Workplace reviews and discussion: 財團法人東元科技文教基金會

The supervisor lacks basic respect. They say that an employee’s perfume smells like saliva, that an employee’s hair looks unwashed, that an employee’s lunch smells like sewage, and ask visiting journalists whether they are new here to clean the toilets, among many other similar incidents. The supervisor is also extremely unclean themselves: small cockroaches occasionally crawl around on their desk, there are often sounds of rats running through the ceiling cavity, and the shared oven and refrigerator are frequently left very dirty and untidy after they use them.

The supervisor also likes to gossip privately and pry into or directly ask about employees’ personal lives. For example, if someone takes their lunch break on time, the supervisor will privately comment on whether they have so little work that they have time to go out for lunch. They also like to ask about employees’ romantic relationships and family circumstances, and if employees do not answer directly, they will inquire with others.

Meetings are extremely inefficient. The supervisor likes to discuss irrelevant matters or go off topic, and it is common for meetings to last three or four hours without producing any results. Any suggestions made by employees they like are considered good, while those made by employees they dislike are considered bad. They are adept at using their position to force the group to agree with their ideas. For example, they may ask everyone to vote for option A or B, but regardless of whether A or B is selected, they ultimately go with the option they prefer and require everyone to change their choice to that option and provide a reason.

They do not respect professional expertise or accept any opinions, and even mock employees by saying that although all of them have higher educational qualifications than they do, none of them is as capable.

If this were not a foundation, it is believed that this management style would have disappeared long ago.