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post Dec 1 2008, 10:24 PM, updated 18y ago

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My friend keep telling dun go to chinaman company to work.I also dun know what is that.
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post Dec 1 2008, 10:34 PM

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That means don't work for a company where all the man come from China.
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QUOTE(JoLee @ Dec 1 2008, 10:34 PM)
That means don't work for a company where all the man come from China.
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hahaha.. what a good explanation
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cool answer - but c'mon la. let's be serious.

basically they're referring to those company where the management style is CHINESE - meaning all about $$$$$ work long hours and so on so forth.

that's my understanding of it la. oh yeah and quite often characterized by heavy chinese influence and having most, if not all Chinese staff BUT not necessarily so.

it all depends on da boss. biggrin.gif but then , best get your friend to explain what they mean cos everyone has their definition and boundaries.
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in a simple of explaining it

a company who follows the chinese methodology of running a business by squeezing every employee till last drop by paying them peanuts
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QUOTE(IEE @ Dec 1 2008, 10:24 PM)
My friend keep telling dun go to chinaman company to work.I also dun know what is that.
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Chinaman company definition are referring to employer/boss whom treat staff like shxt and pay peanut... Also, employer/boss that likes and reward shoe licker people only
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China man company means...every thing labor law only, u never get extra....

For eg:

5 & 1/2 days per week

10 public holidays instead of follow calender one..

Bonus "depands" on "management's discretion"

No dental, no coorparate parking, medical limited to RM 30 per month & etc & etc.........

And the untimate weapon during interview...the boss said " I tell you what, the pay (the peanut) I offer you is very high already for your position....(with those peanuts u can handle ur living well enough already)........

Hahaha....sorry, I don't mean these for those really kind & gentlemen bosses out there, but I really experienced all these on my own... sweat.gif
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QUOTE(cfng76 @ Dec 1 2008, 11:57 PM)
China man company means...every thing labor law only, u never get extra....

For eg:

5 & 1/2 days per week

10 public holidays instead of follow calender one..

Bonus "depands" on "management's discretion"

No dental, no coorparate parking, medical limited to RM 30 per month & etc & etc.........

And the untimate weapon during interview...the boss said " I tell you what, the pay (the peanut) I offer you is very high already for your position....(with those peanuts u can handle ur living well enough already)........

Hahaha....sorry, I don't mean these for those really kind & gentlemen bosses out there, but I really experienced all these on my own... sweat.gif
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Hahaha,
I think from all the explanations, I think this is nearest unless new example crop in.

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haha chinaman company those bosses veli calculative. i heard a fren of mine deal wif his boss from hong kong really kira kao kao.
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Means if the boss pays you RM2k salary, he plans to suck you out
by pressure you to work worth more than RM20k. Suck till you dry.. smile.gif
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QUOTE(driftmeister @ Dec 1 2008, 11:34 PM)
in a simple of explaining it

a company who follows the chinese methodology of running a business by squeezing every employee till last drop by paying them peanuts
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AGREE and SUPPORT your STATEMENT ALL THE WAY..

sorry for caps smile.gif

QUOTE(yen1022 @ Dec 2 2008, 12:01 AM)
haha chinaman company those bosses veli calculative. i heard a fren of mine deal wif his boss from hong kong really kira kao kao.
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ahhahaa.. then you should see singapore's one.. its even worst...

the worst chinaman company is OT = no extra pay

chinaman company the worst, but chinaman company survive long times smile.gif
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post Dec 2 2008, 12:08 AM

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chinaman are famous for kiamsiap (stingy) ... even local companies are better than them
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QUOTE(wister @ Dec 2 2008, 12:05 AM)
Means if the boss pays you RM2k salary, he plans to suck you out
by pressure you to work worth more than RM20k. Suck till you dry.. smile.gif
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partly true...

usually chinaman company will hire you pay you 2k... while you do 3 persons job...

while a MNC will hire 3 person give each person 2k for the job..

so in away chinaman company policy is

12 hours a day..

6 days a week

medical no claim, you sick its your problem not company...cause its you who is sick not company..

travel/parking own pay, why should i pay you to come to work....

leave is very very difficult to apply....
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is it chinaman company == company boss from china? or all the boss which is chinese? haha.... not all chinaman company bad 1 la...sure got some exception 1...depend on ur luck
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QUOTE(ykc @ Dec 2 2008, 12:08 AM)
chinaman are famous for kiamsiap (stingy) ... even local companies are better than them
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aren't local company considered chinaman company in terms of style.. even though they are local chinese ?
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QUOTE(red_scorpion @ Dec 2 2008, 12:09 AM)
is it chinaman company == company boss from china? or all the boss which is chinese? haha.... not all chinaman company bad 1 la...sure got some exception 1...depend on ur luck
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The boss is chinese.....not from china..


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QUOTE(JinXXX @ Dec 2 2008, 12:09 AM)
aren't local company considered chinaman company in terms of style.. even though they are local chinese ?
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Maybe he refer to those local owned company with western or those days ppl call it "modern" management style. hmm.gif

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QUOTE(cfng76 @ Dec 2 2008, 12:14 AM)
The boss is chinese.....not from china..
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the term chinaman is cause.. chinese comes from china.. and on a basic level all chinese type of business follow the same

chinese/china style of business

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Imagine you are the Chinaman boss.... U will oso want to squeeze ur staff till dry by paying them peanuts but in return able to maximise your returns.

C'mon la, we are all chinaman.... who dunwan "yi ben wan li" = means cost is RM1 but margin is RM10,000.
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Guy, please do not mislead our fellow members here.

A typical chinaman company will have a structure whereby most of their employees, especially higher level mgmt consist of majority chinese. But that doesn't means they're chinaman company either.

They will have the following characteristic as well:

1] Usually they can override all the policy they've set before.

2] Usually they are very calculative, especially in term of pay, bonus and allowances.

3] They do not favour work-and-life balance kind of things.

4] Usually the company will set lots of rules that's unfavourable to employees.

I guess that's all.
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QUOTE(keith_hjinhoh @ Dec 2 2008, 10:28 AM)
Guy, please do not mislead our fellow members here.

A typical chinaman company will have a structure whereby most of their employees, especially higher level mgmt consist of majority chinese. But that doesn't means they're chinaman company either.

They will have the following characteristic as well:

1] Usually they can override all the policy they've set before.

2] Usually they are very calculative, especially in term of pay, bonus and allowances.

3] They do not favour work-and-life balance kind of things.

4] Usually the company will set lots of rules that's unfavourable to employees.

I guess that's all.
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5] Employees 70% = freshgrad or worked not longer than 2 years.

