Workplace reviews and discussion: 大昇消防工程股份有限公司

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Reposted from Dcard: https://www.dcard.tw/f/job/p/256933780

Summary: Extremely bad! Do not come work here under any circumstances!

【Office Environment】:

Every morning, report to an ordinary residence, then travel individually to various communities according to assigned locations, going out to work every day.

【Staffing and Atmosphere】:

There were originally 9 people in total. 2 have already left, leaving 7 (3 of whom have just joined).

The deputy manager and the administrator are a couple and occasionally flirt openly at work.

You are pressured to attend group meals after work; if you do not attend, you will be nagged about it.

The deputy manager once demanded that I buy drinks.

【Job Duties】:

Maintain the plumbing, electrical, and fire-safety equipment of various communities; regularly inspect water pipes and related equipment,

for example, cleaning sewage/wastewater tanks and water towers, handling residents’ everyday issues reported to security guards, and inspecting generators and fire-control units in underground parking garages, among other duties.

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【Drawbacks】:

《⓵Earlier start, later finish.》

The scheduled hours are 8:00 AM–5:30 PM. In practice, depending on the site, the company requires you to arrive earlier. There is no clear end time.

5:30 PM usually means preparing to wrap up or leave the site; after returning to the company to organize tools and notes, you leave at around 7:00 PM.

《⓶Almost no training; you are entirely on your own.》

The manager seriously teaches basic knowledge, but non-majors get stuck when carrying out tasks. After all, knowing electrical theory does not necessarily mean knowing how to wire things, and each topic is taught only once.

The deputy manager treats you like a gofer, asking you to carry tools, travel to worksites, and handle troublesome tasks. He does not teach you anything. His catchphrase is, “You’re not putting in enough effort.”

You have to write learning notes after work every day, and they are graded.

Manager: “Don’t write it in a way you can understand; write it in a way I can understand.” (??? )

Deputy manager: “Don’t write about basic plumbing and electrical work. You should already know it. Why didn’t you study plumbing and electrical work before? Not considering that you might do this kind of work is your problem. If you have the ability, you should be able to predict every step of the future.” (??? )

《⓷Heat and humidity, sunburn, insects, and biogas》

This is not the company’s fault, but you definitely have to adapt to it if you enter this industry.

The work is almost entirely in corridors, parking garages, and machine rooms. There are many insects and a lot of dust, and you have to come into contact with sewage pipes (urine and feces), inhaling gases that can affect your health.

《⓸You pay your own transportation costs》

You ride your own motorcycle to the worksites every day. Fuel costs are approximately 150 per week.

P.S. Don’t ride with the manager—his brakes are broken and it is very dangerous! Also, don’t ride with the deputy manager: he frequently runs red lights, accelerates and brakes abruptly, and cuts through traffic recklessly. When I rode with him, we nearly hit elderly pedestrians four times.

《⓹The deputy manager treats the work like a game》

While riding, he deliberately takes detours to lose you, then says: “Ha, you couldn’t keep up with my motorcycle because you’re not putting in enough effort or taking things seriously.”

He tells you to go to Site A to meet him, then goes to Site B; when you arrive at Site B, he goes to Site C—playing a game of hide-and-seek.

The equipment-inspection labels are often applied without any inspection at all; they simply walk past each unit and stick one on.

There are many other similarly childish behaviors.

【Key Points】:

➊ Excessive hours and overwork; multiple documented violations of the Labor Standards Act. The company clocks in for you, and you cannot clock in yourself. Even if you do not come to work during a typhoon, you may be accused of having a bad attitude.

➋ High risk. Two years ago, an employee died while working for the company; records can be found online. (Everyone has the same job duties, and the risks are the same.)

➌ Low pay and many responsibilities. When negotiating a permanent-position raise of 5,000, the actual increase was only 1,000. Other companies add 3,000 for obtaining certifications; this company adds 300—yes, only 300.

➍ “Responsibility system.” There is an on-call system: you must be on standby and respond to worksite calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for a total raise of only 1,500. The company has had someone go to a site at 11:00 PM on a Sunday. The average is 4.5 callouts per week. If the manager is on duty, the newcomer is responsible for on-call duty; even on regular weekdays when you are not on duty, you still have to provide support.

Additional duties include delivering letters, collecting goods, and going to worksites on short notice.

【Company Quotes】:

Manager: “Don’t speak so loudly. It makes me want to hit someone.”

Deputy manager: “Those of you who went to college definitely look down on me.” “The company is very generous; the only concern is whether you can afford to accept it. A monthly salary of one million is possible.”

“Do you have religious beliefs? If you do, I can lecture you until your faith collapses. I want to challenge your faith. God does not exist.”

“I haven’t seen many decent people in the entire industry. They’re all terrible.”

The day before I resigned, even the woman who cleaned the community said this company was no good, and the security guard advised me to leave as soon as possible.

【Thoughts】:

The interview barely discussed abilities; practically anyone could get in.

People with religious beliefs and those who did not major in this field should not come. Not only will they be disrespected, they will also be actively provoked, and no professional knowledge will be taught.

They say they do not train people the way veteran technicians do, but everyone was trained by veteran technicians. The mindset that technical skills should be learned by secretly observing others is difficult to change.

Deputy Manager Hu seems very afraid of educated people; interacting with him feels like caring for a giant baby. Even if you genuinely do not mean to look down on him, he seems very insecure and is difficult to get along with.

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There are now only 2 technicians and 1 newcomer left in the field team. Before I left, the company had also taken on 2 communities and 1 hospital. With the severe staff shortage and the mindset that “technical skills should be learned by secretly observing others,” I recommend that anyone looking to change careers or anyone with a relevant major who is interested in this line of work stay away from this company.

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I forgot to mention: my negotiated salary was 33,000, but I actually received 30,000. After deducting fuel costs and work-related tools and other expenses, I had approximately 28,000 left.

Tainan City 105/06/10 105/04/26 府勞條字 第1050398992號 大昇消防工程股份有限公司(王大同) Labor Standards Act Article 24

Labor Standards Act Article 30, Paragraph 6 Failure to pay the statutory wage supplement for extended working hours

Failure to record employees’ daily attendance through the minute

News regarding the company’s attempt to evade responsibility for an employee’s death:

https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/3841124

In Taichung City, Da Sheng Fire Protection Company had contracted the renewal of lighting equipment at a luxury residential building. During construction on October 5 of the year before last, a worker surnamed Wang was not wearing insulated gloves, and a damaged aluminum ladder could not provide insulation. The power had also not been shut off at the site. Wang suffered an electric shock and collapsed on the aluminum ladder; he was taken to the hospital but died. However, the company’s responsible person, Wang Datong, shifted the blame, claiming that he had “outsourced” the project to Wang and that Wang was not his employee. The Taichung District Court nevertheless determined that Wang received wages from Da Sheng and worked under the company’s instructions, meaning he was employed by Da Sheng. Although Wang Datong denied everything, he paid the victim’s family NT$3 million in compensation. He was sentenced to four months in prison for violating the Occupational Safety and Health Act, with the sentence convertible to a fine. Da Sheng was fined NT$120,000. The ruling may be appealed.