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 identity to take on depending on the situation. He chooses whether to act as the boss, supervisor, or employee according to which role benefits him most in different circumstances.

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, 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 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 also useless, so if you join this company as a salesperson, be careful.

He can completely act as if things he has said or done never happened, and he is highly skilled at manipulating conversations. If you work with him, be extremely cautious: not only should you keep records of what was discussed, you should also carefully assess each situation yourself.

Sales staff receive no phone bill allowance and no company vehicle. Fuel expenses cannot be claimed unless you drove through a location with eTag, and fuel expenses for scooters cannot be claimed either. Fuel is reimbursed at 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 entertainment 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 sales staff in various ways. It 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 still not handle it).

The person in charge says he does not take 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, 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. You must 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 kind and fears the strong. If you do not argue with him, he will think he can keep pushing boundaries and take advantage of you without restraint. He has a victim mentality: making even a small contribution makes him feel that he has given an enormous amount, and when others hold 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 that cost is everything, and does not dare to develop new markets.

He neither respects nor values talent. He considers a one-person company his preferred state and also believes the company only needs him alone.

Unless something work-related concerns one of his own projects, he basically pays little attention to it. 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 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 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 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 at 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 very small, so there are not really any promotion issues.

Salary adjustments for sales staff are tied to performance targets; there is no regular 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 a very nice person, but there is only one left.

That is all. Think carefully before joining.