time off to attend. During the second interview, the boss kept asking about the issues he was currently experiencing in working with the person in that position, and asked what could be improved. I responded and offered suggestions proactively.

During the second interview, I also observed the boss’s personality, which I will refrain from criticizing here.

More than ten days later, I contacted the Operations Director and was told that, despite the interview lasting over an hour, the boss felt I was unsuitable because I made a certain hand gesture… Well… fortunately, I don’t feel disappointed at all either… I can only say that being too expressive can apparently become a bug for some people. Truly, you can laugh about it even in old age!

Wishing the company the best of luck finding an employee who doesn’t make hand gestures~

Location: Near Taipei's East District and MRT stations, with fairly convenient transportation

Office: The office's décor and atmosphere are both quite good

Interviewers: The vice president and the boss

An overambitious company’s future and goals: The two executives are full of boundless imagination and hope for the future, but regarding the vision they have mapped out and its execution, I believe there are many contradictions and difficulties in implementation.

Lack of strategic thinking: The questions asked by the two interviewers were not very high-level and focused more on the operational level. The management style felt like micromanagement. They seemed proud of the company’s current performance and self-congratulatory, but I could not hear any particularly outstanding insights or strategies from them regarding the company or the industry.

Ambiguity in the organization and R&R: The work content and organizational structure were even more unclear. The two executives could not clearly describe how the organization was divided or the responsibilities (territories) assigned to those under them. It felt like the work organization was unclear. If the top decision-makers are like this, one can imagine that frontline employees would face many issues, such as unclear responsibilities, duplicated work, conflicts, and low efficiency.

Management: Excessively based on personal authority; decisions are mostly determined by whatever the vice president and boss say. It reflects a typical Taiwanese business mindset, lacking clear SOPs and management principles.

In summary, this is a small company. If you have better opportunities to choose from, I really do not recommend it!

I was originally going to go for the interview

After seeing the defensive comments and replies, I didn't dare go....

The colleagues are all very nice.

The vice president only makes grand promises and never remembers what he himself has said. He thinks he’s very impressive. Everything has to be run by him, but you can’t ask him directly—you have to write an email and include a signature block before he might answer you. But then the next day he changes his mind again. He jokes around all day.

Colleagues get along well, and everyone helps one another.

Working overtime until the end of time—surely that counts for something, even if there is no credit, right?

The benefits are poor; this is a company that does not care about its employees.

Senior management is often out of touch with reality, full of a sense of superiority, and unable to listen to others’ suggestions, among other issues. They cannot help the company grow and only make empty promises—I almost thought they were pastry sellers.

The cycle of “hiring during peak seasons and laying people off during slow seasons” goes on endlessly.

As a result, employees who have worked here generally have very short tenures.

Since that is the case, I suggest not coming here and wasting your time.

The colleagues get along very well (because everyone is extremely tense).

There’s not much to look forward to: no overtime pay, no compensatory leave, and the only employee benefit is being able to buy phone cases at the employee price. Oh, and if they discover that you’re not using the company’s own phone case, they’ll keep pressing you about why you haven’t switched to the company’s phone case.

This company is very good at making grand promises. Last year alone, at least around 50 people came and went. It’s very convenient to use as a stepping stone, and by the way, all the negative reviews on Interview.tw are true!

Here’s a secret: this company also tells people to pad its interview scores, LOL.

There are plenty of other absurd things too, so choose your company carefully!

The boss doesn’t really micromanage, but if the boss can’t find you, you’re in deep trouble.

There’s no need to report minor matters, but if you don’t report something and the boss’s wife finds out, you’re in deep trouble.

The boss often makes impulsive decisions; if you’re unwilling to cooperate, get lost.

They claim that if you bring up a problem, they’ll deal with the person causing the problem… You know what I mean.

The boss and the boss’s wife love to make grand promises. If you don’t achieve them, they say you didn’t work hard enough; if you do, they say it was expected.

The shareholders say they’re running at a loss every year, yet they keep replacing their houses and cars, while the year-end bonus is pitifully small.

1. You can be dispatched to China for free, especially when China is short-staffed—which happens quite often. Pack your bags and be ready to leave at any time, as long as the boss says the word.

2. Friends who have a China dream can experience what a standard Chinese-funded company feels like.

3. Suitable for people between jobs: you can join, work while looking for a new job, and move on.

The person above was too polite, so let me add a few points.

You do not get overtime pay for working overtime.

>> You are held responsible for 120% of the work, and this is no exception even during the Lunar New Year period.

They are only willing to pay a tiny salary, but expect you to do a huge amount of work.

>> They only guarantee the minimum wage, and the boss can deduct your pay with just one word. Salary payments may be transferred from different accounts, and you might even be paid in cash—it is quite interesting.

It often happens that you are asked to do things that are fundamentally outside the responsibilities of your position, using all kinds of reasons and excuses to insist that you carry them out.

>> Because people are often resigning, especially in the China region, there are endless messes to clean up. If you do not do it, the boss might tell you to get lost the next day!

One person is expected to take on multiple roles. If this company can pay you only the minimum wage, it will definitely do so, but the amount of work you are given may be beyond your imagination. This is a company that is exceptionally good at painting an enticing picture. It goes so far as to avoid calling them “goals” (which might be achievable), instead calling them “dreams” (which cannot be realized)—or you could simply describe it as daydreaming. I urge everyone considering joining not to be blinded by the sweet talk of the manager, boss, or anyone else.

>> What the person above said is true. In addition, because the turnover rate is so high, they cast their net everywhere to catch people; the turnover rate is even higher than at beverage shops.

You don't have to clock in for work

There is no overtime pay, even when you work overtime

They are only willing to pay a tiny salary, while expecting you to do a huge amount of work

It often happens that you are required to do things that are fundamentally outside the responsibilities of your position, using all kinds of reasons and excuses to insist that you carry them out

One person is expected to take on multiple roles. If this company could pay you only the minimum wage, it would definitely do so, but the amount of work you may be expected to handle could be beyond your imagination. This is a company that is exceptionally good at painting grand visions—in fact, it goes so far that they are not called goals (which might be achievable), but dreams (which cannot be realized). You could even describe it as daydreaming. To anyone considering joining, I strongly advise you not to let the sweet talk of the manager, the boss, or anyone else blind you.