Workplace reviews and discussion: 源川國際股份有限公司

1. Flexible working hours; you can leave as long as you have worked a full 8 hours.

2. There is absolutely no management system, so it is very free.

3. Most colleagues are fairly easy to get along with.

4. Salaries are paid on time.

5. The office building is clean.

I suspect the only positive review was posted to whitewash the company. In reality, the outrageous things that happen here are definitely even more remarkable than anything previous reviewers have mentioned.

The biggest problem with the entire company is the owner and senior management (two people in total: the owner and one senior executive). Ever since the current owner took over several years ago, the company has been in complete chaos. The current owner is a businessperson who has handled multiple different companies in the past, but has absolutely no understanding of management. It is very obvious that the owner's only concern is getting the company listed. The company has been around for more than 50 years, yet anyone who stays for more than two years is now considered a senior employee—the scale of the problem is obvious.

1. The owner is extremely disrespectful toward people. He asks questions but does not listen to the answers and makes decisions entirely according to his emotions. Constantly changing his mind is normal. In addition, gender seems to matter when joining the company: the owner's attitude toward women (provided they are attractive) is completely different.

2. You could be fired at any time, although severance pay will be provided. It depends on the owner's mood, so the job is extremely unstable.

3. I have heard that the company has now definitely decided to go public. It feels as though they are looking for the next buyer to take over, so things might improve after a change of ownership—but the company could also collapse entirely. Think carefully before joining.

4. Because the owner fires people whenever he is unhappy, is an outsider who insists on directing experts, and does not respect professional expertise, the turnover rate is frighteningly high. Many highly paid professional managers and executives previously recruited from elsewhere could not tolerate the owner. They either fell out with him directly or quickly left on their own. In practice, the company currently has no department heads at all.

5. There is no overtime pay (this is disclosed in advance). Salary adjustments are supposedly based on performance, but there are essentially no managers, so for ordinary employees, a raise is almost impossible.

6. In one department, when one person succeeds, everyone connected to them benefits. The department makes mistakes constantly and always provides customers and sales staff with incorrect information, yet no one investigates even after the issues are reported. That department does not have to bear any responsibility or face customers, simply because it has a good manager. The company has even provided the department with an entire floor of office space.

7. The favored person has no particular work-related skills, but can appease the owner. In practice, the position is essentially that of general manager, with responsibility for managing everything. However, because this person does not know how, they also do not know how to manage anything, resulting in internal chaos throughout the company.

8. The relationship between the owner and senior management is disgusting, and there are also suspicious financial dealings between them. The company's finance department discovered them and raised the issue. Only join if you can genuinely stomach this.

9. The organizational structure is unbelievably ridiculous and changes frequently. It is hard to imagine that this is a once-famous company with factories in mainland China and an office in Taiwan.

10. Because the turnover rate is extremely high, senior management does not care about handovers. Many former employees deleted data out of dissatisfaction, so the employees who take over their work suffer greatly.

11. Since turnover is so high and employees generally have little tenure, there is virtually no training. You have to figure everything out by asking around.

12. The factory side is extremely overbearing because of the owner's inaction and inability to manage. You have to be extremely deferential when communicating with the mainland factory. Factory personnel may even call Taiwan directly to berate people whenever they are unhappy. Delivery schedules are chaotic, and when you ask questions, they often either claim not to know anything or brush you off.

13. Work assignments are extremely unreasonable. It feels as though whoever performs well is worked to death without receiving a raise. At this company, you have to know how to stay invisible and put on the appearance of being ready to quit at any moment; otherwise, you will be given more work.

In short, it is hard to imagine that a company could be this chaotic. I have only mentioned some of the things I genuinely find difficult to accept; there are many more absurd incidents and minor issues that I will not detail. To be fair, if you simply want to collect a paycheck, do not seek advancement, and can tolerate all of the bizarre situations described above, this company may still be worth considering.