宸富國際有限公司

The overall attitude was very friendly. Just answer the questions honestly, and the company will give you the result before the end of the workday.

During the interview, the boss did not tell me how the salary would be calculated, only saying that they would discuss it with the accountant and let me know later.

Not long after I got home, I indeed received a phone call—but then came the problem.

The accountant said they wanted to see whether I was suitable and satisfied with the job during the probationary period. Since there were only a little over two weeks left in the month, I did not expect to receive much money. I only asked whether it would be calculated hourly and mentioned the then-current statutory hourly wage.

The accountant was stunned for a moment, as if they had not expected me to say that. They then quoted a price of a few thousand dollars and said that this would be the price for the month, paid in cash.

This time I was the one who was stunned, because whether calculated as an hourly wage or a monthly salary, it was far too little! For a moment, I did not realize that this was a daily wage. I merely confirmed again: was the probationary period for this month really only a few thousand dollars?

The accountant said yes, but I still felt that it was extremely strange. Even sweatshops are not this outrageous! I said I needed to think about it and would call the accountant back later. After discussing it with my family, the more we thought about it, the more something seemed wrong. So I reluctantly called back to ask for clarification, and finally, after “pressing” the accountant, got them to say that this was a few thousand dollars per day.

...So why didn’t you say it was a daily wage? Why keep saying that it was only a few thousand dollars for the month? Were you trying to scare me to death!?

In the end, considering the nature of the work and the commute, I still agreed to try working there during the probationary period.

Two days off per week (working overtime on Saturdays), days off on public holidays, and the motorcycle can protect you from the wind and rain

The work is simple, with a 1.5-hour lunch break

Although you’re the boss and I’m the employee, there’s really no need to have this kind of attitude.

This was the first time I’d encountered daily-wage pay, and the rate was much lower than others’, but because of the nature of the work, I agreed to the probationary period. The funniest thing was that during the initial interview, I was told there was no such thing as a probationary period, but then you turned around and called me to say there would be one...

Then, on the last day of the probationary period, I still hadn’t received any notice from the boss about whether I would actually become a regular employee or how the regular salary would be calculated. So I called the next day to ask proactively, only to be told that we would discuss it again on a workday.

Fine, I arrived at the company before work and asked again. I asked the accountant and the boss, and was told it would be discussed after a meeting. They even planned to have me continue working first and discuss it later!? If we couldn’t reach an agreement, wouldn’t those one or two hours of work have been for nothing?

By this point, I was already somewhat upset. While waiting for the boss to finish the meeting, someone who clearly looked like they had come for an interview made me feel uneasy, while that person was asked to wait elsewhere—obviously so they could keep us apart.

Finally, after the meeting ended, the accountant came out and immediately said, “Our monthly salary is XXX. Do you want it?” They had no intention of sitting down to discuss it with me, nor of calling me into the meeting room to talk with the boss! After throwing out that one sentence, the accountant simply continued doing their own work!

I quickly took out the paper and pen I had prepared and asked the accountant whether this was the salary after labor and health insurance deductions. Since this salary was even below the basic wage, the accountant just kept repeating, “That’s the amount you actually receive,” as if implying that this was the amount after labor and health insurance deductions. Yet the accountant still wouldn’t give me a clear answer. What if labor and health insurance hadn’t been deducted yet?

Forget it—I’ll set that question aside for now. Because I knew this company sometimes required overtime on Saturdays, I also asked how overtime pay was calculated. The accountant stammered and couldn’t give me an answer, even saying they didn’t understand what I was talking about. In the end, they actually replied, “We’ll talk about it if you work overtime then!” What the...

This clearly meant they had no intention of continuing to employ me! And when I directly asked the boss when we would discuss the regular-employee salary, the boss blurted out, “I discussed it with the accountant over the weekend,” which already made me very unhappy!

If you already had an answer, why didn’t you just call and tell me? Why make me come in on a workday!? Although you’re the boss and I’m the employee, there’s really no need to have this kind of attitude.

When I left, I deliberately glanced into the meeting room, and that person really had come to interview for the same position. When I returned to the company to collect my probationary-period wages (the company paid in cash), I saw that person working there. The accountant’s attitude had also suddenly returned to normal. Is this some kind of split personality or what?