6] Organize some event for employees and expect (froce) employees to pay half for the event they organized.
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But sometimes u can learn a lot from chinaman company, although u gotta one leg kick most of the times, but u will learn a lotta thing when u look back in future. Just look at their positive side, and u work in MNC doesnt mean ur work is gonna be easy and remember in some MNC, when their management r chinese, more or less stil have chinaman influenced.
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QUOTE(rockalt1292 @ Dec 2 2008, 12:02 PM)
But sometimes u can learn a lot from chinaman company, although u gotta one leg kick most of the times, but u will learn a lotta thing when u look back in future. Just look at their positive side, and u work in MNC doesnt mean ur work is gonna be easy and remember in some MNC, when their management r chinese, more or less stil have chinaman influenced.
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But why do we wanna learn all things and not enjoy life?

Do you want to work for all year long with just 10 days of annual leave which you are able to learn a lot of things or do you want to learn bit by bit but you are able to travel aorund the world for holidays for 3-4 months no pressure like those Europeans or Westerners.

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QUOTE(rockalt1292 @ Dec 2 2008, 12:02 PM)
But sometimes u can learn a lot from chinaman company, although u gotta one leg kick most of the times, but u will learn a lotta thing when u look back in future. Just look at their positive side, and u work in MNC doesnt mean ur work is gonna be easy and remember in some MNC, when their management r chinese, more or less stil have chinaman influenced.
one leg kick learn a lot? eh seriously la, OLK can quite often be just routine.

so you're doing 3 person's job but just repeating it day-in, day-out!

QUOTE(siren @ Dec 2 2008, 12:43 PM)
But why do we wanna learn all things and not enjoy life?

Do you want to work for all year long with just 10 days of annual leave which you are able to learn a lot of things or do you want to learn bit by bit but you are able to travel aorund the world for holidays for 3-4 months no pressure like those Europeans or Westerners.
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seriously u can learn a lot n know a lotta things, differentiate good boss or tricky boss, if u just grad from college, and u will understand better the definition of 'good company or bad one' as u used to be in the worst. just to share my experiences, lotta ppl still complain when they r in good company with good benefits in mnc environment, and i just wanted to tell this ppl try go and work for chinaman comp, and u will realize how lucky u r currently, but 1 thing is chinaman comp do produce lotta good, dedicated and hardworking ppl in the market.
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QUOTE(rockalt1292 @ Dec 2 2008, 12:02 PM)
But sometimes u can learn a lot from chinaman company, although u gotta one leg kick most of the times, but u will learn a lotta thing when u look back in future. Just look at their positive side, and u work in MNC doesnt mean ur work is gonna be easy and remember in some MNC, when their management r chinese, more or less stil have chinaman influenced.
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I disagree with that, cause you will only be learning a lot on the way chinaman do things.
You cannot apply the chinaman way of doing things in bigger companies.

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QUOTE(arthurlwf @ Dec 1 2008, 11:35 PM)
Chinaman company definition are referring to employer/boss whom treat staff like shxt and pay peanut... Also, employer/boss that likes and reward shoe licker people only
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this is so true and it apply to the company i am currently working whistling.gif
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My Translation of chinaman company,

RM1 spend is RM2 lost in P&L report
RM1 profit is RM0.30 as gross net profit whereas RM0.20 is the costing.

So, RM0.50 they syphon in pocket. icon_idea.gif


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Hi guys, agreed with every single point.

I work in 2 china man companies before and the only things that you can learn is throw one stone kill 2 birds or 3 birds or many birds....

They will squeeze you until no juice!!!! The pay is less and the working hours are long.......

Sigh... please prevent those China Man company..... e.g. the interviewer/future boss which does not have good command of english....
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And don't forget about those chinaman company that is run by the family. Where the boss will bring his mother to come and cook during lunch time.
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how abt huawei?
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huawei is not a chinamen company but a chinese company lol
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Please do not have a wrong perception whereby chinese owned companies belongs to chinaman style companies, there's alot of chinese owned conglomerates, huge public listed companies, or small medium companies where they do not practise such cultures.
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If you peeps want to work in an MNC environment and avoid chinaman corporations, brush up on your verbal and written English skills!
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My brother worked in one of those Singapore chinaman company before.

He's one of the pioneers and sad to say they don't appreciate his sacrifices (late nights and weekends) while he's working for them.
Examples includes dragging his salary for more than one month when the company is starting up claiming need to wait for the customer to pay up.
Not giving increment and bonus saying company not doing well while the whole family go tour europe for a month.

Luckily he's in a US MNC now and it's a world of difference there. tongue.gif
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QUOTE(cfng76 @ Dec 1 2008, 11:57 PM)
China man company means...every thing labor law only, u never get extra....

For eg:

5 & 1/2 days per week

10 public holidays instead of follow calender one..

Bonus "depands" on "management's discretion"

No dental, no coorparate parking, medical limited to RM 30 per month & etc & etc.........


And the untimate weapon during interview...the boss said " I tell you what, the pay (the peanut) I offer you is very high already for your position....(with those peanuts u can handle ur living well enough already)........

Hahaha....sorry, I don't mean these for those really kind & gentlemen bosses out there, but I really experienced all these on my own... sweat.gif
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QUOTE(keith_hjinhoh @ Dec 2 2008, 10:28 AM)
Guy, please do not mislead our fellow members here.

A typical chinaman company will have a structure whereby most of their employees, especially higher level mgmt consist of majority chinese. But that doesn't means they're chinaman company either.

They will have the following characteristic as well:

1] Usually they can override all the policy they've set before.

2] Usually they are very calculative, especially in term of pay, bonus and allowances.

3] They do not favour work-and-life balance kind of things.

4] Usually the company will set lots of rules that's unfavourable to employees.


I guess that's all.
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*sigh* i am working in such company. the bolded parts truly reflect my company's policy. Due to the long working hour, many of the staffs are single and not married eventhough they have reach "suitable" marrried age.

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QUOTE(Toblet @ Dec 2 2008, 09:56 PM)
HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS TYPE OF REPLY FOR TOO MUCH

and i gotta say fark off with this reasons.

Learn what 7? Learn so many chinaman stuff got what use? MOST PRACTICAL THING IS MONEY. You learn all luk 7 thing but in the end u got no money also is dumbass
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i couldnt have agree more with u except the swearing part tongue.gif

Basically the person who wrote that is etiher:
a) A boss in the chinaman company
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b) Never work one leg kick in chinaman company
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c) Used to work like that, but now working in a better company and he/she is grateful that he/she has learn a lot during that time and now apply the knowledge on current job.

