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 what role to assume based on the situation. Depending on which option is most advantageous to him, he chooses to act as the boss, a supervisor, or an 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 office hardware and facilities themselves are fairly good. The building has indoor parking for cars and scooters, and the restrooms are also clean and bright.

The person in charge has stolen or poached clients from his own sales staff more than once. Every sales employee 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 can completely act as though 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 yourself.

Sales staff receive no telephone allowance and are not provided with company vehicles. Fuel expenses cannot be claimed unless you drive through a location with eTag, and fuel expenses for scooters cannot be claimed either. Fuel reimbursement is NT$9 per kilometer. The person in charge calculates the distance using a map; if you claim too much or include mileage from taking the wrong route, you will be called into the office and questioned.

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

The sales bonus system was changed very badly, and the calculation now exploits sales staff in all kinds of ways. It is unsuitable for people who want to make money.

For years, the company has underreported employees’ Labor Insurance and National 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 deal with it (although even if you do raise it, he may still not handle it).

The person in charge says that he does not receive performance bonuses, but he keeps all the stable, good clients for himself and takes all the good projects as well. The sales staff are given troublesome, trivial, low-quality 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 for you using the cheapest method.

He is basically someone who bullies the weak and fears the strong. If you do not challenge him, he will assume he can keep pushing and will have no sense of boundaries. He has a victim mentality: after contributing just a little, he considers it an enormous contribution; when others hold their boundaries and do not let him take advantage of them, he feels that they have wronged him, that he has been betrayed, and that he is pitiful.

He lacks decisiveness in his work, believes that cost is everything, and does not dare to develop new markets.

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

Unless something work-related concerns one of his own projects, he basically does not pay much attention to it. If you need assistance with work, it is more useful to contact colleagues in Hangzhou. 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 check your own account carefully 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, and although he is the host in charge of the event, he acts like a child.

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

The job description mentioned 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). Later on, there was no more afternoon tea.

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

Salary adjustments for sales staff are tied to performance targets, and there is no regular pay-raise mechanism.

There are some snacks in the office. They are replenished only when offerings are made for religious observances; 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 the 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.