Workplace reviews and discussion: 萊優事業有限公司

Labor insurance is provided in accordance with the Labor Standards Act.

People: The senior accountant is probably around 50 years old. She likes to order the receptionist to do miscellaneous tasks. Even tasks that can be handled easily herself have to be delegated to the assistant. Most absurdly, she once used the boss’s name to tell the assistant: “The boss doesn’t like black text on white folder labels. Redo them.” She also tells the receptionist to add soil to the flowerpots. She has very poor emotional control and raises her voice whenever there is a disagreement. She is very long-winded—she could be described as the company’s hall monitor and environmental crusader. Although she is older, she dresses as if she still thinks she is a young girl. I had to watch out for my eyes every day after work. She also couldn’t find documents and shifted the blame onto others! After losing a receipt, she gave the assistant a blank one to fill out (and even said verbally, “I’ll donate a blank one for you to fill out”???).

Management ignored the assistant being bullied by the accountant, and the accountant could dump many tasks on the assistant. The company’s senior management was extremely stingy: even a small pack of cube-sized tissues had to be strictly controlled and logged. Consumables could not be purchased in large quantities; there had to be just the right amount.

Environment: The office occupied the first and second floors of a residence. The second floor consisted of suites: one small studio and one two-bedroom, one-living-room unit. It could not be called dirty, but it was very messy. The company also operated a part-time e-commerce business without renting a separate warehouse, so the entire office was essentially a warehouse. All the electrical appliances were extremely old.

Job duties: The receptionist/assistant was not only expected to do miscellaneous tasks, receive clients, and issue invoices, but also reply to clients, act as a graphic designer to proofread materials with clients, help the accountant write SOPs, stamp documents, scan and photocopy, and handle all clients requiring advertising because it was an advertising company. Hiring one receptionist/assistant meant making that person a sales assistant, accounting assistant, and administrative assistant as well. Any task—big or small—that did not belong to any department became the assistant’s responsibility.

The company’s documents had not been digitized. Even shipping documents from the beginning of this year still had to be checked one by one on paper!

The company had no systems. Each position was handled by one person, and as long as you were senior enough, you could become a manager—a one-person department.

If you want to experience being a manager, you might as well apply.