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 his own identity based on the situation. Depending on which role benefits him most in a given circumstance, he chooses to act as the owner, manager, or employee.

The headquarters is in Hangzhou, China, and Taiwan is a branch office.

There were at most four colleagues.

No overtime. Flexible starting time is 8:30–9:00, and flexible finishing time is 17:30–18:00. However, if you need to take leave, it must always start from 8:30.

The office’s physical facilities are quite good. The building has indoor parking for cars and scooters, and the restrooms are clean and well lit.

The person in charge has stolen/poached clients from his own salespeople more than once. Every salesperson who worked there, except those who generated no revenue, has had conflicts with him. Reporting the matter to headquarters was also useless, so if you plan to join this company as a salesperson, be careful.

He can completely act as though things he has said or done never happened, and is very skilled at talking his way out of things. If you have to work with him, be extremely cautious. Not only should you keep records of all communications, 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 motorcycle travel, and for car travel, you cannot claim fuel expenses if you did not pass through a location with eTag. The 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 budget. The person in charge does not build 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 earn money.

For many 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 keeps all the stable, good clients for himself and takes the good projects as well. The salespeople are given troublesome, tedious, low-quality projects. You need to be very capable at developing new business; otherwise, you can only work like a civil servant for a monthly salary.

If overtime is needed, 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 possible method.

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 boundaries and take further advantage of you. He has a victim mentality: contributing a little makes him feel he has contributed an enormous amount, and when others hold their boundaries and do not let him take advantage of them, he feels they have wronged him, betrayed him, and that he is very pitiful.

He lacks decisiveness in his work, believes cost is everything, and does not dare to develop new markets.

He neither respects nor values talent. He believes that a one-person company is the state he likes best, and also feels that the company only needs him alone.

Unless something concerns his own project, 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.

He has forgotten to issue salaries more than once, so check your own account to make sure your salary has been deposited.

He is a man, but has neither a sense of responsibility nor strength. When organizing events, female employees carried more things than he did; although he was the host and organizer, he acted like a child.

He says he hates emotional behavior most, but he most often acts emotionally.

The job description mentioned occasional afternoon tea. When there were male employees, he would pressure them to split the bill 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 at all.

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

Sales salary adjustments are tied to performance targets, and there is no fixed salary-increase mechanism.

There are some snacks in the office; they are replenished only when offerings are made for religious observances. 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.