For people who is doing OLK now, reading that post is kinda blasphemy!
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A lot of you seem to have a real disdain for Chinaman companies. If they are so bad to work for, then don't work for them. Why suffer the long hours and 1 person doing 3 persons' jobs?

If you can work so hard and are so good, I'm sure the MNCs, consultancies and international banks must be tripping over themselves trying to hire you.

But the fact that a lot of you spend years slaving at Chinaman companies proves 2 things.

1. You're really not that good. Probably not much good at all. The only company that will hire you is the Chinaman.

2. The fact that people like you spend years at Chinaman companies, and they have survived for generations means that they are paying you exactly what you're worth. Not much.
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for my opinion, you wil able to learn a lot , i mean damn lot as your job wil cover several field also. when you think you have enought of knowledge, you can apply in a mnc company in management level already. this is due to your large coverage of skill and good communication skill as you have encountered during your working time in those chinaman company.
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QUOTE(seantang @ Dec 2 2008, 10:31 PM)
A lot of you seem to have a real disdain for Chinaman companies. If they are so bad to work for, then don't work for them. Why suffer the long hours and 1 person doing 3 persons' jobs?

If you can work so hard and are so good, I'm sure the MNCs, consultancies and international banks must be tripping over themselves trying to hire you.

But the fact that a lot of you spend years slaving at Chinaman companies proves 2 things.

1. You're really not that good. Probably not much good at all. The only company that will hire you is the Chinaman.

2. The fact that people like you spend years at Chinaman companies, and they have survived for generations means that they are paying you exactly what you're worth. Not much.
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Actually there are pros and cons about Chinaman companies.

Pro:
They know how to use resources wisely. No wastage. Meaning they don't pay ppl for nothing. Unlike certain Non-chinaman companies, sometimes certain position is redundant...

Hence, when recession hit the country, normally Chinaman companies will sustain. While others will have problem cutting job, salary, etc.

Con:
They don't really follow black and white or company policy. Bos is the "policy". Probably just one person is hired as Admin cum Account cum HR... heheh... whatever comes out from Bos is the policy. Money speaks in Chinaman company.
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QUOTE(genesic @ Dec 2 2008, 10:40 PM)
for my opinion, you wil able to learn a lot , i mean damn lot as your job wil cover several field also. when you think you have enought of knowledge, you can apply in a mnc company in management level already. this is due to your large coverage of skill and good communication skill as you have encountered during your working time in those chinaman company.
Sadly that's not true at all. The communication & mgt styles, corporate culture and professional skillsets needed are totally different.

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QUOTE(genesic @ Dec 2 2008, 10:40 PM)
for my opinion, you wil able to learn a lot , i mean damn lot as your job wil cover several field also. when you think you have enought of knowledge, you can apply in a mnc company in management level already. this is due to your large coverage of skill and good communication skill as you have encountered during your working time in those chinaman company.
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Good communication skills are honed in chinaman corporate environments?

Do you even what is the lingua franca of MNCs? How many chinamen companies can even string a decent English sentence?

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QUOTE(kiddo @ Dec 2 2008, 10:50 PM)
Actually there are pros and cons about Chinaman companies.

Pro:
They know how to use resources wisely. No wastage. Meaning they don't pay ppl for nothing. Unlike certain Non-chinaman companies, sometimes certain position is redundant...

Hence, when recession hit the country, normally Chinaman companies will sustain. While others will have problem cutting job, salary, etc.

Con:
They don't really follow black and white or company policy. Bos is the "policy". Probably just one person is hired as Admin cum Account cum HR... heheh... whatever comes out from Bos is the policy. Money speaks in Chinaman company.
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I think it's more appropriate to say "They know how to exploit the employees better and the employees cannot do anything about it (since they have a million conflicting excuses) except quit." biggrin.gif
Regarding redundant positions espeacially in MNCs, most of the time it's the mid management level. tongue.gif

Nowadays, GLCs seems to be the way to go since the G will bail them out regardless. And the best part is you don't have to work half of what you are expected to do. biggrin.gif
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You guys read through my heart ... i ever worked in a chinaman company.... it made me tired and exhausted to death cry.gif

Now it's over, working in an MNC... it's a "whole world changed" kind of feel wub.gif
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There seem to be so many definition of "Chinaman Company" here, my impression is a chinaman company is a company which majority management is made of one or a few chinese, or it is a family business company operated by chinese. Usually one or two chinese who usually the boss or lady boss that make the important decision.

So is that mean if I set up a pancake company, and I be the CEO. My company is known as chinaman company?

So since they are usually smaller, they have to be critically concious about resource planning, including squezzing benefit for employees, extra work, etc etc.

So some say MNC is better then chinaman company, I would not agree on this one, MNC profit good? Do you know nowadays MNC like to hire people via contracts? That means your benefit is shittier then those in chinaman company, you work daylessly and nightlessly, and you can be dismissed anytime if your boss dont like you, you are being paid with half peanuts.

Some say MNC job easier? Huhuhu, are you kidding?

Tell me, how is it better then chinaman company?

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QUOTE(rexis @ Dec 3 2008, 09:12 AM)
There seem to be so many definition of "Chinaman Company" here, my impression is a chinaman company is a company which majority management is made of one or a few chinese, or it is a family business company operated by chinese. Usually one or two chinese who usually the boss or lady boss that make the important decision.

So is that mean if I set up a pancake company, and I be the CEO. My company is known as chinaman company?

So since they are usually smaller, they have to be critically concious about resource planning, including squezzing benefit for employees, extra work, etc etc.

So some say MNC is better then chinaman company, I would not agree on this one, MNC profit good? Do you know nowadays MNC like to hire people via contracts? That means your benefit is shittier then those in chinaman company, you work daylessly and nightlessly, and you can be dismissed anytime if your boss dont like you, you are being paid with half peanuts.

Some say MNC job easier? Huhuhu, are you kidding?

Tell me, how is it better then chinaman company?
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Hey brother, not all chinaman companies are as good as you have thought about. No matter how worst an MNC company is, they do provide compensate leave to their staffs; working system is good; network system is good; photostate machine is good; fax machine is good; sercurity system is good; got paternity leave, marriage leave etc. Although nowadays they hire staff via contracts but staff still having better benefits from permanent staffs in chinaman company.

At least, contract staff in an MNC has 2 months bonus but permanent staff in chinamen company not even half month.

I'm not kidding. smile.gif
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what does "one leg kicking" means? i seen some forumer using this phrase.
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In a way MNC company has its more systematic way of policies compare to chinaman company. As it hell in MNC company learning path is concentrate on a specific job of u doin & by exploring further out of scope is hardly prompt up because of their capabilities of organization structure resources.

