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On 11/1, during the call, they kept questioning me and saying that because I live in another county/city, there would be difficulties and it wouldn’t work, and so on (then why call me in the first place?). They then started talking about the company’s connections with government agencies and how it had been commissioned by government agencies to do various things. After that, they began saying that their own hot springs were excellent, and that many people came there and were happy and felt blessed. They then asked whether I had LINE and if they could add me. I didn’t dare refuse because I was afraid that doing so would cost me the interview opportunity, so I added them on LINE. It turned out that they weren’t discussing an interview time at all, but were instead sending me a bunch of advertorial news articles about the company. I only replied, “So, are we going to have an interview?” They replied, “We’ll arrange it later.”
It wasn’t until 11/11 that I pointed out that this was clearly using the name of an interview to actually conduct sales promotion. The other party immediately asked me to send my personal résumé and information again, saying that they would “REVIEW” them before arranging an interview time. Then what was the point of the initial phone call? Why call me at all? Why not properly review my résumé from the beginning and then decide whether to interview me? Why go around in such a big circle just to talk about how great the company is—what else could the purpose be? If they want to promote their business, they could just create a Facebook page and post whatever they want without paying anything. Why specifically use a job bank to carry out sales promotion?
The colleagues are nice.
Occasionally, you get to try the company’s products.
1. Although the company sells organic food, the owner occasionally brings their dog to the office. If you are afraid of dogs or allergic to them, please avoid this workplace.
2. The owner does not respect professional expertise, is unwilling to communicate, and does not trust employees. (The owner also has a bad temper.)
3. It is one thing for what was said in the interview not to come true, but when it comes to layoffs, the owner is absolutely uncompromising.
During the interview, I was told that holidays would follow government-announced days off. After I joined, my supervisor said that typhoon days off were unpaid leave—but you can use your own annual leave to make up for them so they won’t be unpaid?!
The company repeatedly emphasizes layoffs, so throughout my employment I constantly felt that this company did not provide any sense of security. (Of course, whether you will be laid off is determined according to the owner’s own standards. Remember to flatter them and work hard to curry favor; I found that this owner particularly likes this type of employee.)
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1. The policies are unclear, inhumane, and not enforced. There are many internal rules, but they are never communicated in advance: after receiving a uniform, you have to pay for it if you do not wear it for a full year; lunch is not free; the systems used internally by the company are not user-friendly and are very clumsy; the leave application process is also not user-friendly; the payslip does not state how much overtime pay you received, but instead lumps it all together under allowances, so you do not know whether it was calculated correctly. And so on.
2. The promotion system is unclear: they simply pile work onto you, and even if you take on multiple roles, you do not receive a pay increase. Some supervisors are very good at avoiding responsibility and cannot identify the key points. Everyone only wants to protect themselves, but no one is able to get things done properly.
The above is my experience. I hope everyone will think carefully before joining.
Meals are free
1 The company apparently hasn't given a raise in over 10 years
2 Mobile phones cannot be used at work; they must all be placed in a cabinet
3 The work environment is hot and dirty