Workplace reviews and discussion: 聯永物業股份有限公司

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This company has an extremely high turnover rate. Although there are not many employees, most of them are older, with the average age probably over 40. This is not because everyone has worked here for a long time; rather, the company seems to prefer hiring older employees, although it is unclear whether this is a preference or because they cannot find younger people. The longest-serving accountant may already be in their fifties, with completely white hair. I am not sure how long they have been here, but the next longest-serving employees have been here for about two years, while everyone else stays only for a matter of months. The other employees also do not stay long and frequently leave after only a few months. There are almost no young people.

The boss has a great deal of authority here, but often does not give clear instructions. When something goes wrong, the boss then says that they had mentioned it before, leaving everyone else responsible. What you often hear is blame-shifting remarks such as, “So-and-so didn’t do a good job.” Bringing up one colleague’s matters in front of other colleagues is somewhat like speaking ill of them behind their back, yet in this environment, where privacy is supposedly valued, it has become common.

There is also increasing distrust toward field staff, with the constant assumption that they are slacking off. The company has been around for more than a decade, but I have heard that it does not have any stable partner vendors because the person in charge is constantly looking for new ones. Everyone suspects this is an attempt to get suppliers to take orders at low prices. If a company has worked with a supplier before but then suddenly stops, and a company that has been operating for more than a decade still has no fixed suppliers, what would you think? Everyone has to take on several roles. Even project proposals are assigned to HR and the secretary to write. There used to be someone specifically responsible for this, but that person later disappeared. The people in charge still have to work overtime, yet they do not dare say anything.

The entire management style is like that of a family-run restaurant. The general manager’s son was called in to work there, and I heard that, relying on the fact that it is his family’s company, he speaks very rudely and has essentially no sense of proper conduct or how to handle situations. He once even scolded an older administrator, asking whether they no longer wanted to work, and that person subsequently resigned. It is unclear what position the general manager’s son holds, but his instructions often conflict with those of the general manager, leaving other colleagues unsure what they should do.