I aggree that the learning scope in a chinaman is wider compare to a MNC. All the way, MNC company already has their system & whereby the benefits has its set target for the employee, the employee only need to implement or follow the instruction. By all means, it also has to refer to your top management of that organization leadership(director/GM)...The meaning is that the company is so call MNC but the local management is somehow a chinaman management.
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Chinaman company only benefits the company, less on worker welfare.

But i know that working in a chinaman company has some benefits such as forcing one to be multi-tasking and this will benefit if you get a position in a MNC at a managerial position since you know in flow of how things go first hand.
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As in any organization, you'd need to show that you are of value to your boss in order to have better chances in getting benefits.

Sometimes in a big comp, its harder for decision makers to notice you.

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Good communication skills are honed in chinaman corporate environments?

Do you even what is the lingua franca of MNCs?  How many chinamen companies can even string a decent English sentence?
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Maybe your should check back on your own english before you post it here.
Althought my boss is a chinese but all our corresponding letter is done in English.
This is because we deal alot wit MNC company.


Added on December 4, 2008, 2:01 pm
QUOTE(crapp0 @ Dec 4 2008, 02:29 PM)
Chinaman company only benefits the company, less on worker welfare.

But i know that working in a chinaman company has some benefits such as forcing one to be multi-tasking and this will benefit if you get a position in a MNC at a managerial position since you know in flow of how things go first hand.
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At least someone finally understand what i meant. If you get a position in a MNC, you will probably in a managerial position because they know staff from chinamen company are multi tasker

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chinaman company is company that do not invest much on staff and they do not promote work and life balance. you can expect low pay, long working hour, low spec computer, calculative boss, no career path.
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QUOTE(genesic @ Dec 4 2008, 01:57 PM)
Maybe your should check back on your own english before you post it here.
Althought my boss is a chinese but all our corresponding letter is done in English.
This is because we deal alot wit MNC company.


Added on December 4, 2008, 2:01 pm

At least someone finally understand what i meant. If you get a position in a MNC, you will probably in a managerial position because they know staff from chinamen company are multi tasker
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Speaking of English, I see you don't have a good grasp of plurals and spelling. Re-read your own sentences.

What sort of good communication skills have you learnt from working in a "traditional chinaman" company? Please enlighten us.

Hiring for managerial positions are dependent on the candidate's skills and relevant experience - multi-tasking in a smallish and less professional setup e.g. a chinaman firm does not increase the chances of being hired for such positions.

Hence, most if not all management positions, particularly the senior ones at MNCs are filled with hirees from other MNCS or at the very least, large local corporations (think Sime Darby, Public Bank, etc).


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QUOTE(SPS @ Dec 4 2008, 02:20 PM)
Speaking of English, I see you don't have a good grasp of plurals and spelling.  Re-read your own sentences.

What sort of good communication skills have you learnt from working in a "traditional chinaman" company?  Please enlighten us.

Hiring for managerial positions are dependent on the candidate's skills and relevant experience - multi-tasking in a smallish and less professional setup e.g. a chinaman firm does not increase the chances of being hired for such positions.

Hence, most if not all management positions, particularly the senior ones at MNCs are filled with hirees from other MNCS or at the very least, large local corporations (think Sime Darby, Public Bank, etc).
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Speaking of English, I see you don't have a good grasp of plurals and spelling.  Re-read your own sentences.

What sort of good communication skills have you learnt from working in a "traditional chinaman" company?  Please enlighten us.

Hiring for managerial positions are dependent on the candidate's skills and relevant experience - multi-tasking in a smallish and less professional setup e.g. a chinaman firm does not increase the chances of being hired for such positions.

Hence, most if not all management positions, particularly the senior ones at MNCs are filled with hirees from other MNCS or at the very least, large local corporations (think Sime Darby, Public Bank, etc).
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Well, in any kind of companies, you learn some skills. I aint sure whether have u tried to work in 'traditional chinaman' companies before? But I dare to say, it breeds entrepreneurial spirits. It has something to do with the 'training' when working in these companies even though it's unofficials. As I said, experience tells everything. The more exposure you have, the better you are, in which, in traditional chinaman companies, one doesn't even have specifics roles, and thus, you can play what ever role in the companies and that gives you lots of exposure.

Look at those PLCs in KLSE. Count how many of them are starting as working in 'traditional chinaman' companies?

I can count a few:

1. Robert Kuok Hock-Nien
"Kuok’s Youth

Kuok was born in 1923 in Johor Bahru, the son of a well-off commodities trader.
His ancestral town was in Fujian province, China.
An old boy of Raffles College in Singapore, he was a schoolmate of Singapore's
Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew in the late 40s. After graduation, he helped out
at his father’s company, and founded the Kuok Brothers Sdn Bhd in 1949."

2. IOI Founders
"He grew up northeast of Kuala Lumpur on a rubber plantation, where his father ran a small Chinese food shop. He left school when he was 11 to help support his family, selling ice cream on a bicycle for four years before returning to finish high school. He interviewed with one palm oil plantation for a supervisory job, but wasn't hired because he didn't speak English--important then because Europeans still ran most of the plantations. (Some 20 years later he took over that company; Dunlop Estate) Instead, at 22 he became a field supervisor at another palm oil company. That is when he started to develop his hands-on managerial style and home in on what it took to maximize yields."

3. Tan Sri Tan Sri Yeoh Tiang Lay's father - YTL Group
"Francis' grandfather initially worked as a clerk at a timber store in Klang. He married in 1923 and then moved alone to Kuala Selangor to start his own timber business. He later branched out into transport and construction-contracting."
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I very much doubt a cause-and-effect relationship can be proven that working for a "chinaman" firm or for an MNC type concern leads to entrepreunial desires. For instance, the founder of Lenovo (one of the largest PC makers in the world) attributed his success to HP when he was running a distribution business for the giant technology corporation. Running your own business concern is largely dependent on one's own preference and psychological makeup, people from all walks of life start businesses.

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Well, in any kind of companies, you learn some skills. I aint sure whether have u tried to work in 'traditional chinaman' companies before? But I dare to say, it breeds entrepreneurial spirits. It has something to do with the 'training' when working in these companies even though it's unofficials. As I said, experience tells everything. The more exposure you have, the better you are, in which, in traditional chinaman companies, one doesn't even have specifics roles, and thus, you can play what ever role in the companies and that gives you lots of exposure.

Look at those PLCs in KLSE. Count how many of them are starting as working in 'traditional chinaman' companies?

