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 choice benefits him most, he chooses to act as the boss, 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 is 8:30–9:00, and flexible end time is 17:30–18:00. However, 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 clean and well lit.

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 can completely pretend that things he said and did never happened. He is very skilled with words, so if you work with him, be extremely cautious. Not only should you keep records of all communication, you should also carefully assess each 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 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 public-relations expense budget. The person in charge himself does not cultivate relationships with clients, so this expense is not provided.

The sales commission system was changed very poorly. The calculation has become exploitative in various ways and is unsuitable 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 raise it, he may 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 the good projects as well. The sales staff are given only troublesome, tedious, low-quality projects. You need to be very strong 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. 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 possible.

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 further without restraint. He has a victim mentality: after contributing a tiny amount, he believes he has contributed enormously; if others hold their boundaries and prevent him from taking advantage, he feels that they have wronged him and that he has been betrayed and is pitiful.

He lacks decisiveness in getting things done and believes that cost is everything, so he 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 seems to think the company only needs him.

Unless something is related to his own projects, he basically does not pay much 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 is 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 behaves like a child.

He says he hates emotions most of all, 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 with him. There was a budget for afternoon tea—for example, drinks could only be ordered if they cost NT$70 or less; 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.

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

Sales salary adjustments come with performance targets; there is no fixed pay-raise mechanism.

There are some snacks in the office. They are replenished only when offerings are made, so 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 very nice, but there is only one left.

That is all. Think carefully before joining.