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 own identity based on the situation. Depending on what is most advantageous to him in different circumstances, he chooses whether to act as the owner, a manager, 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 physical facilities and equipment are 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 he has had, except those who generated no value, has had conflicts with him. Reporting the issue to headquarters is useless, so if you are considering joining this company as a salesperson, be careful.

He is capable of completely pretending that things he has said or done never happened, and is extremely skilled with words. If you have to work with him, be very cautious. Not only should you keep records of your communications, you should also carefully assess every situation yourself.

Sales staff receive no phone allowance and are not provided with company vehicles. 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 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 entertainment budget. The person in charge himself does not cultivate relationships with clients, so this expense is not provided.

The sales commission system 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’ insured salary brackets for labor and health insurance. 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 still not handle it.

The person in charge says that he does not take performance bonuses, but he keeps the stable, high-quality clients for himself and takes the good projects as well. The sales staff are left with troublesome, trivial, low-quality projects. You need to be very capable at developing business; 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. Confirm with him whether you will receive overtime pay and how it will be calculated; otherwise, he will find a way to calculate it using the cheapest method possible for him.

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 boundaries and taking advantage of you. He has a victim mentality: contributing a tiny amount makes him feel he has contributed enormously, while anyone who holds their boundaries and prevents him from taking advantage feels, to him, as though they have wronged him. He feels betrayed and pitiful.

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

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

Unless something concerns one of his own projects, he generally 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. 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 and organizer, he behaves like a child.

He says he hates emotional behavior most, but he most often acts emotionally himself.

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.) Later, there was no more afternoon tea either.

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

Salary adjustments for sales staff are tied to performance targets; there is no fixed pay-raise mechanism.

There are some snacks in the office. They are replenished only when offerings are made, and 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.