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 which role is more advantageous to him in a given circumstance, 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 themselves 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 former salesperson, except those who generated no revenue, has had conflicts with him. Reporting the issue to headquarters was useless, so if you join this company as a salesperson, be careful.

He can completely pretend that things he said or did never happened. He is very skilled with words, so if you have to work with him, be extremely 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 phones. Fuel expenses cannot be claimed for travel unless you drive through a location with eTag; scooter fuel expenses cannot be claimed either. Fuel reimbursement is NT$9 per kilometer. The person in charge calculates the distance using map data. 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 public-relations budget. The person in charge does not cultivate relationships with clients himself, so this expense is not provided.

The sales bonus system was changed for the worse, and the calculation now exploits sales staff in various 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 handle it (although even if you do, he may still not handle it).

The person in charge says he does not take performance bonuses, but keeps all the stable, high-quality clients for himself and takes the good projects as well. The salespeople are given troublesome, trivial, and poor-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 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.

He is basically someone who bullies the weak and fears the strong. If you do not challenge him, he will believe he can keep pushing boundaries without restraint. He has a victim mentality: making a small contribution leads him to believe he has given an enormous amount, and when others hold firm to their boundaries and prevent him from taking advantage, he feels they have wronged him, betrayed him, and that he is 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 concerns one of his own projects, 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 lunch.

He has forgotten to pay salaries more than once, so monitor your own account to make sure your salary is 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 and organizer, he behaved like a child.

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

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 cost up to 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 basically no promotion issues.

Sales salary adjustments are tied to performance targets; there is no regular pay-raise mechanism.

There are some snacks in the office, replenished only when offerings are made during worship 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 the red envelopes. Do not expect anything.

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

That is all. Think very carefully before joining.