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I applied for an administrative accounting position. During the interview, I was told the salary would be 28,000, with working hours from 08:30 to 17:30 and weekends off. Occasionally, I would need to go out to collect payments or visit an on-site location for inspections.
All of the above sounded fine. In theory, it was within the scope of accounting, and being able to go out occasionally would be even better—I could get some fresh air. Not bad!
After actually starting work, I discovered that the reality was very different from what had initially been described. I wasn't doing accounting work at all. I would go out with the boss and wander around for the entire day, often not leaving until very late. Even more outrageous, I had applied for an accounting position, but was also required to clean community buildings, such as washing the courtyard and water tanks. These were tasks normally handled by cleaning companies, yet I ended up doing them together with the cleaning company contracted by this company.
I also learned accidentally that my predecessor's working hours were irregular as well. They often had to go out with the boss, and their work was frequently dragged out until eleven or twelve at night. Sometimes they were even required to go in on holidays. I was completely dumbfounded when I heard this. After asking further, I found out that my predecessor had resigned because they often finished work late, got into a car accident, and suffered multiple fractures. Since the boss had no one to drive him around, he told my predecessor to resign.
After learning about this and looking into it, I found out that this company had violated the Labor Standards Act multiple times. It was clear that this was not a company worth staying at. I resigned.
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1. The two properties are located in the Xinzhuang redevelopment area. At Cathay Xinzhuang Garden, the advertised salary for a chief administrator who also serves as a secretary is NT$31,000–32,000. One person is doing the work of two people, and the salary and benefits are extremely poor, completely out of line with the market rate for a chief administrator.
2. The salary and benefits for security work are NT$31,000, below the market rate. The mobile security guards’ schedules are not fixed; they must cover both day and night shifts to receive NT$35,000. At the other property, Guangtian Building, the service fee alone is NT$600,000, so the cost of providing mobile support to Guangtian Building is completely unreasonable.
3. When previously employed at the two properties, employees were not given pay slips, completely disregarding the Labor Standards Act.
4. At the previous job, employees’ pay was also deducted when they took leave, calculated by dividing the basic salary by the number of working days, resulting in harsh wage deductions. The person in charge of the property even said this was the basic way of calculating wages.
5. When you apply for a position at Guangtian Building, they trick you by saying the position is no longer available and ask whether you would like to go to Cathay instead, with the possibility of transferring you back later. They use this method to poach people. Cathay’s service fee is NT$300,000, and the wages paid are lower than those at Guangtian Building. Even though Guangtian Building has a high property service fee, the wages paid to personnel are also relatively low; the property management fees all go into private pockets.
6. Be careful when looking for a job. This property management company was previously reported in the news for failing to pay outstanding wages—the story appeared as a headline in the Apple Daily.
7. They are still recruiting through channels in Xinzhuang and property-management forums, but after being exposed, their current job-search channel is yes123.