Workplace reviews and discussion: 台灣大洋金幣有限公司

None at all. Absolutely none. Really, absolutely none. You have to believe me. None at all.

After working in Taiwan and mainland China for twenty or thirty years, this is the first time I’ve encountered a boss like this. Everyone really needs to think carefully. Don’t assume that just because the salary is fairly good, everything will be fine.................

The boss requires employees to have lunch with him twice a month, constantly calling it an employee benefit. He even asks HR to print out a notice and post it at the entrance to the company’s storefront. HR came from a large company. Employees have to spend their own break time accompanying the boss to eat. It should be Employee Day, but the boss insists on calling it Company Day. How could it be Employee Day? He keeps saying it’s an employee benefit. During the meal, he also tells everyone that the company is constantly losing money. It’s impossible to smile. Whenever the boss opens his mouth, none of the employees says anything, and the atmosphere becomes very strange. Also, if the company is constantly losing money, why does it keep hiring people?

The boss never says things directly and always makes sarcastic remarks. How would someone who just joined the company know that there are cleaning rules? But the boss never states them directly. The boss gives instructions through sarcasm, which makes working at the company extremely exhausting. You never know when you might do something that displeases him. Life there is really difficult.

Even buying the lunches everyone likes to eat for Employee Day gets criticized, criticized, criticized. Does that mean buying the fried chicken the boss likes would be the right thing to do? But the employees don’t want to eat fried chicken anymore.

He always likes to assign tasks at quitting time. Even when it’s already nearly 6 p.m. and time to get off work, he insists that HR call applicants and tell them to come to work. Then, a few days later, when he finds an applicant he likes, he makes HR call the person who had previously agreed to come and tell them not to come to work after all. This kind of repeated inconsistency shows a lack of credibility and makes it impossible to get work done.

After joining this company, I went online and read the reviews. I really regret not checking them first. It was truly a waste of time. However, the accounting clerk is very kind and helpful, and the other colleagues are also very nice. This aspect is different from what I described above.

Really, really, really: when looking for a job, find one where you can work long term. Working for only a few days is a waste of time.