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The boss puts a lot of effort into running the company. The work environment is friendly.
I joined the company in February last year. I applied for the position of sales manager, and I have now completed one year. My impression after this year is that the boss puts a lot of effort into running the company. Half of the company’s customers were developed by the boss personally. The company itself is not large, so sales staff have to handle many things themselves. However, this also gives me exposure to more areas and broader learning. I feel like I am running a business, not just doing sales.
The negative reviews mentioned earlier were all written by employees who resigned while I was the sales manager. One employee even wrote several negative reviews repeatedly. I would like to say a few fair words on the company’s behalf here. The boss also visits customers personally, so he does not have time to watch porn or follow stocks. One employee had been with the company for one month; there were 22 working days, but they were late on 15 of them. After arriving late, they would brazenly eat breakfast at their desk. I think every company will have some complaints.
Another salesperson had been with the company for seven months without developing a single customer. Naturally, they would be closely questioned during sales meetings.
The company previously had relatively few systems in place. After I joined, I made suggestions to the boss regarding a bonus system and company rules, and the boss accepted them all. Although the company is not large, it is small yet excellent. The workplace atmosphere is harmonious. If your sales ability is strong enough, earning a high salary is not a problem.
If you have no experience with distribution channels in the electronics industry, it may be more difficult when you first join. The professional knowledge required in this field is relatively in-depth, so you need to have strong stress tolerance.
1, It’s a small company, but there are opportunities to work with major clients.
2, The boss is willing to give young people a chance to enter the electronics industry.
3, There isn’t the kind of infighting between managers or departments that you see in large companies.
4, There are bonuses for developing new clients and for performance; those with a strong drive to win can earn them.
1, Resources are more limited, so you need basic sales skills and a proactive attitude—a proactive attitude, a proactive attitude (it’s important, so it’s said three times)—as well as the ability to manage and push yourself.
Uh, none.
1. During the interview, the boss exaggerated the size of the company.
2. The boss claimed to be very capable in business development, but there were no actual results to be seen.
3. There was absolutely no management or leadership method. Employees were left to fend for themselves. The company hired a decent manager, but the boss kept interfering in everything, so it was impossible to know whose instructions to follow.
4. When you made cold calls to well-known companies, the boss would constantly monitor you, asking about your progress and whether the other party was about to place an order. However, the company itself handled brands with extremely long lead times; when customers left or did not place orders, everything was blamed on the sales staff.
5. The company paid your monthly fuel and parking expenses by check. Payday was on the 5th, but you could not cash the check until the 15th. It was incredibly frustrating: they would issue a check for just NT$1,000–2,000 and then make you wait ten days. A strange company with a strange way of doing things.
6. Sales staff came and went constantly. After working for a little over a month, you would become the most senior employee. Very few people could stay, and the bonuses were merely something you could see but never receive—they were essentially nonexistent.
7. The applicants who came for interviews were all over the place. The boss often said he liked hiring people without electronics-industry experience, but in reality, he was just firing blindly: anyone who submitted a résumé could come for an interview, and almost anyone who interviewed could get hired. It only depended on whether you could stick around.
8. If you lived far from work, even buying breakfast to eat there would draw complaints, while the boss ate breakfast in the office himself. Every afternoon, you also had to help take out his trash. What he was looking for was not a sales representative, but an errand runner.
9. Experience the rest for yourself; it would take forever to describe it all.
It seems there aren't any.
Company employees: the boss, the boss’s wife, and salespeople who come and go
The boss is very generous:
1. He confiscates your charger because he’s worried you’ll keep scrolling on your phone at work, causing the battery to run out quickly and straining your eyes.
2. Entertainment expenses can be claimed freely, but drinks should preferably cost no more than NT$30 each, and you have to explain which client and which person each drink was for.
3. You can refuel the company vehicle only when you have actually gone out to visit clients; otherwise, the boss will suspect that you are driving around unnecessarily.
4. The year-end party raffle prize is NT$15,000 (including gift certificates the boss no longer wants, which must be reported as income), but all employees split it equally, and the boss’s wife is also counted as an employee. The restaurant budget cannot exceed NT$2,000 per person.
5. Company dinners are held once every three months. No one may order anything costing more than NT$200, or the boss will say it is too expensive.
The boss trusts his employees very much:
1. Before you resign, he will praise you for being very hardworking; after you submit your resignation, he will start telling other employees that you are terrible.
2. When the company has no sales work, he will try to persuade you to stay. Once he finds someone else, he will start micromanaging you until you can’t stand it and leave on your own.
3. After you submit your resignation, the boss will no longer speak to you—which is probably a benefit.
The boss is highly capable at sales:
1. He asks manufacturers to hand over clients, or picks up clients that other distributors no longer serve.
2. He brings in another salesperson to help set up the VENDOR CODE for major manufacturers, then asks you to leave.
3. He boasts that he is extremely capable at sales and has never met anyone better than himself, telling us to learn more from him.
4. He accompanies you to visit clients and chats aimlessly, making the atmosphere extremely awkward.
None
1. Disposable once the work is finished
2. The old X sits in the office every day, and no one knows what they’re doing
3. The company is very small, yet it still dreams of becoming one of the “Big Five” in electronics
4. Absolutely no benefits
5. Basically, the company’s core members are just the husband and wife; everyone else is merely passing through
Really nothing...
1. Old X's workday routine: watching porn, checking stocks, sleeping
2. Jointly managed by a married couple; chaotic and frequent arguments
3. Basically only a base salary; performance bonuses are neither seen nor received
4. Extremely high turnover; after two weeks, you're already the most senior person in the company
5. No benefits at all; even the occasional lunchtime gathering every few months consists of meals costing only around 200 yuan, yet you'll still be criticized for considering them expensive
None
Very small, no people, poor attitude,
and yet another company that doesn't read résumés and blindly shoots everywhere, wasting other people's time