Workplace reviews and discussion: 埴鈁藝術有限公司

Becoming an employee with a strong submissive streak

Work starts at 8:00 a.m., with a 1.5-hour lunch break, and flexible departure between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m. Overtime must be approved by a supervisor before it can be claimed, rather than being provided in accordance with the Labor Standards Act. In other words, it depends on the supervisor’s mood (including overtime pay for going off-site to work on events, which is also granted at the supervisor’s discretion). Overtime is calculated at 1.33 and 1.66 times the regular rate, but it is not actually paid in full.

No comment on the work itself. Costs incurred from redoing work are the employee’s responsibility (for example, mistakes in outsourcing). The supervisor also gossips about colleague B behind colleague A’s back, and about colleague A behind colleague B’s back. The supervisor likes to talk about productivity, but in reality, the standard for productivity is simply leaving later than the supervisor. If you leave earlier, you will be verbally bullied or deliberately made things difficult for you at every turn.

The company’s future prospects feel completely restricted. Apart from the company focusing on the main lantern, most other event projects essentially involve taking old files or previously proposed designs, modifying them again, and submitting them. The main lantern is traditional and devoid of new ideas year after year. Many of the things produced cannot be recycled or reused at all, and are even kept in storage at the event site.

The company also reduces salaries and deducts pay. Labor and health insurance are a complete mess, with high salaries being underreported, annual leave being granted incorrectly, and overtime not being paid in full. This company is completely violating the Labor Standards Act. (An online search has confirmed that the company has violated the Labor Standards Act.)