Workplace reviews and discussion: 三環亞洲股份有限公司

Leaving work on time

This company proudly calls itself a Japanese company, but in reality, the boss is the only Japanese person. As for the benefits and such, they naturally have nothing to do with Japan; during the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, there is only thin air.

None of that is the main point. The main point is that more than 80% of the entire company is female, and the boss seems to think the whole company is his harem. He treats the female employees he “likes” as confidantes, completely disregarding his own position. The standards he applies to colleagues he likes versus those he does not care for can differ by an enormous margin; toward the ones he likes, he is gentle and tolerant in every way.

Those he does not like, however, are treated as punching bags whenever he is in a bad mood. Not to mention that he privately messages the female employees he likes to badmouth other colleagues, giving no consideration whatsoever to his own position or status.

The funny thing is that the people he likes are all exceptionally problematic. Not only are their work abilities extremely poor and their pace extremely slow, they also tell the boss that they are busy while their colleagues are idle. The boss then believes them without the slightest doubt or verification and starts taking their side. It is truly admirable how he can be so blind.

He even openly mocks colleagues—regardless of gender—who do not win his favor, affecting other people’s impressions of those colleagues. If this is not bullying, then what is?

On top of that, the boss constantly assumes that employees are idle and only spend their time browsing the internet and chatting. When employees have nothing to do, he does not reflect on that but instead blames them for not finding work to do themselves. He may think everyone enjoys being idle, but he has no idea that being forced to browse the internet until you become utterly disillusioned is even more painful.

My advice to anyone considering joining this company is: if you are not confident that you can win his favor, do not try it lightly. There will be harem colleagues who do not want to be displaced and may badmouth you in private messages to the boss in order to secure their position, causing your previously peaceful days to suddenly become inexplicably miserable. Also, do not expect your Japanese to improve, because if you do not win the boss’s favor, you will barely use Japanese at all.