Workplace reviews and discussion: 儷寶化粧品有限公司

o Office staff, atmosphere, promotion prospects

"Generally speaking," relationships among colleagues are quite good, and there is relatively little backstabbing among sales staff (because they receive fixed salaries rather than performance-based bonuses).

The new office building is very clean and tidy. Parking for cars and scooters is difficult in the surrounding area, but there are quite a lot of lunch options.

o A cleaning lady comes to the company to do basic cleaning.

o There is toilet paper in all the restrooms.

Taichung headquarters conditions

× General conditions: Average working hours are approximately 10 hours.

09:00 start: clock-in system.

18:00 end: unpaid overtime under a responsibility-based system; employees were even asked to clock out before 18:30 and then continue working.

Anyone leaving before 7:00 would be asked why they were leaving on time or subjected to strange looks—a coercive culture. Employees would be assigned all kinds of excessive workloads (and strange tasks) to make them work overtime. If they did not work overtime, management would directly conclude that they "didn't have enough work" or "hadn't done their job properly."

Administrative staff also work overtime until 7–8 p.m.; basically, people are still handling matters or "waiting for approval" at 7:30.

× Bonus system

One small gift each for the Mid-Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Festival; in 2021, each person received only one small gift for the year-end bonus, regardless of seniority (everyone received the same).

After the reward and disciplinary system was established in June 2021, the stated rule was: "Employees who join after July will not be included in that year's year-end bonus distribution."

There is an evaluation every month, along with a reward and disciplinary system. The reward system is very vague. Written demerits, including the employee's full name, are posted on the bulletin board.

In 2022, I heard that colleagues who were still working there received an additional year-end bonus. I estimate they will use this to trick a bunch of people into joining ^_^

× Office staff overview

There are apparently around 30-something people in the office building, and approximately 2–4 people leave every month.

Basically, anyone willing to work overtime can become a manager, regardless of efficiency or ability. So when joining, it depends on luck which manager you are assigned to and whether you can actually learn anything.

Of course, if you are highly capable and have plenty of time to devote here, you can also be promoted very quickly (an option for padding your résumé).

× Job content

Most positions are provided with laptops (so employees can work overtime at home). The company's review and approval process is lengthy and inefficient, and people frequently spend time waiting for senior management's approval or revisions. Receiving messages at night is commonplace. Department managers have no real authority, so even minor matters require approval to avoid being reprimanded.

(Note: All of the company's senior executives are relatives or otherwise connected to the owners, and the opinions and management styles among senior executives are inconsistent.)

× Leave rules: Paper-based approval—extremely inefficient; they might even forget who is taking annual leave that day.

There seem to be many unwritten rules (for example, how many consecutive days one may take off and which days one should try not to request leave), but generally leave is fairly easy to take—although it still requires approval, approval, and more approval. According to colleagues, menstrual leave can be taken only three times a year (a company with mostly women offers no particular advantages). There is vaccine leave (unpaid on that day). Most employees are under 30, so I don't know whether maternity leave, parental leave, marriage leave, family-care leave, and similar types of leave can be taken or whether they are easy to obtain.

× work from home (WFH) – None

How could anyone work from home? At heart, this is a traditional manufacturing company. The office is quite grand and the space is not small, but it is not possible to arrange alternate seating, and no partitions have been installed.