I can count a few:

1.  Robert Kuok Hock-Nien 
"Kuok’s Youth

Kuok was born in 1923 in Johor Bahru, the son of a well-off commodities trader.
His ancestral town was in Fujian province, China.
An old boy of Raffles College in Singapore, he was a schoolmate of Singapore's
Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew in the late 40s.  After graduation, he helped out
at his father’s company, and founded the Kuok Brothers Sdn Bhd in 1949."

2. IOI Founders
"He grew up northeast of Kuala Lumpur on a rubber plantation, where his father ran a small Chinese food shop. He left school when he was 11 to help support his family, selling ice cream on a bicycle for four years before returning to finish high school. He interviewed with one palm oil plantation for a supervisory job, but wasn't hired because he didn't speak English--important then because Europeans still ran most of the plantations. (Some 20 years later he took over that company; Dunlop Estate) Instead, at 22 he became a field supervisor at another palm oil company. That is when he started to develop his hands-on managerial style and home in on what it took to maximize yields."

3. Tan Sri Tan Sri Yeoh Tiang Lay's father - YTL Group
"Francis' grandfather initially worked as a clerk at a timber store in Klang. He married in 1923 and then moved alone to Kuala Selangor to start his own timber business. He later branched out into transport and construction-contracting."
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You give one example, I can give you another entrepenuer that did not go through the chinaman company route to be successful (eg:- google, microsoft, faceobok etc ) You can't attribute an entrepeneur success to chinaman companies. To me it's more towards the persons character , how they are willing to take risk and oppurtunity.


Added on December 4, 2008, 4:25 pm
QUOTE(genesic @ Dec 4 2008, 01:57 PM)
Maybe your should check back on your own english before you post it here.
Althought my boss is a chinese but all our corresponding letter is done in English.
This is because we deal alot wit MNC company.


Added on December 4, 2008, 2:01 pm

At least someone finally understand what i meant. If you get a position in a MNC, you will probably in a managerial position because they know staff from chinamen company are multi tasker
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I disagree with the statement. I have some experience with some chinaman company, I dare say my managers then would not be able to fit into MNC culture. I doubt they can handle politics and interactions with foreign western counterparts.

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QUOTE(genesic @ Dec 4 2008, 01:57 PM)
At least someone finally understand what i meant. If you get a position in a MNC, you will probably in a managerial position because they know staff from chinamen company are multi tasker
That's a joke, right?

Like I said, the skillsets, culture and management styles are totally different. Almost opposite, in some cases. Someone from a Chinaman background will simply not fit in and cannot cope in a MNC environment, much less be seen as promising 'managerial' material. And vice versa, I would add.

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1) Hope to get the best by paying the cheapest price (though sometimes I behave this way too tongue.gif).
2) High employee turn over rate (vary depends on industry)
3) Always say yes to customer but act the other way around to employee (just kidding)
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I very much doubt a cause-and-effect relationship can be proven that working for a "chinaman" firm or for an MNC type concern leads to entrepreunial desires.  For instance, the founder of Lenovo (one of the largest PC makers in the world) attributed his success to HP when he was running a distribution business for the giant technology corporation.  Running your own business concern is largely dependent on one's own preference and psychological makeup, people from all walks of life start businesses.
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Like I said, undeniably one will learn something from anytype of companies. It just how much effort the employees take. In which most structured companies will have defined job scopes, therefore, exposure learn might be just a small part of the org. When compare to one in 'chinaman' firm, they don't get defined job scopes, therefore, more exposure.

QUOTE(Drian @ Dec 4 2008, 04:18 PM)
You give one example, I can give you another entrepenuer that did not go through the chinaman company route to be successful (eg:- google, microsoft, faceobok etc ) You can't attribute an entrepeneur success to chinaman companies. To me it's more towards the persons character , how they are willing to take risk and oppurtunity.
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Oh my.. Don't get me wrongly. I say 'chinaman companies' breed entrepreneurial spirit, it shapes the thoughts and mindset of the employees. But not every entrepreneur born from 'chinaman companies' of course.


Added on December 4, 2008, 9:31 pmAnyway, I think we've answered the TS more than what we supposed tongue.gif

No point arguing how much one could learn from chinaman companies. There are always two sides to every coin. Depends on which view you look at it.

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i am working in biolife and its considered a chinaman company cause its runned by a china man

but the china man is a person i admire and he run it like the military.

the pay is good and the career advancement is also good.

and they dont give you peanut pay.

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chinaman company = one leg kicking.

expect to handle more works, thus one gained more from the experience.
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I used to be in such company and yes, it pushes you to learn to survive and find solutions no matter what.

moving on to an mnc, i find the staff there, well... not so great on survival instinct and require guiding on a lot of matters.

personal exp anyway.
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QUOTE(keith_hjinhoh @ Dec 4 2008, 09:27 PM)
Like I said, undeniably one will learn something from anytype of companies. It just how much effort the employees take. In which most structured companies will have defined job scopes, therefore, exposure learn might be just a small part of the org. When compare to one in 'chinaman' firm, they don't get defined job scopes, therefore, more exposure.
Oh my.. Don't get me wrongly. I say 'chinaman companies' breed entrepreneurial spirit, it shapes the thoughts and mindset of the employees. But not every entrepreneur born from 'chinaman companies' of course.

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Bottom line is that chinaman or MNC type organizations do not promote or hinder one's entrepreunial spirit.

There is no cause and effect linkages anywhere to prove that - try as you might. I could also state that American type organizations produces entreprenuers by the truckload judging the amount of start-up businesses in the US of A and they are certainly no product of any chinaman organization.

Entreprenuership is largely dependent on one's own character - I know because I am an entreprenuer myself.
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QUOTE(vey99 @ Dec 5 2008, 09:24 AM)
I used to be in such company and yes, it pushes you to learn to survive and find solutions no matter what.

moving on to an mnc, i find the staff there, well... not so great on survival instinct and require guiding on a lot of matters.

personal exp anyway.
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I have to disagree on the part that staff in MNCs are not great on survival instinct. biggrin.gif
The political environment promotes back stabbers and ass lickers. You can be useless in your work and still be successful providing you are ruthless. tongue.gif

Of course, MNCs have more excess baggage employees than chinaman since excess baggage employees are discarded by chinaman and simply because MNCs are larger in size. It's harder for an employee in an MNC to be fired once they get pass the probation period.
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I have to disagree on the part that staff in MNCs are not great on survival instinct. biggrin.gif
The political environment promotes back stabbers and ass lickers. You can be useless in your work and still be successful providing you are ruthless. tongue.gif

Of course, MNCs have more excess baggage employees than chinaman since excess baggage employees are discarded by chinaman and simply because MNCs are larger in size. It's harder for an employee in an MNC to be fired once they get pass the probation period.
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I think I mean survival instinct in the sense of "if i dont settle this i will lose my job"

Your encounters are with deadwood/old timers who learnt how to leech off the org... laugh.gif
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QUOTE(cfng76 @ Dec 1 2008, 11:57 PM)
China man company means...every thing labor law only, u never get extra....

