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I originally applied for the roaster position.
First interview:
The owner and the head of sales conducted the interview together. The interview mainly involved sharing their experience working in the industry and explaining the job responsibilities. At the end, they told me they would arrange a second interview. Everything seemed fairly normal at this point.
The second interview was with the owner, the head of sales, and two R&D managers who were also roasters. They asked about key techniques used when roasting coffee. By this point, I already felt that something was not quite right. After the interview, they said they would arrange a third interview so I could become familiar with operating the equipment.
However, the third interview turned into a practical test. They asked me to provide suggestions for improving the equipment and to revise the coffee-roasting curves. At that point, I immediately felt this was inappropriate and pointed out that these were part of my job responsibilities and should only begin after I officially started work. The head of sales then actually responded in an emotionally coercive tone: “Can’t you share?”
The three interviews cost me three weeks of opportunity cost and transportation expenses—and that would be one thing—but did they expect me to provide free training for their entire company too? It was absolutely ridiculous. As expected, they later brushed me off with a “let’s keep in touch” email.
In short, if you really plan to interview with this company, make sure you protect yourself. Truly outstanding companies with a vision will always give candidates the respect they deserve during the recruitment process. In other words, if they cannot do that, you should not expect much from your future at this company.
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This company specializes in exploiting technical talent, especially mobile app engineers, and then driving them away.
The boss is short; generally, when someone is short, the PL is also more...
Being short has another advantage: it can help clean people's mouths, which are important organs.
They also illegally wiretap and monitor employees. As long as you search for their company, they will keep fantasizing that you want to join their company.
This company would be better off shutting down.
The boss will have various managers call former employees who cannot find a job.
They also deliberately intimidate new employees—be careful!
They say things recklessly during background checks for interviews.
Even after you find a job, they still say things recklessly.
They also hold grudges over a bunch of inexplicable things.
Salaries are paid late, allowing the company to earn a small amount of interest.
They are reluctant to recommend you for interviews at other companies.
In fact, no one obtained a job from any of those companies.
They love listening to all that garbage and malicious gossip so much.
They still continue saying all sorts of things.
They even want to keep using the “strategy.”
Since they like using the “strategy” so much,
let’s take a look at this boss’s strategy!
First, the job seekers for the Sales and Purchasing Specialist positions listed on 104 did a very good job~
Each position had more than 11 applicants, and one had more than 30 applicants.
That lets the boss choose people carefully.
They can choose the people they like.
(But under no circumstances should you interview at other companies! This boss will hold a grudge over this kind of strange thing.)
They will also ask interviewees whether they can offer the company suggestions and contributions.
(Demanding contributions without paying a salary.)
In addition, the salary range written above as “45,000 and up”
is at most just 46,000.
Sales: 60,000–80,000.
The 60,000 figure will probably just be 60,000.
No more and no less—just barely within the stated range.
They will also say that Zhiyong will not be like other large companies, which offer several months of bonuses or year-end bonuses.
On average… calculate it yourself and see whether it adds up.
The boss also complains about being poor.
Complaining about being poor all day long.
The company’s registered capital suddenly increased from 3 million to 50 million in 2019.
In July 2020 last year, the registered capital increased again to 70 million.
It all went into the boss’s pocket.
Great—there is money for the son to go abroad from a young age to study music,
yet they still recklessly teach others how to use a strategy to force people to resign voluntarily.
Whenever those senior managers do anything to you,
they were sent by the boss, because the boss is very unhappy about these things concerning you.
Do not get angry at the managers, because it is all the boss’s intention.
Some things will remain
until you accomplices are held accountable for depriving others of their basic rights and interests,
receive compensation, and achieve justice.
Only then will they disappear.
Easy to boss around; can work without using your brain.
The most interesting thing about the boss of this company is that she has the same person handle both product planning and sales. So when the boss asks about problems with the product, she deflects like a switchboard operator transferring the issue to the engineer, or practices tai chi to avoid taking responsibility for what she should be accountable for. When the boss asks why sales are poor, she says the product is not ready yet, so it cannot be sold (Wait, aren’t you also responsible for the product?).
But the boss seems not even to have grasped this logic, not realizing that someone is acting as both player and referee. She looks busy, but in reality is costing the company several million dollars every month, failing to produce a product—and when one is finally completed, it is both expensive and impossible to sell.
I think it would be more practical for the company to shut down sooner rather than later.
Authentic coffee roasting techniques
1. High employee turnover, and the origins of each technical capability are unclear, with no contact with external vendors
2. Contrary to what has been rumored, it is not a team from HTC; only three people have previously worked at HTC
3. The PM is completely out of touch, even getting PV = nRT wrong, causing delays in R&D progress
4. The company culture appears American-style on the surface, but is actually Taiwanese-style
5. Information throughout the company is incomplete, and even basic labor rights have to be protected by employees themselves