Workplace reviews and discussion: 台灣歐瑞科技股份有限公司

A company with fewer than five employees.

The person in charge is someone who decides what role to take based on the situation. Depending on which option benefits him most, he chooses to act as the owner, a manager, or an 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 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 physical facilities and equipment are pretty good. The building has indoor parking for cars and motorcycles, and the restrooms are clean and bright.

The person in charge has poached or stolen clients from his own salespeople more than once. Every salesperson who has worked there, except those who generated no revenue, has had conflicts with him. Reporting the issue to the head office is useless, so if you are considering joining this company as a salesperson, be careful.

He can completely act as though things he has said or done never happened, and he is highly skilled at manipulating conversations. If you have to work with him, be extremely cautious: not only should you document all communications, you should also carefully assess every situation yourself.

Sales staff receive no telephone allowance and are not provided with company vehicles. Fuel expenses cannot be claimed unless you drove through a location with an eTag, and fuel expenses for motorcycles cannot be claimed either. Fuel is reimbursed at 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 public-relations expense budget. The person in charge himself does not cultivate relationships with clients, so this expense is not provided.

The sales commission scheme was changed for the worse, and the calculation now exploits salespeople in various ways. It is unsuitable for anyone who wants 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 receive performance bonuses, but he keeps the stable, high-quality clients for himself and takes the good projects as well. The salespeople are given only troublesome, trivial, 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 there will be 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 take advantage of you. He has a victim mentality: after contributing a tiny amount, he thinks he has contributed an enormous amount; when others hold their boundaries and refuse to let him take advantage of them, he feels that they have wronged him, betrayed him, and that he is pitiful.

He lacks the decisiveness to get things done and believes 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 also thinks the company only needs him.

Unless it concerns his own projects, he basically pays little attention to work-related matters. If you need help 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 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 behaves 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 share the cost 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 at all.

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

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

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

That is all. Think carefully before joining.