我思空間設計有限公司

1. Working alone, quietly (a residence upstairs and an office on the first floor; the supervisor only passes through the office on the way to the basement)

2. Overtime pay is provided (taking leave results in a larger deduction because it is calculated by the day, while overtime is usually calculated by the hour)

3. Daily work progress is reported via computer screenshots. The advantage is not having to meet the person in person; the disadvantage is the pressure of having to report progress at any time (email only)

．Working alone, but also having to act as a domestic helper: office on the first floor, residence on the second floor

．Main issues: no labor or health insurance; failure to comply with the Labor Standards Act is treated as fair (apart from overtime pay, there are no benefits); monthly salary in theory

(Emphasizing that there is a lot of overtime pay, calculated as a higher hourly rate based on 20 days; bereavement leave still results in a salary deduction, and not a small one (in a 23-day month, this effectively results in an additional deduction because the hourly rate calculated based on 20 days is high. After considerable argument, the full amount was not recovered because I was told that the Labor Standards Act did not apply to me. It was then changed to deducting the daily wage based on 30 days); you get paid when you come in, and do not get paid when you do not come in, calculated as a daily wage, although the employer does not acknowledge that this constitutes a daily wage)

1. Every morning, the office is full of household garbage, or garbage from things casually unpacked and left where they were opened.

2. Every day, I was ordered to go out specifically to buy lunch and dinner. The distance could be near or far, and specific restaurants would be designated; it was never just one restaurant at a time. (This did not take up the lunch break, but it constantly interrupted work hours. When working off-site, I had to return to the company to buy his meals and then go back to the worksite to continue working.)

3. Employees had to advance money for expenses, including business-trip tickets and all lunches and dinners, then submit claims after the expenses were settled; the amounts could easily reach 40,000–50,000.

4. There were too many personal errands (buying wet wipes, toilet paper, chargers, Japanese food, X Hua Ma, 8X Yun Ji, Duan X Zhen, running all over the place, paying automobile traffic fines, etc. (for a non-company vehicle)). None of these were work-related, but the employer considered them only natural and believed I should not be selective about assignments.

5. It was impossible to reach a consensus through communication and coordination. (For example, although the Labor Standards Act specifies calculation based on 30 days per month, it was still calculated using 20 days, with the explanation that this resulted in more overtime pay. In reality, no one works 8 hours of overtime in a day, but taking leave could easily mean losing a full day’s pay. This only creates disadvantages in the future. After initially agreeing to a reasonable approach, they later compromised further and changed the calculation to 22 days. The coercive approach, using both soft and hard pressure, means there is effectively no protection in the future.)

6. No internet was provided, so data usage had to be monitored. (Daily work required checking email and responding whenever contacted; LINE also had to be monitored at all times. Depending on the mood, either email or LINE would be chosen for communication. If I did not respond quickly enough, I would be watched very closely and told to go to the telecommunications company to improve my phone’s performance and increase communication efficiency.)

7. No authority to print drawings (all information had to be looked up on a phone, and the computer had to remain on call at all times), and all tasks had to be handled using my own resources (mobile data, all secretarial technical work, paying fines, and unrestricted use of account transaction records.

*The records here refer to all lunch and dinner reimbursements being made by bank transfer, accelerating the rate at which the passbook had to be replaced; foreign currency for business-trip petty cash also had to be handled through the account: money had to be withdrawn to exchange it, the remainder then exchanged back, and the transfer back had to be reported, meaning it had to be deposited into the account again before being transferred out.)

8. No pantry, so I had to bring my own water.

9. There was a red-footed tortoise in the office (a care allowance was provided, but because the administrative staff member was a woman, I had to help her change its water).

10. There was no sense of trust, only a sense of being monitored. In addition, purchases had to use the electronic invoice carrier and include itemized details, and the prices still had to be reported on LINE for reference.