Workplace reviews and discussion: 百勝國際股份有限公司

The boss is angry about all sorts of things every day (morning grumpiness, being hungry, arguments with his mother/wife/suppliers/customers, losing money, being sued, and so on—too many to list). His EQ is far below that of an average person, and he is like a ticking time bomb all day, so you can greatly improve your own ability to handle stress. Other than that, there don't seem to be any advantages.

1. Since the boss is angry about all sorts of things every day, the pressure of working in the same space as him is through the roof—it's basically psychological abuse. It's understandable for the boss to be unhappy when employees make mistakes, but a lot of the time the problem isn't necessarily the employee's fault. The boss still blows up whenever he feels like it, and when he scolds people, he is completely irrational and hysterical, uses vicious language (including swearing), and is extremely disrespectful. He completely tramples on his employees' self-esteem.

2. The boss thinks he is a generous, good boss to his employees, but in reality he is simply generous to himself. He considers his starting salaries to be high (in fact, they are merely at the standard level—not particularly high, especially considering that employees have to put up with his mood swings every day!), so there is no overtime pay. (The thing he says most often is: “The hourly wage I give you is already very high!”) There is a small year-end bonus, that's true, but there are no bonuses for the three major festivals (he says, “I don't celebrate the three major festivals”), and of course there are no other benefits either.

3. The boss loves to say, half an hour before quitting time, “Come on, let's have a 15-minute meeting.” These supposed 15-minute meetings usually last at least an hour (one hour is basically nothing), and often go on for more than two hours, greatly delaying employees' departure time (and of course there is no overtime pay). The key point is that these meetings lasting more than two hours usually reach no conclusion. A few days later, there will have to be another meeting (before quitting time), with the same endless circular discussion.

4. The boss places great emphasis on “efficiency,” but honestly, he is the least efficient person of all. Apart from the meeting time mentioned in point 3, the thing he does most often is this: he asks an employee to do A, then changes it to B not long afterward. When it is almost finished, he decides that C would be better—or simply changes it back to A (everyone: [black person shrugging]???).

5. Regarding point 2, rather than saying the boss isn't generous, it would be more accurate to say he is extremely stingy. To some extent, you can understand that he wants to accomplish as much as possible with as little money as possible. But most of the time, he thinks outside quotes are too expensive and would rather do it himself (i.e., have the employees do it), only to berate them mercilessly when it isn't done well (but it wasn't even part of my job in the first place!), and say that the employees are inefficient (never heard the saying “time is money”?). Simply put, he has absolutely no respect for professional expertise—not only does he disrespect his own employees' expertise, he also disrespects the expertise of other professions.

There is actually much more, including the boss thinking he knows everything, loving to brag, and loving to make grand promises. But these points are more subjective, so I won't go into them. I was not surprised at all to learn that an entire group of employees quit collectively at the time. Unless you are truly, truly, truly (it's important, so I'll say it three times) desperate for money, I really, really, really do not recommend joining this company.