譽盛實業有限公司

(譽盛世和實業/譽盛實業/世和實業)(膜點子/APPLE'S NEW/YOSEI)

1. Improve your ability to become familiar with people within three minutes.

2. Become more proactive.

3. Your attention to detail increases by far more than just a little (careless friends, take note!).

4. Learn how to apply screen protectors and gain knowledge about various types of phone cases.

5. The head office has an extremely cute cat.

6. There is a mentor system, so you won't be left on your own.

7. You are considered an official company employee and enrolled in labor and health insurance as soon as you join (you can only start having your performance counted like everyone else's after passing the exam, but you don't necessarily have to pass on the first try—as long as your performance isn't too poor, it's generally fine).

1. Every store has countless surveillance cameras watching the "store staff" from every angle with no blind spots. The boss and HR at headquarters love keeping tabs on every store employee's every move and are ready to call you, like they are filming *The Tenants Downstairs*. (That astounding need for control.)

2. The people at headquarters act as if their eyes are on top of their heads. It's unclear what they are so proud of, but they act as though they are inherently superior.

3. You may receive a demerit for any minor issue.

4. The boss says they don't want to raise robots, but the education and requirements imposed on employees are gradually turning them into robots. Everyone has to follow the boss's SOP; if you don't, you're being disobedient.

5. The boss's famous saying: “Don't tell me there's no one!”

6. The stores are located very close to one another (especially in the Eastern District—there is one within less than a five-minute walk of another), but of course each store's sales are calculated separately.

7. If a small store doesn't make NT$30,000 on a weekday, or a large store doesn't make NT$50,000–60,000, you'll be severely berated. On weekends, a small store making less than NT$40,000–50,000 or a large store making less than NT$70,000–80,000 also gets severely berated. When things are good, the rewards are very few (doing well is simply expected); during the off-season, there are many punishments (poor sales are unacceptable). So what exactly makes it an off-season...? Sometimes a small store's sales target is even higher than a large store's. (But who changes their phone case, screen protector, and charging cable every day, especially when the prices are high? As far as the company is concerned, there is no such thing as simply browsing.)

8. Somehow, everything is the store staff's fault.

9. The turnover rate is extremely, extremely high. New employees don't stay long, and veteran employees can't be retained. In less than a year, there may be only a few people left at the entire store whom you know. (The boss often says our company's benefits are extremely good and asks, “Go outside and see who is like us.” But they only compare us with bad examples. Still, while we may not be as good as those above us, we're slightly better than those below us.)

10. The company basically makes decisions first and announces them afterward. For example, when suddenly changing the pay date or how the amount is divided, they only issue an announcement after a bunch of store employees call headquarters to ask about it.

11. Store transfers are extremely last-minute, with zero discussion and zero preparation. You get one phone call telling you to transfer stores immediately.

12. If sales are poor during the off-season, the company may call you while you're on leave and lecture you for ages, or call you when the store is very busy and order you back to headquarters to be scolded (regardless of whether there are customers in the store—and if you lose customers because of it, they act as though it has nothing to do with them).

13. The boss is rather emotional (if I remember correctly, they are a fire sign... please understand...).

14. Shifts are scheduled based on odd/even numbers. Employees at large stores may get Saturdays off, but an unexpected store transfer means you can't take the day off. HR says, “Who cares about your situation? Figure it out yourself.”

15. There is sometimes a bit of malicious competition between stores (especially nearby stores—there's no helping it, since you'll be mocked if your sales are poor).

16. Rumors spread incredibly quickly, whether within headquarters or between stores.

I can't think of anything else for now. If you're interested, you can go experience it for yourself.

(Although I can understand some of these things to a certain extent when working other jobs... that attitude still makes people feel extremely frustrated.)