For eg:

5 & 1/2 days per week

10 public holidays instead of follow calender one..

Bonus "depands" on "management's discretion"

No dental, no coorparate parking, medical limited to RM 30 per month & etc & etc.........

And the untimate weapon during interview...the boss said " I tell you what, the pay (the peanut) I offer you is very high already for your position....(with those peanuts u can handle ur living well enough already)........

Hahaha....sorry, I don't mean these for those really kind & gentlemen bosses out there, but I really experienced all these on my own... sweat.gif
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TRUE! cos I used to work in tis kinda company b4

QUOTE(Bit @ Dec 2 2008, 05:21 PM)
And don't forget about those chinaman company that is run by the family. Where the boss will bring his mother to come and cook during lunch time.
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sure or not? mother cook for his staff? got supply food summore?
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beside the staff benefits are not in our expectation, the most disadvantage is some chinaman company is family members hold the top management positions, sometimes husband (MD) and wife (ED) will fight in the meeting, then which side u wan to support? headache!!! rclxub.gif

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I think I mean survival instinct in the sense of "if i dont settle this i will lose my job"

Your encounters are with deadwood/old timers who learnt how to leech off the org... laugh.gif
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True. True. I agree with that. Some people will go home w/o completing their work when it's crunch time. biggrin.gif
And most of the time, those that do that are the deadwoods.
That mentality is due to the fact that MNCs rarely fire permanents unless they commit corporate sin (sexual harassment, etc.), are really really bad performer or from a global directive.

That and also there's always some poor people taking over the work.
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TRUE! cos I used to work in tis kinda company b4
sure or not? mother cook for his staff? got supply food summore?
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yea....the boss's mother once cook for us char kuai teow and red bean as lunch. as time pass by, my other boss (run by 2 brothers) tell his mom not to cook in the office anymore. maybe he don't want us to have free lunch sweat.gif
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QUOTE(RME-RAnger @ Dec 5 2008, 12:56 PM)
beside the staff benefits are not in our expectation, the most disadvantage is some chinaman company is family members hold the top management positions, sometimes husband (MD) and wife (ED) will fight in the meeting, then which side u wan to support? headache!!!  rclxub.gif
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agree... you voice out my heart.... smile.gif

Sometimes the husband was not there, the wife decided plan A. When the husband was back, he disagreed with that and insist on plan B, but plan A was already in progress....at the end, things got messed up....

i ever see both of my ex-bosses (husband and wife) quarreled in the meeting, me and all my ex-colleagues just sitting there and wait for them to 'work' out a conclusion.. laugh.gif
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QUOTE(RME-RAnger @ Dec 5 2008, 12:56 PM)
beside the staff benefits are not in our expectation, the most disadvantage is some chinaman company is family members hold the top management positions, sometimes husband (MD) and wife (ED) will fight in the meeting, then which side u wan to support? headache!!!  rclxub.gif
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Agree. Very hard to work in this kind of environment.
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chinaman company is company that do not invest much on staff and they do not promote work and life balance. you can expect low pay, long working hour, low spec computer, calculative boss, no career path.
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Not all company like that. My company now abit of chinaman company attitude but my boss is very concern on worker training and upgrading their skills since it benefits the company by having more skilled workers, the company can apply for contracts which need ppl with those specific skills. Also the worker can upgrade their own skills.

Currently now my boss is pushing for everybody to upgrade themselves with the necessary skills and future skill which are marketable. For me i've oledi went for courses in ISO auditing as well as level 1 certification for a number of engineering related fields and am going for my level 2 certification in ultrasonic testing and later upgrading it to phased array technology.

Too bad coz of crappy malaysian government, i cant follow my bosses for business trip to israel since he want 2 acquire some equipment over there.

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Chinaman company is a company in which the signboard of the company will have chinese characters below their english name.

Its a company that uses super outdated PCs and still using typewriters and the bosses room will have all those praying statues and fengshui stuff.

THen its also a company who require staff to work a minimum of 12 hours a day but the pay will be good but the boss will really squeeze every single drop of juice out from you before paying salary.

Everything is about minimum cost and maximum profit and he doesnt care how you do it,just get it done.
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It's about the company will squeeze your blood this dry..and they are making money.but your salary is increase byRM50 per year.


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But why do we wanna learn all things and not enjoy life?

Do you want to work for all year long with just 10 days of annual leave which you are able to learn a lot of things or do you want to learn bit by bit but you are able to travel aorund the world for holidays for 3-4 months no pressure like those Europeans or Westerners.
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Which company is this? I'll apply there right now.
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i got 1st hand experience when i was 19 working in a small lawyer firm.

really 1 leg kicking. all staffs were the same position, either senior or junior, but we all did the same task. there's only 1 department, and we learn to handle the whole case from start to finish.

and during weekend, the boss (husband&wife) along with all their 4 kids will be at the office too. oh yeah, even their indonesion maid need to help at filing.
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dig out some old thread and can't stop laughing. my opinion of china-ah pek company is:

1.) there's a powderful people (nothing bout sex discrimination but usually it's women) to CONTROL everything.

2.) without company policy, never follow black and white, decision is made from mouth. for e.g. you suppose to claim RM 100/ day at for a over-sea trip at an expensive city, it's written in the policy, but the powderful 1 deduct it to RM 50/ day (by force), maybe it never step out from it's room and do not know what happen outside ...

3.) always looking for excuses to squeeze employee's salary/ benefits e.g. make use of the economic crisis, and deduct the sales personal commissions for >50%, ohh, of course over-write the sales manager's power, as mentioned, powderful 1 control EVERYTHING ! but in fact, sales personal is doing much better than previous year, and they unable to get back what they lose.. for ever ever and ever...

4.) medical, dental benefit, yes, but... limited add up RM 300/ yr... so if you gone for dental and spent near RM 300, then don't sick because you unable to claim any medical payment anymore ...

5.) as the company expanding (as mentioned, it's doing better and better), more peoples joining, so less parking, and some double-park their car, so the mgmt implement a new rules, buy a clamp, hire some vietnamese, and clamp whoever car that not parked properly, 50bucks to release the clamp, everything happens within the company's own private land.

