Workplace reviews and discussion: 旻品企業有限公司

Punctual working hours

1. On the employee’s first day of employment, the company did not enroll them in labor and health insurance as required by the labor authorities.

2. When laying off employees, the company did not comply with the Labor Standards Act and was unwilling to provide termination certificates.

3. The company illegally monitored employees’ computers and Skype—not because it thought employees would poach clients, but because it did not allow anyone to say anything negative about the company. Even constructive feedback was not permitted; the entire company felt like a concentration camp.

4. In addition to computer surveillance, the company also monitored employees in person. Employees were not allowed to become too close privately, and talking at work apart from work-related matters was generally discouraged. If you said even one sentence, such as asking a colleague, “Are you going to get some water?” the owner’s wife would immediately come over and stand beside you.

5. There was no internet or phone signal around the company, but the company did not provide Wi-Fi for employees, so the workplace was completely isolated. If there was an emergency at home, it was entirely impossible to contact anyone outside.

6. When employees resigned, the company was unwilling to provide certificates of employment, saying, “Our company simply does not provide them.”

7. Employees received only seven days of annual leave after two years of employment. The company began complying with the Labor Standards Act only after being reported.

8. The company organized employee trips, but employees who did not go were not allowed to come to work because the owner’s wife could not monitor them when she was away from the company. Employees were forced to take leave and have their pay deducted.

9. The company is a family business and basically does whatever it wants. They believe that because it is their family’s company, they have the final say. However, they received substantial government subsidies, including subsidies for participating in exhibitions, while bullying employees and failing to comply with the Labor Standards Act.

10. The company illegally evaded taxes and only became more restrained after a former employee reported it and the tax authorities imposed a fine.

Employees considering working there, please think carefully.