Mountain Living_新加坡商原生活有限公司台灣分公司

Nothing but a pretty exterior

You have to be extremely scheming to survive in this place, and there are many people who put on a friendly face while harboring ill intentions! They also stab you in the back and spread gossip! Baseless rumors about others are constantly being fabricated! They bully newcomers badly. They claim it is a team performance, but they place great importance on individual performance; the sales staff compete fiercely for results. They are extremely suspicious, always looking for loopholes in the Labor Standards Act, and the pay is pitifully low!

A store run by Chinese people

Not recommended for shopping

Not recommended as a workplace

This company is run by Chinese people

It specializes in selling products at highly inflated prices to profit from Taiwanese customers, while enjoying a comfortable life in Singapore

This company is truly extremely frightening

Pursuing excessive profits is basically no different from being a scam operation

Employees deceive customers into buying highly overpriced products, while employee wages are pitifully low

They are basically taking money to give their bosses a comfortable life

By all means, do not be soft-hearted and get involved with this kind of company; it will not do anything for you

I hope no more inexperienced or soft-hearted people will become victims

Do not be tricked into helping Chinese people live a comfortable life

This company is truly impressively terrible

The company is clearly violating the Labor Standards Act

Wages are frequently paid incorrectly.

Part of employees’ wages has been owed for several months.

The company is clearly violating the Labor Standards Act

Wages are frequently paid incorrectly.

Part of employees’ wages has been owed for several months.

Running a store together as a married couple

The issue of low wages for domestic workers has recently sparked considerable discussion. The causes identified in various discussions include the ineffective transformation of Taiwan’s industrial structure, businesses operating through price-cutting competition by lowering labor costs, generally low wages in the service industry, the devaluation of educational credentials due to an oversupply of graduates, workers’ insufficient bargaining power regarding wages, and the anchoring effect of the NT$22,000 wage level.

While most discussions have focused on industrial structure and labor-market factors, some market observers have examined the causes of low wages in Taiwan from the perspective of social attitudes and culture. Many businesses in Taiwan are family enterprises. On the one hand, they may lack sufficient funds to pay high salaries; on the other hand, when designing compensation packages, some family businesses may be more inclined to consider the interests of family members, resulting in relatively lower salaries for other employees. Public opinion has also criticized Taiwanese business owners for being stingy with money, treating employees more like “workers” than “partners,” being less willing to provide sufficient training or help employees grow, and believing even more strongly that there is no need to pay higher wages. These values stem mainly from Taiwan’s long-standing culture of careful frugality, especially in family-run businesses.

For example, market observer Chen Zhendong noted that in Taiwanese family businesses, family members often occupy senior management positions. In particular, executives at Taiwan-listed companies are frequently major shareholders: they pay themselves high salaries and arrange for family members and relatives to serve as executives and receive high pay. To answer to shareholders, however, they must suppress entry-level wages in order to maintain profit levels. He therefore believes that executives’ self-interest, which leads to an unequal distribution of wages, is one reason for Taiwan’s low wages at the grassroots level.

For another example, according to the “Table of Economic Growth Rates and Factor Income Shares of Gross Domestic Product Over the Years” published by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, the proportion of Taiwan’s GDP accounted for by compensation of employees fell from over 50% in 1992 to 44.9% in 2020 over the past 25 years. During the same period, the proportion accounted for by operating surplus rose from 30% to 34%, showing that corporate profits did not flow into employee wages. In response, media worker Peng Xingzhu pointed out that business owners profit but are unwilling to share generously; the money all ends up in the pockets of business owners and major shareholders, making Taiwan’s distribution of wealth even more unequal!

Work in the furniture department.

Compared with other companies, it is relatively flexible, including flexible clock-in and clock-out times.

Overtime hours can be exchanged for compensatory leave.

The work atmosphere is normal, and almost all colleagues are easy to get along with.

Because it is an open-plan office, you need to be able to tolerate the noise from restaurant customers. After all, customers’ volume is uncontrollable, but you can wear headphones while working, which more or less solves this issue.

The hardware equipment often breaks down—one thing after another.

The office seating is on the first floor, while the restroom is on the second floor, so going to the restroom is somewhat inconvenient.

As long as you are very good at flattering your supervisor, you will receive good待遇.

This company's salary calculation methods, whether for furniture or restaurants, differ from and do not comply with the Labor Standards Act. Your pay may be maliciously reduced. Company benefits can be cut at any time, and policies change constantly and vary from person to person. It is not a suitable place for long-term development. Whether you are too proactive or too passive, people will target you. Only those who are good at flattery can survive here for a long, long time.

1. The company boss makes a fortune, hiding out in Singapore and enjoying the good life.

If you don’t like me writing this, ARON, stay in Taipei and do your job properly.

There’s nothing great about being the boss—you’re an employee too.

Advice for people planning to work at this company

1. Confirm your salary, benefits, and employment rights.

2. If you regard the boss as a normal person, make sure to properly demand that he work in Taipei. Don’t run around everywhere.

3. If you still want to treat the boss like a god, he will only continue to harm the next person.

5. Completely uncompetitive salary and benefits.

6. The boss is a perpetrator who seriously exploits workers by denying them fair compensation, while making a fortune himself and hiding out in Singapore to enjoy the good life.

7. ARON, if you’re unhappy about seeing this, please review your own conduct, shut down the management department, and start over. Thank you.

8. The salary and benefits are roughly like this; everyone who has interviewed knows and understands clearly.

What, your company is going to be extremely unhappy when it sees this? Then ARON and VIVI, make sure you don’t make any more mistakes in the salary structure every month. Thank you!

The company is clearly violating the Labor Standards Act.

(1) Salaries are frequently paid incorrectly.

(2) Part of employees’ salaries remains unpaid for several months.

Apart from the beautiful surroundings and the very attractive teak furniture, there are hardly any advantages.

1. Although the company is Singaporean-owned, both the boss and the boss's wife are Chinese.

2. The boss does not treat employees very well. The work is based on a responsibility system, and there is no overtime pay.

3. There is almost no year-end bonus; the only amount provided for starting work after the New Year is 200 yuan.

4. Regardless of the time or whether an employee is on leave, whenever the boss has something to communicate, he will contact you at irregular times.

Even during leave or outside working hours, it does not feel like you are on leave at all.

5. There are several people in the sales department who are smiling assassins. They pretend to care, but in reality they are looking for minor faults to report to the boss. Someone was forced out because of this. The boss also likes to exploit people, so employee turnover here is high.

6. The company’s computer monitors definitely track employees’ browsing activity. Someone was dismissed the day after using a company computer to view 104 Job Bank. Listening devices are suspected to have been installed in the office, and the boss occasionally goes to listen or monitor.

7. This link, https://iask.tw/q/r13R9, also contains reviews of this company from other former colleagues.

I advise everyone: unless you want to live a very eventful life, do not join this company—it is terrifying!

Lots of teak furniture.

The boss likes to maliciously dismiss employees because of his own emotional issues.

For one million in sales, you can receive a 3,000 bonus, by the way.

The boss is highly suspicious, so he personally strictly monitors the data on the company's computers to guard against leaks, but he forgets that his company is fairly small and doesn't have an exceptionally capable team.