Workplace reviews and discussion: 蕙君室內裝修有限公司

Small family-run company

(The external office is just a regular home)

I was tricked into going there when I was in university.

The lady on the phone was very polite and even tried to establish a connection by saying she was a senior alumna from my school, which made me let my guard down.

But when I actually went there, I discovered that both the equipment and the office (which was actually just a home) were very old and run-down.

As soon as I arrived, the old male architect sitting inside spent half an hour reminiscing, talking about his past accomplishments and how difficult it had been to get into the architecture department at 淡* back in those days.

Then he started badmouthing former employees, saying they would leave after working for a while.

Later, after I helped with the drawings, I left early because I had something to do after working until near evening.

When I got home, I messaged the aforementioned “senior alumna” on LINE and gave her my account details so they could transfer that day’s wages to me.

But then I was left on read without a reply :) Great—I got freeloaded off, didn’t I?

Did they think that, just because I was a student, there was no way I could ask them for the money? (And they were actually right—I was young and naïve back then. I was such a coward.)