It’s actually quite strange too—does no one see how good the boss is to everyone? The colleagues who have worked alongside the boss along the way are grateful, and the boss has continued to give them opportunities. Sometimes we saw this and would ask the boss why they didn’t respond. The boss said: “It’s okay, there’s no need to fight back. Justice is in the hearts of the people.” Honestly, I was also quite stunned. This time I really couldn’t hold back anymore. I felt it was time to speak up instead of letting the company keep being attacked without responding.

One colleague was Ms. Tang, a very proactive customer-service representative. The boss thought she was highly motivated and asked whether she would be willing to become a secretary. Later, she even wanted to demonstrate that she could be an executive assistant. She and the boss got along very well and joked about everything. After she left, however, she treated everything as real and posted a bunch of conversations that may not even have happened, or even embellished them. Would you let such a trusted confidante be your secretary? ... Only her boss could be blind enough to do that!

Another colleague was Ms. Ke from the design team. Her design ability was quite good. Normally, she acted like the big sister who insisted on getting everyone together for meals—as if you were an outsider if you didn’t participate—and she often made fun of and excluded others. At the time, we also heard rumors from outside saying that our company had cliques and that it was best not to join... Actually, it wasn’t hard to know that they were talking about her. The boss saw that she was also proactive and that her design work and creativity were both quite good. At the time, the company also needed a manager, so the boss wanted to give her an opportunity. The boss did not deny her an opportunity because she was pregnant; she was even promoted after becoming pregnant. When the company moved from Wugu to Taipei, the transportation allowance for employees who did not carpool via Uber was originally NT$2,000, but the company proactively increased it to NT$5,000. For other colleagues, the boss arranged two Uber cars every day to pick up and drop off colleagues living in Taishan and Xinzhuang. This designer, who had received a promotion and pay raise, was in charge of the company’s performance. She did not fulfill the matters agreed upon before taking office, even after they had been discussed and finalized. The boss was worried that performance would continue to decline, and the company relied on this one source of income, so the boss asked her to step down. (This was also known throughout the company because there were conversations about it in the group chat.) As a result, she said she could step down, but her NT$15,000 raise could not be touched. Later, an investigation found that an accounting error had put the additional pay and transportation allowance into her base salary. In the end, negotiations broke down, and she portrayed the situation as discrimination against pregnant women! Everyone felt that the boss was really unfortunate... In the middle of all this, she took maternity leave early and did not come to work, yet the company still had to give her the NT$5,000 transportation allowance. But I don’t understand why she should receive a transportation allowance when she wasn’t coming to work. Is it that the child who makes the most noise gets the candy? In the end, of course, she still got her way.

Most of the company’s employees are women. Every year, people get married, have children, and take parental leave, from the north to the south. As far as I know, there are still female colleagues currently on parental leave, and no problems have occurred. Everyone has been fine, and they have returned after finishing their leave. If the boss discriminated against pregnant women, how could colleagues still dare to take leave? They returned and continued working normally! Everyone really needs to think carefully about this~

Everything has two sides. If the boss only fired good employees, the company should already have gone under. Everyone sees layoffs as bad, but I think they are much better than maliciously withholding wages or bullying people until they can no longer stay. For those of us still working here, it really feels inexplicable. The company is getting better and better. When the boss sees everyone is tired, afternoon tea is never lacking, the snack cabinet is always full, and coffee, lattes, and milk are automatically replenished for everyone to drink. When employees have suggestions, the boss immediately implements whatever the company can do for everyone. For example, an employee previously mentioned that the company should have a coffee machine, and the next day a coffee machine, coffee beans, and milk immediately appeared. These are things those of us currently employed have seen. In addition, quite a few people have recently received promotions and pay raises. Given how bad the current environment is, and that this company can still operate like this, would you really think the boss is as some people have described?

Also, we haven’t seen the boss interviewing for senior positions lately. The company is working directly with headhunters instead, and we’re relieved!

I was there during the company’s most difficult period. A group of colleagues deliberately slacked off collectively and were “laid off.” If you hate a company, shouldn’t you resign? How did it become slacking off until you were laid off? This is what I saw from inside. I’m not trying to help anyone; I’m simply stating what I saw. Don’t fight!

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