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

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This is a predatory company operating within the Veterans Affairs Council vocational training system. It is itself a Hsiao family business, with the boss, the boss’s younger brother, son, daughter, and relatives controlling personnel and finances, so don’t expect any career development.

The owner of this company 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 would look down on the hourly teaching fees at a Veterans Affairs Council vocational training center.

What he wants is to have first contact with those who have just left the military and are still innocent and unaware of the dark side of society.

That way, he can carry out his exploitation plan. Soldiers are easy to deceive, after all—scam groups like this type the most.

As for why it is predatory:

1. Work environment: There is a morning meeting at 8:00 a.m. where the boss gives instructions and assigns work; sometimes, if he is in a bad mood, he will also berate people. Clocking in is done through a cloud-based system, which means that at exactly 5:00 p.m. you have to clock in while at the worksite or on your way back from the worksite. This allows the company to avoid paying overtime.

2. Overtime pay: Basically, pretend this does not exist. For beginners, when you return from a worksite, the boss will use various forms of emotional manipulation, sarcastic comments and looks from senior employees, and peer pressure to force you to stay at the company and do odd jobs under the pretense 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 berated by the boss—none of this is counted as overtime.

3. No meals provided: Normally, when a legitimate company sends a work crew out, the foreman covers meals and water. This company provides absolutely nothing; it even charges you for the boxed lunches sold at the construction-site convenience store. As for water, there is no need to mention it—even filling too much water from the office dispenser will get you scolded by the boss.

4. Workplace atmosphere: It is much more pleasant at the worksite than at the office, because returning to the company means entering an oppressive atmosphere. This is also why the senior employees there all have such terrible attitudes: the pressure imposed by the boss can only be vented on newcomers.

5. Most importantly, pay: New hires 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. Even taking a leadership role only gets you another NT$500. There are technicians who have worked at the company for three or four years and still 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 ridiculous—calculated out, it is even less than what you would make as a day laborer, at most just 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 boss closely monitors how you use them, and you have to pay for any damage. As a result, people there basically prepare their own tools. There is one benefit: when you resign, you can simply take them all with you.

7. Why hasn’t the company been sued? This goes back to what was mentioned earlier: soldiers are easy to deceive and innocent, so no major labor dispute has occurred yet. After being brainwashed through his classes, every few months some fool is tricked into joining his company. I am writing this long post simply to save one person at a time. Low-voltage electrical workers are in high demand, so don’t let this company deceive you.