Workplace reviews and discussion: 台灣歐瑞科技股份有限公司

A company with fewer than five employees.

The company owner is someone who decides his identity based on the situation. Depending on which role is more advantageous to him under different circumstances, he chooses to act as the owner, manager, or employee.

The head office is in Hangzhou, China, and Taiwan is a branch office.

There were at most four coworkers.

No overtime. Flexible start time from 8:30–9:00 and flexible end time from 17:30–18:00. However, if you need to take leave, it must always start from 8:30.

The physical office facilities are fairly good. The building has indoor parking for cars and scooters, and the restrooms are clean and well lit.

The person in charge has stolen or poached clients from his own sales staff more than once. Every salesperson who has worked there, except those who generated no value, has had conflicts with him. Reporting the issue to the head office is useless, so if you are joining this company as a salesperson, be careful.

He is capable of completely pretending that things he has said or done never happened. He is very skilled with words. If you have to work with him, be extremely cautious: not only should you keep records of what was discussed, you should also carefully assess the situation for yourself.

Sales staff receive no phone-bill allowance and are not provided with company phones. Fuel expenses cannot be claimed for trips that do not pass through locations with eTag, and scooter fuel expenses cannot be claimed either. Fuel is reimbursed at NT$9 per kilometer. The person in charge calculates the distance based on map routes; if you claim too many kilometers or include mileage from taking the wrong route, you will be called into the office and questioned.

There is no public-relations expense budget. The person in charge does not cultivate relationships with clients himself, so this expense is not provided.

The sales commission scheme was changed for the worse. The calculation has become exploitative in various ways and is unsuitable for anyone who wants to make money.

For years, the company has underreported employees’ labor and health insurance salary brackets. If you join this company, check your insured salary bracket yourself. If you do not raise the issue, he will not handle it—although even if you do, he may not handle it.

The person in charge says he does not take performance bonuses, but keeps all the stable, good clients for himself and takes the good projects as well. The salespeople are given only troublesome, trivial, lousy projects. You need to be very capable at business development; otherwise, you can only work like a civil servant for a monthly salary.

If overtime is necessary, you must apply to the person in charge in advance. You must confirm with him whether overtime pay will be provided and how it will be calculated; otherwise, he will find a way to calculate it using the cheapest method.

Basically, he is someone who bullies the weak and fears the strong. If you do not argue with him, he will think he can keep pushing boundaries and take advantage of you without restraint. He has a victim mentality: making even a tiny contribution leads him to believe he has given infinitely much, and when others stand firm on their boundaries and prevent him from taking advantage, he feels that they have wronged him, betrayed him, and that he is pitiful.

He lacks decisiveness in doing things, believes cost is everything, and does not dare to explore new markets.

He neither respects nor values talent. He believes that a one-person company is his ideal state and feels that the company only needs him.

Unless something is related to his own project, he basically pays little attention to work-related matters. If you need assistance with work, contacting colleagues in Hangzhou is more useful. However, he will spend time managing what time these three or four employees eat lunch.

He has forgotten to pay salaries more than once, so monitor your own account to make sure your salary has been deposited.

He is a man, but has neither backbone nor strength. When organizing events, female employees carry more than he does; despite being the host and organizer, he behaves like a child.

He says he hates emotions the most, but he most often acts based on emotion.

The job description mentions occasional afternoon tea. When there were male employees, he would pressure them to pay together with him. There was a budget for afternoon tea—for example, drinks could only be ordered if they cost under NT$70; if you wanted a NT$75 drink, you had to pay the extra five dollars yourself. There were only four employees at most, and later there was no more afternoon tea at all.

The organization is very small, so there are no real promotion issues either.

Sales salary adjustments are tied to performance targets; there is no regular pay-raise mechanism.

There are some snacks in the office. They are replenished only when offerings are made for religious worship; once they are gone, they are gone.

There are no employee trips, only an end-of-year dinner. Bonuses are at most around NT$3,000, and the person in charge even competes with everyone else for the red envelopes, so do not expect anything.

My coworkers were very nice, but there is only one left.

That is all. Think carefully before joining.