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They said work-study experience was required to proceed.
If that was the case, why have people come all the way there for an interview? They said it was the subcontractor's fault, which left a very bad impression.
Also, the company is very small.
I applied for the position of field service engineer. I don't have practical maintenance experience, and the work-study experience mentioned above is completely unrelated. The male candidate I interviewed before me was ultimately told to take seven days to consider. So what does that work-study experience have to do with maintenance?
None at all
The entire company’s management is problematic. On the first day, new hires are already “called in for a meeting” with the intention of doing something illegal. The company cannot retain engineers, and most of the people you see have only recently joined. When you have questions, you can’t find anyone to ask; even when you do ask, you may be told, “If you don’t know how, what did you come here for?” Employees have little loyalty to the company. After seeing all this, I would recommend running for the hills.
Can learn technical skills from senior colleagues, with bonuses and commission.
1. The job posting says the salary starts at 35k, but in practice, people without experience are offered 32k.
2. They say there is training, but in reality, classes are taught by engineers who are also relatively new and have only been there for a short time.
3. Managers place a strong emphasis on authority.
4. Some of the behavior toward customers required by upper management is not very appropriate.
5. Overtime can only be counted as compensatory leave.
The engineering department supervisor teaches many practical technical skills
Low salary; regardless of seniority, engineers’ monthly salary is about 35K
None
The boss doesn’t want talented employees; they want servants. When you apply, they will forcefully change your job title. You apply for an engineering position and get changed to a sales assistant; you apply for a resident engineer position and get changed to a field engineer. They don’t respect professional expertise—they just want to find someone to fill a vacancy.
You have to stay late on Tuesdays and Thursdays without overtime pay. You don’t only handle work-related tasks; you may also be asked to take care of the boss’s personal matters! Employees are treated like servants.
I heard the company was inspected by the labor authorities and found to have violated many regulations, but the employer made no improvements. Instead, they pressured employees to comply, threatening to withhold bonuses otherwise. They also studied loopholes in the Labor Standards Act with several veteran employees and fabricated records.
There is no real system or structure. Supervisors do whatever they want, and internal communication is extremely poor. The sales team and engineers receive different information.
They make it sound like there will be technical training, but you learn virtually nothing. In reality, senior employees merely teach you how to handle problems encountered at work, while also having you work overtime to produce machines. They promise customers extremely short delivery times, clearly intending to make employees work overtime.
When they encounter difficult customers, they push engineers forward to deal with them, while the sales staff pass the responsibility from one person to another.
The pay is not enough to support yourself, let alone a wife. You have no time to spend with your children or friends, and end up becoming a servant with no time of your own!