Workplace reviews and discussion: 睿誼國際有限公司

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1. Family business; the worst offenders are all family members.

2. If you leave work on time, the COO will ask where you are going.

3. During the interview, the COO will not specifically tell you the salary, and the employment contract after joining does not clearly state it either. You only find out when you receive your salary after starting work. If you raise this with the COO, you will only be told, “I told you this amount from the beginning.” (It is usually lower than what was discussed initially; I don’t know whether this violates the Labor Standards Act.)

4. The salary and benefits are different from what is listed on the recruitment website. (I don’t know if they are afraid to state the amount because it is too low, so they just write “negotiable.”)

5. The salary is only slightly higher than that of the store staff they hire, but the amount of work is two or three times greater than theirs.

6. The managers assigned to positions are clearly less capable than other members of the team, and their desks are always placed at the back so they can browse shopping websites or other social networking pages.

7. When the COO wants someone to come to the office, they do not use the internal phone to notify them, but shout loudly instead. They also loudly criticize troublesome vendors in the office, making it feel as though you work in a marketplace. (The COO speaks with a Chinese accent and behaves like a Chinese auntie.)

8. There are often many meetings. After reaching a consensus in a meeting, the decision will suddenly be reversed a few days later, wasting the time spent in the earlier meeting.

9. The COO stipulates that employees have only three opportunities to take leave in a three-month period (only one leave request per month). Each time you sign the leave form, you will also be asked where you are going, what you are doing, and who you are going with.

10. The quarterly performance evaluation form, completed every three months, states that employees are not allowed to gather and chat—a primary-school-style concept.

11. On the surface, the COO uses praise to encourage subordinates, but complains about them behind their backs to family members. Even when family members perform very poorly, the COO praises them in front of everyone, while privately complaining to subordinates about the difficulties of being dependent on a family business. (Two-faced.)

12. Run away fast.