None

Last year, I interviewed for an accounting position. We had originally agreed on a start date, and after the interview I told the boss that I had been ill before, but that my treatment had now ended and I only needed regular follow-up appointments. Unexpectedly, the boss’s expression changed, and she pressed me about my condition—why I still needed follow-up appointments and why I would need to take time off for them if the treatment was already finished…. After that, she became very vague about my upcoming start date, only saying that she would have HR send me a notice. She also complained that my requested salary of 32,000 was too high, saying the company could only scrape together enough from here and there to pay me. Several days passed without HR sending me a start-date notice. I still assumed they were just too busy and had forgotten, and that the job was still available. A few days later, I unexpectedly received another interview invitation. Completely confused, I replied, “Wasn’t it agreed that I could start work on the scheduled date? Why are you sending me another interview invitation?” The company replied that it had been sent by mistake.

I contacted 104 customer service, and they told me that the system operation was very clear, so it was virtually impossible to click the wrong option by accident. I thought this was clearly discrimination against me for needing follow-up medical appointments because of my illness. When the company later sent me a start-date notice, I declined it and also reported the company to 104.

Now that I’ve seen the experiences of former employees of this company online, I’m so glad I never ended up working there. I’m about to complete one year at my current job, earning 40,000. I don’t have to work overtime, and my supervisor and boss have no objection to my taking time off for follow-up appointments. They even proactively rearrange my workload so that I can focus on attending my appointments.

By the way, regarding overtime, the boss at this company told me, “I never asked everyone to work overtime. You all just love the company so much that you insist on staying late and working overtime yourselves.”