Workplace reviews and discussion: 三貝德數位文創股份有限公司

1. Tuesdays are fixed days off every week, but they often hint that you should come in and work hard for your own performance—in other words, work overtime. To avoid violating the law, employees are not allowed to clock in.

2. Working hours are stated as 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., but on Saturdays and Sundays employees are told to come in at 10:00 a.m. (not for the company, but to work hard for their own performance)... in other words, overtime. Employees are not allowed to clock in, and even if they do, the overtime pay still will not be counted. Those who do not come in will be placed on the employee watchlist.

3. There are no typhoon days off and no national holidays. Supervisors will tell you that parents are at home waiting to schedule appointments with you on typhoon days and national holidays. Employees are still required to work regardless of how strong the wind or rain is, and of course there is no double pay.

4. The company does not value its employees. The owner started out in sales and only cares about getting the company listed. They constantly tell you that we will prosper and share together, and that we treat employees like family, but they do not respect employees at all. There is no year-end bonus (they call their year-end bonus a “home-building fund,” paid according to whether you achieve a certain level of performance each month), and administrative staff receive nothing.

5. Stock and the home-building fund are both locked in for three years. Basically, they want you to work yourself to the bone for three years and not leave. The bonuses are pitifully small, while the products are extremely expensive. Advertising costs are made up for by reducing sales commissions, supposedly as “resources provided by the company.” If you leave within three years, the company will also reclaim the stock and home-building fund (year-end bonus).

6. You are often required to visit schools in the morning and may have to stand at the school gates as early as 6 or 7 a.m. There is no such thing as compensatory time off; you still have to obediently return to the company to clock in and work. They will even ask you to come in on Tuesdays, your day off, because you are doing it not for the company but for your own performance.

7. During winter and summer vacations, because students are on break, employees are required to start work in the morning. You work 12 hours a day, while your salary remains the same as in other months.

8. During recruitment, they tell you that you will have six days off per month: Tuesdays are fixed, and you can arrange the other two days yourself. In reality, you never get even two days off per month.

9. Company supervisors act according to their moods and often use vulgar and inappropriate language to humiliate and berate employees, while constantly telling everyone that we are one family.