Workplace reviews and discussion: 嘉鴻精密科技有限公司

Flexible hours; lots of mothers come to work part-time.

There is a free drink machine (but there are lots of ants).

An instant coffee machine (the proportions are set very weak).

The office is on the third floor and there is an elevator (but they are too stingy to let us use it, and will complain if we do).

The list of grievances is endless.

1. No labor or health insurance. We have been asking about it for a long time, but they keep delaying it. There still isn’t any as of now!

2. The supervisors keep saying that the company was just established and asking us to be understanding and weather the difficulties together. They set standards that part-time workers must meet, and the rules are updated week after week, just like the company’s quotations. They are becoming increasingly unreasonable—to the point that even going to the bathroom or taking a sip of water could mean you fail to meet them.

3. They smilingly say that everyone is welcome to raise any problems and that adjustments will be made as appropriate. But when a colleague did raise an issue, they were fired (?!), because it made the supervisor lose face and made it difficult to lead the team (unable to control the part-time lambs).

4. They tell customers that there is a “ten years in the making” special promotional campaign, but tell employees that the company was just established? So we are expected to accommodate their constant changes, and the delay in labor and health insurance is supposedly because they lack experience?

5. If your performance is too good, they use all sorts of petty tactics to hold you back (constantly nitpicking over minor things—for example, telling you not to (hard-sell) customers. Where exactly is the line? Otherwise, they raise the standards so you can never reach them, then say you lack drive and are not serious. If your performance is poor, they threaten to cut your shifts or deduct your pay. The only reason they keep adjusting things is that otherwise part-time workers would earn too much).

6. One supervisor speaks extremely harshly; it could actually be considered verbal bullying in the workplace. They often say, “Do you have any logic?” One employee was abused the worst. Even if you have to play the bad cop, this is not the way to do it.

7. There is also an administrative staff member who is two-faced, showing concern for everyone while cooperating with the supervisor to play dumb and put on an act.

8. Double standards.

In any case, the company goes back on its word and violates the Labor Standards Act.

Some people just muddle through and reluctantly stay despite having many grievances. Anyway, feel free to go there and experience it for yourself! Good luck.