Workplace reviews and discussion: 廣律聯合事務顧問有限公司

I had been working there for one month. During the first week, I attended classes, and during the second week, I took exams. But then, suddenly one day, the boss told me to leave. He asked me, “What value do you bring as an administrator? You should know the Labor Standards Act by heart. If you don’t have time to study during work hours, you have to find time to further your education after work.” As an administrator, I was responsible for handling things such as replenishing drinking water, toilet paper, clerical work, offerings for worship and burning spirit money, setting up computers, receiving VIPs and interviewees, preparing documents, sending letters at the post office, receiving registered mail, registering and distributing mail to the appropriate contacts, ordering lunch boxes, preparing and placing supervisors’ lunch boxes, making coffee, organizing salary records, liaising with vendors, and other miscellaneous tasks. What I’m trying to say is that the company handles labor-management mediation, yet today, if an employee has made no serious mistake, you still want to dismiss them. You also often tell clients that dismissal is the last resort, and that supervisors should fulfill their duty to provide guidance. Looking at it now, all of this feels especially ironic! If you want a new employee who already knows how to do everything, you shouldn’t offer them NT$28,000—you should offer NT$60,000–70,000 instead! No one can watch an auto mechanic repair cars for a month and immediately acquire repair skills! Likewise, expecting me to know the entire Labor Standards Act by heart within one month, while also requiring employees to use their own time after work to study—isn’t that going too far?

On the surface, the company appears tolerant and patient when training newcomers, but behind the scenes it operates differently. Any mistakes made during a newcomer’s learning period are included in the error rate. This company needs employees with zero errors, so apply only if you think you can achieve a 0% error rate!

Although they tell you that you won’t have to work overtime, in practice, you finish work at 6:00 every day, but your coworkers clock you out at 5:30, effectively creating a system of unpaid overtime.