6.) cut cost, cut cost and cut cost, that's everything, employee salary unable to follow the inflation, that's your problem as long as I success to cut down all the cost, and get more BONUS next year !

that's all joke. don't take it too serious. LOL.
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QUOTE(cfng76 @ Dec 1 2008, 11:57 PM)
China man company means...every thing labor law only, u never get extra....

For eg:

5 & 1/2 days per week

10 public holidays instead of follow calender one..

Bonus "depands" on "management's discretion"

No dental, no coorparate parking, medical limited to RM 30 per month & etc & etc.........

And the untimate weapon during interview...the boss said " I tell you what, the pay (the peanut) I offer you is very high already for your position....(with those peanuts u can handle ur living well enough already)........

Hahaha....sorry, I don't mean these for those really kind & gentlemen bosses out there, but I really experienced all these on my own... sweat.gif
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hahaha totally agree with u.....

damn chinaman company... *** sai china face.... MNC still de best...

for fresh grad work in chinamen company can survive only 1 year+ then cabut.... cos totally no system at all...

alot work, but peanut paid....
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i wonder which MNC did not squeeze to the max
even MNC is run by m'sian it is still china ah pek company for me
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MNCs did not make it by being nice to ppl. U mean the angmoh are betteR?
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all is the same , just MNC will get more in term of dollar and benefit
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Chinaman company - squezes out of you every ounce of energy for the company profit, with most the time "one leg kicking".
The upside is that expect to handle more works, thus one gained more from the experience.

MNC - benefits & working environment is better than Chinaman company.
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Same here... Experience from chinaman company... I was fresh graduate from QS going to become Site Supervisor+Site QS with 2 days off per month at that time... Given laoya supervisor to learn with, I forced to learn from scratch by observing and improving their traditional method by myself... After 3 months, I get confirmed and promoted to Site Manager because I able to run whole project by myself with blood n sweat and boss look happily at me coz i able to help him save a lot of cost. At that time, I asked my boss, since u promoted me to Site Manager, my salary need to be revised... He delayed me for 1 month, and said promise to raise me RM50...

From that day on, I tendered my resignation.... I even changed my job to another field to MNC company and yet everything become more easier...

I get good and bad experience in chinaman company but I feel grateful for what I am working right now.
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Haha! Definitely true bro! I worked for a company that was EXACTLY like that and more! I only lasted one month before I told the boss to go and F himself tongue.gif

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MNCs did not make it by being nice to ppl. U mean the angmoh are betteR?
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Chinaman is asking his kuli to use a buffalo to plow the field, ang moh gives you the tools and skills necessary to operate a machine to get the same job down quicker and better.

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i've known of some "ang moh" bosses that ask their staff why are they still around if she sees them after 6pm. and asks them to go home. smile.gif and yes, in Malaysia.
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QUOTE(goldfries @ Mar 10 2010, 10:59 PM)
i've known of some "ang moh" bosses that ask their staff why are they still around if she sees them after 6pm. and asks them to go home. smile.gif and yes, in Malaysia.
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this is foreign company that are still being run by foreigner, if the MNC is run by local, it will also decay to be almost like chinaman company.

the last local company i work in when i want to go back at 5:30 many people will stare at me and the boss said i am not hard working enough.

now my company everyone left the building by 5:45 biggrin.gif

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Depends - there are many KLSE listed co's which are run by English educated Chinese who are just as " chinaman " as those who they claim are.

Chinese company run by Chinese educated - depends if you know how to communicate with them , can be OK.
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QUOTE(robertngo @ Mar 10 2010, 11:03 PM)
this is foreign company that are still being run by foreigner, if the MNC is run by local, it will also decay to be almost like chinaman company.

the last local company i work in when i want to go back at 5:30 many people will stare at me and the boss said i am not hard working enough.

now my company everyone left the building by 5:45  biggrin.gif
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u can stare back to them shows that u all are not as efficient as me where working smart and going back on time.. icon_idea.gif
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u can stare back to them shows that u all are not as efficient as me where working smart and going back on time..  icon_idea.gif
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that is the company culture for many chinamen company, if you are not staying late mean you are not working hard enough, even if you are just wasting time in office the point is being visible to the boss that you are still in the office. then the boss can be assured that he is getting extra for the salary he paying out.

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that is the company culture for many chinamen company, if you are not staying late mean you are not working hard enough, even if you are just wasting time in office the point is being visible to the boss that you are still in the office. then the boss can be assured that he is getting extra for the salary he paying out.
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yaya... i had been worked in one MNC but controlled by Chinamen.. if u go back on time which means that u have no work to do and free enough... then the next day...will throw all the unnecessary thing for u... to expect u not to go back on time...where got this kind of culture to evaluate employee have work or no work to do...

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QUOTE(robertngo @ Mar 10 2010, 11:03 PM)
this is foreign company that are still being run by foreigner, if the MNC is run by local, it will also decay to be almost like chinaman company.


local non MNC run own / run by foreigner. biggrin.gif

QUOTE(robertngo @ Mar 10 2010, 11:03 PM)
the last local company i work in when i want to go back at 5:30 many people will stare at me and the boss said i am not hard working enough.


unfortunately there are non-local but internationally known companies where staff leaving at 7pm are called not hardworking / rush to leave. sad.gif

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Other races also beginning to have "chinaman" style in their company..geezz..
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angmoh sack u dun blink eye.

wat i means to say is, the angmoh is no lesser an evil than the chinaman
work is work.

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japanese company also almost same chinamen style.... u back on time they said u r not competent n not hardworking.... but when u back on 11pm let said then they said u r very good... gambateh ne....

japanese guys really working long hours.... that's y their country grow so fast by driving those really gambateh worker...

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QUOTE(subrok007 @ Mar 11 2010, 10:48 AM)
japanese company also almost same chinamen style.... u back on time they said u r not competent n not hardworking.... but when u back on 11pm let said then they said u r very good... gambateh ne....

japanese guys really working long hours.... that's y their country grow so fast by driving those really gambateh worker...
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QUOTE(subrok007 @ Mar 11 2010, 10:48 AM)
japanese company also almost same chinamen style.... u back on time they said u r not competent n not hardworking.... but when u back on 11pm let said then they said u r very good... gambateh ne....

japanese guys really working long hours.... that's y their country grow so fast by driving those really gambateh worker...
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my ex-firm is Japanese MNC... they do encourage us to go back on time... but sometime we still needed to rush for deadline things till midnight.. once the Japanese boss noted that and came out a rule stating that the latest time for going back is set on 7pm which means not later than 7pm u work... if u have/insisted to work over 7pm...prior to this, we are required to apply a stay back application form for top management to approve with explaining the reason y u need to stay back...

the Japanese boss's rationale for implementing this policy, is because he does encourage his employees to balance their life...dont spent too overweigh in working life..he always encourage us to enjoy leisure time after working hours...

looks like very understandable boss... thumbup.gif

he always say "work smart and efficient" seems like he justify those who work very late is not efficient and smart enough.... the "who" is my damn ex-departmental head where chinamen mindset... vmad.gif


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angmoh sack u dun blink eye.

wat i means to say is, the angmoh is no lesser an evil than the chinaman
work is work.
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they wont sack you without reason, those that cannot perform need to go, only this way there can be a fair performance base system.
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"due to business conditions ur role is no longer required. we thank u for ur servis bla bla bla"

and u can go ahead komplen to labour dept lor.
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Thanks for the sharing, I've always wondered what a Chinaman company meant to people.
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In short, it's peanut pay, groundnut increment, and elephant workload.

