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 take based on the situation. Depending on which option is most advantageous to him, he chooses to act as the boss, manager, or employee.

The head office 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 customers from his own sales staff more than once. Every sales employee, except those who generated no value, has had conflicts with him. Reporting it to the head office is useless, so if you are joining this company as a salesperson, please be careful.

He can completely act as though things he has said and done never happened, and is very skilled with words. If you have to work with him, be extremely cautious: not only should you keep records of everything discussed, you should also carefully assess each situation yourself.

Sales staff receive no phone-bill subsidy and no company vehicle. Fuel expenses cannot be claimed unless you drove through a location with eTag; scooter fuel expenses cannot be claimed either. Fuel is reimbursed at NT$9 per kilometer, and the person in charge calculates the distance using a map. If you report too much, or include mileage from taking a 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 for the worse, and the calculation has become exploitative in various ways. It is not suitable 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, he may still not deal with 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 sales staff are given only 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 needed, you must apply to the person in charge in advance. Confirm with him whether there will be overtime pay 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 think he can keep pushing boundaries and take advantage of you. He has a victim mentality: after contributing just a little, he thinks he has contributed an enormous amount; if others hold firm to 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 getting things done, believes 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 also feels that the company only needs him alone.

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.

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 carried more things than he did, and although he was the host in charge, he behaved like a child.

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

The job description mentioned occasional afternoon tea. When there were male employees, he would pressure them to split the bill with him. There was a budget for afternoon tea—for example, drinks could only cost less than 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 at all.

The organization is very small, so there are not really any promotion issues.

Salary adjustments for sales staff are tied to performance targets; there is no regular salary-increase mechanism.

There are some snacks in the office, replenished only when offerings are made. 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 expect anything.

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

That is all. Think carefully before joining.