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

No, absolutely do not risk working for this company.

During the interview, they put on a very generous front, painted grand visions, and said they would give employees plenty of room to发挥 their abilities. After joining the company, I discovered that it was all lies.

It was clearly agreed that, as a salesperson leaving my previous company, I would bring my previous company's clients to this company and help it add a new product line. I already had the client list, and these were all clients I had worked with over the long term at my previous company. When a salesperson moves to this company, it naturally takes time to notify each client. That is perfectly normal.

But the owner of this company is extremely petty and does not trust employees at all. He seems to think every employee is slacking off and making exaggerated claims. On only the third day after joining, he insisted that the new salesperson learn about every Chinese gold and silver coin product and memorize the price of each one. How could anyone memorize everything after only two or three days at the company? The agreement made during the interview—to use this salesperson's expertise to help the company add a new product line—was repeatedly obstructed by the owner. It was obstructed again and again, making it impossible to truly demonstrate one's abilities and get things done. On top of that, the company happened to be attending an exhibition in southern Taiwan, and the owner wanted the new salesperson to drive there. The new salesperson had only just bought a car, and the owner wanted to take advantage of having an employee with a new car that could conveniently carry goods. During the short exhibition, the employee transported several large boxes of gold and silver coins—far more than could possibly be sold. It is impossible to understand what he was thinking. After asking current employees, I learned that nobody wanted to go with him. That showed how much everyone disliked him; he was a complete failure as a person. I regret not checking this site before joining the company. Working there was a huge waste of time. Fortunately, I have now resigned, and coincidentally, a sales order worth NT$2.5 million came in right after I left. This company is simply not destined to make money.

During the exhibition, only one new salesperson went with the owner. When the salesperson needed to use the restroom, the owner told the employee to wait. Then the owner disappeared for one or two hours without explanation. Also, when the employee wanted to eat lunch, the owner said the employee could not eat outside and had to buy a boxed lunch and eat it at the booth. After working in the outside world for more than thirty years, this was the first time I had encountered something so absurd.

When customers came to buy things, the owner would say one thing one second and something else the next. One moment he would say, “Hurry, hurry, hurry,” and the next he would ask why the employee did not know what to do. He put products away randomly and collected them randomly, creating complete chaos, and then blamed the employees, saying they had not put things away properly. He also said that keeping one's hands behind one's back was rude. This owner is the truly rude one. A mainland Chinese person is a mainland Chinese person, yet he refuses to admit it and keeps saying he is from Hong Kong. Is refusing to acknowledge one's own ancestors a polite thing to do?

During the few days I worked there, employees were genuinely not allowed to use the restroom. Even when suffering from stomach pain, we were not allowed to go and were told to use the restroom outside instead. The store was extremely chaotic, with all the products piled up on the first floor. After bringing all the products from the basement warehouse up to the first floor, the owner would not put anything away. The store was a mess. One by one, everyone who came to work there was driven away by the owner himself. The company was left with only four employees—serves him right. You cannot work with this owner. He has a poor memory and always blames employees for his mistakes. Instead of focusing on how to make money, he spends all day asking who was late, how many minutes they were late, who defecated, and how long someone was in the restroom. How can a company like this develop in the long term?

I urge everyone not to work for this company. Even the salary promised during the interview will be used as an opportunity to ask employees to take a pay cut. Everything is fake. Stay away.