Workplace reviews and discussion: 博聯生技有限公司

1. Take time off when you see red (menstruation leave)

2. The atmosphere in the reports team was very good at first, but it started to change later. Even so, setting that aside, I still think it is a relatively straightforward and easygoing place overall (people chat with one another, are happy to answer each other’s questions, and even bring snacks to share with colleagues. There are also incredibly kind colleagues who often give everyone cute stuffed toys).

3. The old salary structure was an extremely low base salary plus high bonuses (but this was also its downside, because year-end bonuses and overtime pay were calculated based on the extremely low base salary).

4. The sales team members were actually very nice. They often treated the reports team to snacks, and honestly, a large portion of the high bonuses depended on this as well (though it was also a source of pressure).

5. The former manager was very nice and easy to discuss things with. The only downside was that they did not advocate for the department’s interests.

This may be why some people later lost their motivation (quietly resigning??) and could no longer keep trying—I feel this way myself, though I’m not sure about the others.

1. The reports team was under a lot of pressure, which often led to overtime; sometimes we even had to come in on Saturdays. The division of labor was also disorganized, so during regular working hours we had to moonlight by helping colleagues in other departments. As a result, overtime at night was when we could actually focus on our own work (but the company was quite reassuring about this: the overtime pay was lower than outside part-time work, so no one would really maliciously work overtime).

2. The boss had a strong desire to make changes and even brought in professionals to make major changes to the workplace structure (parachuting in professional talent). However, they seemed not to stay for long, so things changed frequently and people found it difficult to adapt. Some changes were even made during peak season. We were already too busy just rushing to finish the reports… and the overtime was already extremely frustrating…

P.S. It may be because this is a family business: when the new leader (the second generation) takes over, they want to make a strong impression right away.

3. The year-end bonus was ridiculously low (capped at one month of base salary, and they would even find reasons to deduct it. P.S. The person who ranked first in the team’s peer-evaluation vote would receive slightly more).

I seriously suspect that the boss used our department’s money to subsidize losses in other industries. Otherwise, after our direct supervisor bragged in a meeting a few days earlier that the performance target had been reached ahead of schedule and even exceeded, why would they then cut your year-end bonus?