Workplace reviews and discussion: 微笑單車股份有限公司

No advantages

The work is all outdoor bicycle repairs and replacing batteries for the bikes.

If you want water, you have to buy it yourself. Every day you are exposed to sun and rain, plus mosquito bites.

The full-time employees order you around, telling you to do this and that. Every one of them acts as if they are a supervisor.

First, let me say that this happened in a certain city with a high cost of living. I don't know what the situation is like in other counties and cities.

Office politics.

A group of useless middle-aged men with no achievements in life—in plain terms, they are merely bicycle managers here, yet they still expect others to respect them.

Before the one-hour break is even over, they make part-time workers start working.

The reason is: “You need to prepare for work and return to the station early, rather than only starting work after taking the full break.”

What twisted logic—trying to take away your break time.

When the part-time shift ends, you are supposed to clock out at 6 p.m., but you still have to endure pressure from the full-time employees.

They tell you to replace a few more batteries before coming back, directly pushing you past your scheduled end time.

The Aurora clock-in system forcibly records 6 p.m.

Of course, you cannot be late for work.

But they can still take advantage of you during both your break and at the end of your shift.

You have to report when taking your one-hour break.

You have to report when your break ends.

You have to report when you go refuel.

You have to report when you go to the bathroom.

Otherwise, a team leader will say that you disappeared, were absent without leave, slacked off, or were loafing.

If you disagree with what he says and argue with him,

instead, one day while you are repairing a bicycle outside,

the team leader, holding a grudge against you, changes into casual clothes during work hours.

He disguises himself as a member of the public and secretly approaches you, then loudly berates, shouts at, and insults you, accusing you of slacking off and fooling around.

You ask the team leader to control his emotions and not get so worked up.

He shouts at a high volume, saying, “We’re outdoors. I’m afraid you can’t hear me.”

He tells you to squat down and demonstrate how to repair the bike for him while shouting at you from the side.

He says you are nervous and guilty, asks whether you don’t know how to do it or are unfamiliar with it, and records you, saying he will show your work steps to management.

He says you do a poor job and don’t know how to do it, and threatens to have management fire you and make you unemployed.

Changing into casual clothes to insult a part-time worker is plainly a personal grudge. So is he representing himself now, or is he representing Smile Bike?

Later, another team leader asked what had happened.

After hearing the story, he actually staged a performance and claimed:

The part-time worker had threatened him, and the part-time worker said they would deal with it through social affairs.

Someone hits someone and then cries for help??????

They also refused to let the part-time worker report the workplace bullying to the manager.

Instead, they used LINE to prepare to tag everyone in the group with @All, saying they would arrange a meeting with the manager.

Only when they could no longer suppress the matter did they agree to inform the manager.

Later, the manager called both sides to a meeting to explain and confront each other.

The matter was also suppressed.

The part-time worker received one major demerit and one minor demerit.

Reasons:

Minor demerit: Not wearing the company vest (It was 38°C outside, and repairing vehicles requires constant movement. The vest material is completely non-breathable—is the intention to cause heatstroke?)

Major demerit: Absent without leave on the afternoon of the incident (Your people can come after me, but I’m not even allowed to hide?)

The team leader changed into casual clothes during work hours to seek revenge—no problem.

The team leader staged the incident and falsely accused you of threatening him—no problem.

The manager even told the part-time worker: “Once our company records three major demerits, you are immediately dismissed.”

Of course, they can also dismiss you directly depending on the circumstances, without waiting until you accumulate three.

Wow, it is basically a threat—they can make you unemployed at any time.