極力管理顧問有限公司

The environment is quiet and simple, and there are only a few female colleagues. To put it plainly, the work is for a staffing agency, helping foreign-worker brokers apply for passports and residence permits, as well as coordinating staffing partnerships. The tasks are varied and numerous but not difficult, and everyone has their own responsibilities.

This really makes me angry, but to prevent anyone else from going through what I did, I hope writing this out can be of some help to everyone. (Long post ahead.) ------ In short, this company itself invited me to an interview through 1111 Job Bank. Of course, I didn’t think too much of it and went to the interview. The address was inside a community in the Linkou District called Karuizawa. Although the company operated under the name Jili, it was actually called Jingpin Management Consulting Co., Ltd. (I discovered this myself; no one told me.) After entering and seeing the environment, I realized that the reason it was quiet and simple was because it was actually just an office set up inside a residential space. There were only two or three somewhat older women working there. Since the community had access control and entering required an electronic key or some kind of access-controlled entrance, a woman who looked to be only in her twenties was responsible for opening the door for me and leading me upstairs. After I finished filling out my résumé, the young woman reminded me that there was a “small test” to complete after filling it out. She then briefly taught me how to do it, and I had to figure out the rest myself by experimenting and comparing it with the example. (After all, I had never used this kind of human-resources system before, so I was a little dumbfounded that they had me do it right away.) I originally thought, “Isn’t this a staffing-agency job? Then how could someone assume that a job seeker with administrative experience would automatically know how to operate that kind of internal system?” …I didn’t think much more of it and spent some time creating a complete detailed record of a foreign worker’s personal information, making it exactly the same as the sample. After I finished comparing the printed documents and handed them to the woman, she asked me to wait in the conference room. (The so-called conference room was actually just an area in the middle of the living room blocked off by a curtain. It was outside the kitchen and seemed to consist of a large dining table.) Although I was a little stunned, I still went over and sat down to wait for the interview. During that time, it seemed they were having some kind of internet problem. The boss’s wife initially sat down and asked me what my name was. Because my name looked similar to “Huang,” she misread it without looking carefully. Then she began by asking, “So, Ms. X, what kind of work did you do previously?” Although I had written everything in my résumé, just as I was about to answer, the technician repairing the internet and another woman called the boss’s wife away. She told me to wait a moment, and that moment lasted nearly half an hour. The interview had originally been scheduled for 1:30 p.m.; after filling out the résumé and passing the “small test,” it was already almost 2:30 p.m. when I was still sitting at the dining table… I was left there waiting for quite a while longer. Finally, it seemed they had gotten everything sorted out? The boss’s wife came back and sat down. By then, she had not only forgotten the question she had asked me at the beginning, but also said something completely inexplicable. She asked, “You graduated from a hairdressing and cosmetology department?” Her expression was half-smiling and half-mocking, as if she had suddenly changed her attitude and was no longer very friendly. I was completely confused by her strange expression and sudden change in mood, with no idea what had happened. Still, I answered seriously, “Yes.” …And then came the main point. She looked at me and suddenly said with a fake smile, “Hmm…Ms. X? Why are you acting so impatient? (laughs)” I was completely dumbfounded. I thought, “WTF? What kind of ridiculous question is that? I had clearly waited patiently for so long without getting upset. Why suddenly put on that dismissive, ugly smirk and talk to me like this?” Just as I was stunned and about to ask why she would say that, she interrupted me with a smile, speaking as though she were giving me advice: “Well…it’s like this. I think you’re still young, so you should pay appropriate attention to whether you give people the impression that you’re impatient. I suggest you pay attention to the feelings you give others. This job, actually, isn’t complicated, but if you tend to get impatient, you might quickly get bored or be unable to finish the work.” After hearing that, I was completely speechless. I felt as though I had spent nearly two hours listening to her make baseless accusations about things that had never happened. I was furious. If she was unhappy or dissatisfied, that was her own personal issue—whether to hire me or not could have been said in one sentence. Did she really enjoy falsely accusing someone and making them feel upset? Why had I wasted two hours of my day for their company? To wait for her to come out, falsely accuse me, and then say she would let me know? It was obvious that she had no interest whatsoever in my work experience or anything about me, nor did she intend to explain anything about the company. She just kept smiling in an irritating way and asking, “Do you have any other questions?” Even then, I forced a dry laugh and said, “Excuse me, did you just say that I was impatient? I wasn’t impatient. I knew you were all busy, so I just waited quietly on the side.” She still had that displeased expression, smiling more unpleasantly than if she had been crying, and had the woman who had brought me upstairs open the door and press the elevator button for me. When I reached the entrance and was about to get into the elevator, my face completely fell. I really felt like an idiot—making the trip there for no reason, foolishly leaving my personal information behind, and being treated with contempt.

Above-average salary

Colleagues are fairly decent

Adequate workspace

Adequate transportation access

1. Employees in non-sales positions are tricked into attending client entertainment events. They are told it is a dinner gathering, but it turns out to be entertaining clients. One supervisor does not drink and expects new employees underneath them to take the alcohol for them.

2. There is no SOP for handovers; employees are only taught what to do as it comes up, resulting in gaps during the handover process. Even training is sometimes announced at the last minute.

3. There is a regular meeting every Saturday of the fourth week of the month. After the meeting ends at 12:00, employees are required to wait until 12:30 to clock out. The meeting content is no different from the weekly meetings.

4. Employees are required to handle nonessential notifications and work outside working hours.