金盛旺生物科技股份有限公司

Lunch is provided via catered boxed meals, and you can leave work on time.

Your work is not based in this office, but every day you still have to come here to open the door, turn on the lights, and turn on the air conditioning. Have you really forgotten that polar bears are running out of places to live…

The antrodia products are expensive, and the regulations have changed a lot. Because the GMP system for the food industry was abolished after the Ting Hsin incident, exporting antrodia products is difficult and troublesome. They are also not particularly easy to sell in Taiwan, and during my time here there were almost no sales at all.

The boss also has other trading companies. Although you join as an employee of a biotech company, there is actually very little to do… The supervisor will tell you to “help” with the trading company’s work, while the boss sees you as his employee and considers it “only natural” that you do work for all of his companies, regardless of which company you are in. If you have no relevant experience and are told to handle trading-related tasks, you will have no idea how to get started, and the supervisor will still scold you. Even when there is nothing to do, you are not really allowed to attend to personal matters. The supervisor can look up other things and take personal calls, but requires you not to do the same, and will even warn you that there are surveillance cameras behind you.

I sincerely advise anyone who wants to learn something or wants to do meaningful work instead of wasting time: really, don’t go…

If the supervisor is on leave, the boss may still expect you not to leave even during your lunch break, asking you to look after the company, and he also considers this “only natural.” During lunch, you are expected to turn off some lights but not others. There are many unspoken rules imposed by the boss. If the boss misplaces something, he will scold you first; if the supervisor handles something poorly (and does not tell you everything), he will also scold you first. If you do not know what happened, he will scold you again for being out of the loop… Pouring tea and washing teacups are also basic duties. Even drinking water in the office can get you reprimanded for drinking so often…

The supervisor sits behind you, so they can see clearly what you are looking at on your screen. They will also dictate what changes to make to the document you are editing, tell you to send them the webpage you are viewing, or ask what image you are downloading. They have a very strong need for control: they are allowed to handle personal matters, but you are not—the classic idea that “when the magistrate burns down the house, it is permissible, but when ordinary people light a lamp, it is forbidden.” There is truly no privacy, and it is very uncomfortable…