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 what is most advantageous to him in each circumstance, he chooses whether to act as the boss, supervisor, or employee.

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

There were at most four colleagues.

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

The physical facilities and equipment are good. The building has indoor parking for cars and scooters, and the restrooms are clean and bright.

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 headquarters is useless, so if you are joining this company as a salesperson, be careful.

He is fully capable of pretending that things he has said and 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 all communications, you should also carefully assess every situation yourself.

Sales staff receive no phone 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 cannot be claimed either. Fuel reimbursement is NT$9 per kilometer. The person in charge calculates the distance using a map; if you report too much mileage or include mileage from taking the wrong route, you will be called into the office and questioned.

There is no client-entertainment budget. The person in charge does not build relationships with clients himself, so this expense is not provided.

The sales bonus system was changed for the worse, and the calculation method has become exploitative in various ways. It is unsuitable for people who want 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 raise it, he may not handle it).

The person in charge says he does not receive performance bonuses, but he keeps all the stable, good clients for himself and takes the good projects as well. The salespeople are given troublesome, trivial, lousy projects. You need strong business-development skills; 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 and confirm 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 possible.

Basically, he is someone who bullies the weak and fears the strong. If you do not challenge him, he will assume he can keep pushing boundaries and take advantage of you. He has a victim mentality: making a tiny contribution leads him to believe he has given an enormous amount; when others hold their boundaries and refuse to let him take advantage, he feels they have wronged him and that he has been betrayed and is very pitiful.

He lacks decisiveness and believes cost is everything, so he does not dare to explore new markets.

He neither respects nor values talent. He believes that a one-person company is his preferred state and seems to think the company only needs him.

Unless something is related to his own project, he basically does not pay 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 make sure to monitor your own account to confirm that 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; although he is 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 mentioned occasional afternoon tea. When there were male employees, he would pressure them to treat him. There was a budget for afternoon tea—for example, drinks could only 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). Later, there was no more afternoon tea.

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

Sales salary adjustments come with performance targets; there is no fixed salary-increase mechanism.

There are some snacks in the office, replenished only when offerings are made at religious ceremonies. Once they are gone, they are gone.

There are no employee trips, only a year-end dinner. Bonuses are at most around NT$3,000, and the person in charge even competes with everyone else for red envelopes. Do not have any expectations.

The colleague is a very nice person, but there is only one left.

That is all. Think carefully before joining.