Workplace reviews and discussion: 全盛科技有限公司

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This is a predatory company embedded in the Veterans Affairs Council’s vocational training system. It is a Hsiao family-owned business; the boss, his younger brother, son, daughter, and relatives control personnel and finances, so don’t expect any career development.

The boss teaches at a Veterans Affairs Council vocational training center.

Basically, the owner of a company with nearly 20 employees and annual revenue exceeding ten million is not interested in the hourly teaching fees at a Veterans Affairs Council vocational training center.

What he wants is first-hand access to those who have just left the military and are still unfamiliar with the dark side of society—innocent soldiers.

That way, he can carry out his exploitation plan. After all, soldiers are easy to deceive, and scam groups like this kind of target the most.

As for why it is a predatory company:

1. Working environment: There is a morning meeting at 8 a.m. where the boss assigns tasks and work. Sometimes, if he is in a bad mood, he also berates people. Attendance is recorded through a cloud-based system, which means that at 5 p.m. sharp you have to clock out at the job site or while on your way back from the site. That way, the company can avoid paying overtime.

2. Overtime pay: Basically, pretend this does not exist. For newcomers, when you return from a job site, the boss uses all kinds of emotional manipulation, sarcastic remarks and stares from senior employees, and peer pressure to force you to stay at the company to do odd jobs under the guise of “practice.” For senior employees, it is actually even worse, because after returning to the company they have to fill out all kinds of forms, submit official documents, and get scolded by the boss—and none of this counts as overtime.

3. No meals provided: Normally, when a company sends a work crew out, the foreman provides meals and water. This company provides absolutely nothing. It even charges you for the boxed lunches sold at the construction-site canteen. There is no need to mention water: if you fill up too much from the office water dispenser, the boss will lecture you.

4. Workplace atmosphere: Being at a job site is much more pleasant than being at the company, because returning to the company means entering an oppressive atmosphere. This is also why the senior employees here all have such terrible attitudes; naturally, they can only vent the pressure imposed by the boss on newcomers.

5. Most importantly, the salary: New employees earn less than NT$30,000, with a three-month probationary period. Raises depend on the boss’s mood and are NT$500 each time. Leadership positions are also laughable—just NT$500 more. There are technicians who have been with the company for three or four years and earn less than NT$40,000 a month; they have to work overtime on holidays to exceed NT$40,000. The holiday overtime pay is particularly ridiculous: calculated out, it is less than what you would make doing day labor, at most just over NT$1,000.

6. Tools: The company does not provide basic tools and makes you buy your own. Although there are shared power tools, the boss keeps a close eye on how you use them, and you have to pay if they break. So basically, everyone there prepares their own tools. There is one upside: when you resign, you can simply take them all with you.

7. Why hasn’t the company been sued? This goes back to what I said earlier: soldiers are easy to deceive and innocent, so there have not yet been any labor disputes. After brainwashing people through his classes, every few months he manages to trick another fool into joining his company. I’m writing this long post just to save one person at a time. Low-voltage technicians are in short supply on the market, so don’t let this company deceive you.