Workplace reviews and discussion: 瑞保網路科技股份有限公司

Let’s start with the conclusion: This company is suitable for people who are accustomed to the structured management of the financial industry while also wanting to pursue something that resembles an innovative, entrepreneurial atmosphere.

　　They constantly proclaim themselves to be Taiwan’s Fintech P2P leader, while combining the shortcomings of both the financial industry and startups. Despite having fewer than twenty employees, the company already has a clearly defined management hierarchy, inefficient meetings, and a sycophantic, boss-first culture. Reviews focus on the person rather than the issue, and management and subordinates are held to two different standards. The company cannot break away from the habits of the financial industry, yet still wants to portray itself as a startup. At the same time, it cannot offer the benefits of a large company or a financial institution: it has the disadvantages of the financial industry without any of its advantages.

　　Everyone is required to uphold the startup spirit, weather difficulties together, and work overtime out of a sense of responsibility. At the same time, employees are treated merely as machines rather than as partners in building the company together. The startup spirit of bravely taking on challenges applies only to the boss’s will. Employees are just employees—people who work for the boss—not teammates starting a business together and striving toward a common goal. Do not use work hours to try things you think should be done; that is wasting the boss’s resources (your labor). The high turnover rate is always attributed to not finding the right people or to new hires not understanding how things are done, and is never related to whether the boss’s demands are reasonable or feasible. They demand the dedication and drive of a startup, but lack a startup’s commitment to valuing talent and taking responsibility for proactive trial and error.

　　Finally, the only management language used by senior management is “ASAP.” For a marketing project or an e-commerce system, if it is not proposed today and completed tomorrow, it is considered too slow. They are willing to offer only bananas, yet expect an entire team of geniuses; they refuse to feed the horses, yet expect them to run fast.