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 most advantageous to him in a given circumstance, he chooses 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 office’s physical facilities 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 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 joining this company as a sales employee, be careful.

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

Sales staff receive no phone allowance and have no company vehicle. Fuel expenses cannot be claimed unless you drove through a location with eTag, and scooter fuel expenses 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 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 people who want to earn 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 deal with 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 all the stable, high-quality clients for himself and takes the good projects as well. The sales staff are given only troublesome, tedious, low-quality 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. 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.

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 take advantage of you without limits. He has a victim mentality: making even a small contribution leads him to believe he has given infinitely much, and when 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 seems to believe that the company only needs him alone.

Unless something concerns one of his own projects, he basically pays little attention to work-related matters. 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; despite being the host and organizer, he acts like a child.

He says he hates emotional behavior, but he most often acts based on emotions.

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, and 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 not really any promotion issues.

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

There are some snacks in the office, replenished only when offerings are made during religious observances. 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. Do not have any expectations.

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

That’s all. Think carefully before joining.