Crazy working hours..

[Remi]

not really they just brought me my contract to sign...

[Feiren]

If they aren't talking to you that may be a bad sign.

Yes, probably a bad sign. At best, they won't look out for you when you are about to get screwed. At worst they will actively help engineer your downfall. It's very important to build relationships with your fellow slaves. An important way of doing that is by staying late as part of the 'team'. You are damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[Remi]

I am not an English teacher

[StuartCa]

It's not a bad sign and it's probably wise to just slope off and not say anything.

The reason that many people work crazy hours is because they live in very small apartments with their parents well into adulthood and have no desire to go home to sit with their parents all night. They get more space and privacy in an office.

[tommy525]

The taiwanese office environment also becomes their home. Their world. They go out to eat afterwards in many cases and become a close knit group. Affairs even take place !

[StuartCa]

The taiwanese office environment also becomes their home. Their world. They go out to eat afterwards in many cases and become a close knit group. Affairs even take place !

Who'd have thought!! Office affairs!! Tell me it isn't true Tommy

[tommy525]

The taiwanese office environment also becomes their home. Their world. They go out to eat afterwards in many cases and become a close knit group. Affairs even take place !

Who'd have thought!! Office affairs!! Tell me it isn't true Tommy

all too true my friend , all too true. The TV soaps dont hold a candle to what goes on in real life in the orifices.

[StuartCa]

Cheers Tomster I was wondering for a minute if my eyes were deceiving me. At least now I know one of the reasons I don't have office romances, I never work overtime

[heimuoshu]

Cheers Tomster I was wondering for a minute if my eyes were deceiving me. At least now I know one of the reasons I don't have office romances, I never work overtime

You don't know what you're not missing.

[PigBloodCake]

They get around it the same way western companies do: if you're asked to work overtime, then overtime pay is due....

http://careerplanning.about.com/od/federallawsus/g/def_exempt.htm

You can leave out most of the high tech employers in the States in your **western** companies quote above as they don't pay overtime to **exempt** employees.