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

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This is an unscrupulous company operating within the Veterans Affairs Council’s vocational training system. It is a Xiao family business; the owner, the owner’s younger brother, son, daughter, and relatives control personnel and finances, so don’t expect any prospects for advancement.

The owner of this company teaches classes at a Veterans Affairs Council vocational training center.

Basically, the owner of a company with nearly 20 employees and annual revenue exceeding NT$10 million looks down on the hourly teaching fees at the Veterans Affairs Council vocational training center.

What he wants is immediate access to those who have just left the military and are still naïve about the dark side of society.

That way, he can carry out his exploitation plan. Who wouldn’t think soldiers are easy to fool? Scam groups love this kind of target.

As for why it is unscrupulous:

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

2. Overtime pay: Basically, pretend this doesn’t exist. For new employees, when you return from a worksite, the owner uses various forms of emotional blackmail, sarcastic comments and looks from veteran employees, and peer pressure to force you to stay at the company and do odd jobs in the name of “practice.” For veteran 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 yelled at by the owner. None of this is counted as overtime.

3. No meals provided: Normally, when a company sends a work crew out, the foreman covers meals and water. This company provides absolutely nothing. You even have to pay for the boxed lunches sold at the construction-site canteen. And as for water, don’t even ask—if you fill up too much water from the office, the owner will lecture you.

4. Workplace atmosphere: Things are much more pleasant at the worksite than at the company, because returning to the company means entering a high-pressure environment. This is also why the veteran employees here all have such terrible attitudes. Naturally, they can only vent the pressure imposed by the owner on new hires.

5. Most importantly, the salary: New hires earn less than NT$30,000, with a three-month probationary period. Raises depend on the owner’s mood and are NT$500 each time. Leadership positions are just as laughable: an additional NT$500. There are technicians who have been with the company for three or four years but earn less than NT$40,000 per month, and 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 earn doing day labor—at most a little over NT$1,000.

6. Tools: The company does not provide basic tools and expects you to buy your own. Although there are shared power tools, the owner keeps a close eye on how you use them, and you have to pay for any damage. So people there basically prepare their own tools. There is one benefit, though: when you resign, you can simply take them all with you.

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