欣傳媒股份有限公司

A media company under Lion Travel Group. It doesn’t seem to have many advantages; perhaps its only real advantage is that it has a well-known name. From time to time, there are small discounts on travel or meal vouchers.

1. Remote location

It’s practically a self-contained 🐻🦁 kingdom, with very few buses reaching it. The shuttle buses are divided into the Songshan and Kunyang routes, but the intervals and vehicle allocation are extremely strange—almost as if they weren’t there at all. Drivers arriving late because of rain, shuttle buses being full, or missing a bus will all directly result in being late. For example, 6:00 p.m. is the busiest time for people leaving work, yet the shuttle buses at 18:10 and 18:15 are both only midsize buses (12–15 seats). If you miss them, you have to wait another 15–30 minutes for the next one, wasting a great deal of time.

2. No flexible working hours

On the surface, working hours are flexible from 8:30 to 9:30, but this does not mean you can clock in flexibly within that interval. In practice, you must choose one time slot and clock in at that time throughout the month. If you want to change your time slot, you must apply in advance, and the change takes effect the following month. For example, if you choose to start work at 9:00, you must clock in before that time; clocking in after it counts as being late. The only flexibility is that you are allowed to forget to clock in three times during the attendance period (these can be used for late arrivals).

3. Traditional company systems

The systems are not integrated. Even in this digital age, the company’s document approval process is not sufficiently digitalized: online forms must be submitted, then printed out for multiple levels of approval, and so on. Despite this cumbersome process, employee training consists of only a simply written manual (new-hire training lasts just half a day), so new employees can only ask around. Veteran employees are not very friendly toward newcomers, especially in cashiering, general affairs, finance, and legal. If they are really so annoyed by new employees’ questions, why not report this to the group and ask it to improve new-hire training? A bunch of old-timers are blocking long-standing positions and throwing their weight around based on seniority.

4. New employees do not have computers when they start

As mentioned in point 3, new employees arrive with nothing prepared. Whether the manager failed to apply in advance or there is a process bug, newcomers have to submit online forms themselves to request a computer, photocopier access, a telephone, and so on. After the approvals are completed, it takes at least two to three weeks before they can use the equipment. :)

5. The water dispensers run out of water

There are nearly 100 employees on each floor but only two water dispensers. Whenever many people fill their bottles at once, they frequently run out of water—or only have 49°C water available—so you have to go to another floor or buy water.

6. No benefits whatsoever

All welfare bonuses and gifts are funded by a monthly deduction from employees’ welfare fees. Many benefits cannot be used until you have been employed for three months, yet new employees are charged the welfare fee from their very first day. Annual leave follows the Labor Standards Act. When overtime occurs, the company only provides time-limited compensatory leave that must be used before it expires. (To avoid attendance-record audits, employees are required to clock out online using a computer rather than using a physical time card whenever they leave work after 19:00.)

7. Company culture

This subsidiary has the same culture as the group as a whole: traditional and inflexible. Some people avoid responsibility whenever they can; others lack the ability to manage people and can only push problems onto others, requiring them to solve them. Many resources are not consolidated. If the company does not keep up with the times, it will only be eliminated by them!

Newcomers only want to get away as quickly as possible.

Anyone considering joining this company should think twice.