Workplace reviews and discussion: 樂維科技有限公司

Almost all of my colleagues were recent graduates in their first jobs, so they were very serious and worked hard to do their best.

During the interview, they said they followed the Labor Standards Act, but in reality:

1. There were no attendance records, so there was basically no overtime pay. 2. The agreed working hours were 9:00–18:00, but employees were required to arrive outside the company by 8:50. We were often called to meetings at 17:50 that lasted until after 7 p.m.

3. There was no annual leave during the first six months, and sick leave was unpaid.

4. If employees wanted a company trip, all employees had to have money deducted from their welfare fund. Isn’t that effectively a pay cut?!

5. The company did not enroll employees in Labor and Health Insurance until they had been employed for a full month.

6. I reminded the boss of the relevant regulations regarding all of the above violations of the Labor Standards Act. The boss first pretended not to understand and said, “Is there really such a regulation?!” and then said, “I can’t accept that!” When employees pushed back and wanted to report the violations, the boss actually shifted all responsibility to the accountant.

7. Meetings were held N times a day at irregular intervals, and then no conclusions were reached, making it impossible for employees to carry out their original work.

8. The job duties changed frequently, and temporary additions to the workload were normal. For example, you might be in the middle of checking out customers when the boss tells you to go with him to the warehouse to take inventory. While you are halfway through calculating petty cash, you may have to immediately handle import-related matters.

9. Decisions changed from one day to the next. Something approved yesterday might be completely changed two days later. For example, a format for a repair form might be finalized today, but after using it for a week, the boss might decide it was unsatisfactory and demand another change. The same applied to marketing proposals…

10. Employees who had worked for less than a year did not receive year-end bonuses!

11. The boss loved listening to gossip about employees and prying into their privacy, and liked having informants in the company… He even asked unmarried female employees whether they were someone else’s mistress.

12. The company installed many surveillance cameras, supposedly to monitor the goods?! But the boss used them to monitor whether employees clocked in and out according to the times he specified.

13. After work, the boss continued to send Line messages or make phone calls, and expected employees to handle work matters immediately even while on leave.

In short, this is not a company with good prospects. The industry is secondary; the real issue is that the boss’s management style and character are unable to lead the company’s growth.