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I worked in MNC previously with china man style of management. 1 person doing 3-4 jobs due to lack of headcount. My average working hours 7.30 am to 8 pm although my normal working hours is 8.30-5.30 pm to finish up my work since there's deadline but still not enough. Sometimes work during weekends but luckily can claim OT.

Already quit that job and going to work in another MNC. One thing I've learnt from my 1st job was that I able to cope/adapt to the harsh kind of environment (multitasking, meeting up with obnoxious client, politics among colleagues, handling enquires) for my 1st job after i graduated. Anyway, I may return to that company but preferably another dept because the benefits is good.
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I worked in MNC previously with china man style of management. 1 person doing 3-4 jobs due to lack of headcount. My average working hours 7.30 am to 8 pm although my normal working hours is 8.30-5.30 pm to finish up my work since there's deadline but still not enough. Sometimes work during weekends but luckily can claim OT.

Already quit that job and going to work in another MNC. One thing I've learnt from my 1st job was that I able to cope/adapt to the harsh kind of environment (multitasking, meeting up with obnoxious client, politics among colleagues, handling enquires) for my 1st job after i graduated. Anyway, I may return to that company but preferably another dept because the benefits is good.
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what company? in kl?
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i think the term chinamen company is defining the management style of the company.

not the demographics of the the people in the company.
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QUOTE(wyen @ May 29 2011, 10:46 PM)
I worked in MNC previously with china man style of management. 1 person doing 3-4 jobs due to lack of headcount. My average working hours 7.30 am to 8 pm although my normal working hours is 8.30-5.30 pm to finish up my work since there's deadline but still not enough. Sometimes work during weekends but luckily can claim OT.

Already quit that job and going to work in another MNC. One thing I've learnt from my 1st job was that I able to cope/adapt to the harsh kind of environment (multitasking, meeting up with obnoxious client, politics among colleagues, handling enquires) for my 1st job after i graduated. Anyway, I may return to that company but preferably another dept because the benefits is good.
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Agreed with the bolded part. I faced the same thing when I was working in Chinaman company. sweat.gif
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Agreed with the bolded part. I faced the same thing when I was working in Chinaman company.  sweat.gif
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chinaman co. is the place u learn 1 leg kick style...after survive few years there, u will think u can do any job laugh.gif
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Usually it is family business and most of the family member control the top post.


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Characteristics of chinaman companies:-

1) Still using Pentium 3 PC with CRT monitor
2) Usually family based company
3) Low salary and benefits and bosses are calculative
4) Usually need to work on Saturdays
5) Company's carpet have not been changed for the past 10 years
6) Chinese or cantonese is the standard communication language around the company.
7) Your boss sucks in English grammer and vocabularly
8) Usually have a Chinese praying alter at the front of the company compound.
9) Your boss would rather keep a 2-3 dogs to safeguard the company instead of hiring a security guard or investing in security devices bcos it is cheaper.
10) Using punch card to take attendance instead of access cards or biometric devices.
11) Company's assets 80% mostly RM1 NBV
12) Salary release date normally is the 5th to 7th of the following month for last month's salary.

That's all I can think off rite now bcos I have previously worked in a Chinaman company before for 5 mths, then now joinned a MNC. The environment totally different.
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what company? in kl?
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I am now working in a chinaman company for 2 months and it's really as what you all said above.

My boss is really calculative but want the best of the best.
Really afraid of checking/audit from Gov. Dept.
Luckily our GM is the best speaker we have so he can twist all the facts and create a new one while me, in the meeting room just keep silence and writing hatred message on whatever paper I have. Non of his words was familiar with me. Worst, when they asked for records my manager look at me like I'm the one keeping the records and then said we don't have the records right now.WTF

I'm in my quest to find another job. But deep in me said I want to help this company. But then, less benefits...so no.
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QUOTE(cku87 @ Jul 15 2011, 02:44 PM)
I am now working in a chinaman company for 2 months and it's really as what you all said above.

My boss is really calculative but want the best of the best.
Really afraid of checking/audit from Gov. Dept.
Luckily our GM is the best speaker we have so he can twist all the facts and create a new one while me, in the meeting room just keep silence and writing hatred message on whatever paper I have. Non of his words was familiar with me. Worst, when they asked for records my manager look at me like I'm the one keeping the records and then said we don't have the records right now.WTF

I'm in my quest to find another job. But deep in me said I want to help this company. But then, less benefits...so no.
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Look at the bright side, if you don't have a choice. Chinaman business usually offer the full set of exp which MNC cannot offer because they are too specialised. After 2-3 years in chinaman co doing one leg kick, you can go any place to work. Further, if yr ambitious and have money, you can even learn from the chinaman and start yr own business to rival him. This coz chinaman business usually small set-up with not many competitive advantage unlike MNC. You can be close to his customers then snatch them away brows.gif
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QUOTE(goldfries @ Dec 1 2008, 11:29 PM)
cool answer - but c'mon la. let's be serious.

basically they're referring to those company where the management style is CHINESE - meaning all about $$$$$ work long hours and so on so forth.

that's my understanding of it la. oh yeah and quite often characterized by heavy chinese influence and having most, if not all Chinese staff BUT not necessarily so.

it all depends on da boss. biggrin.gif but then , best get your friend to explain what they mean cos everyone has their definition and boundaries.
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Agree with this totally,also normally they are family runned businesses which make you almost impossible to get up the ranks.

However Genting Started as a "Chinamen company" however is considered one of the company's nearest to world class in malaysia
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working for a month.
and do not have a clear direction. task was not clearly briefed and almost everyday need test by my superior.

peanut pay for sure, bonus is depend of management discretion oso. anyhow, i hope can hold on to it long. But i doubt it
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one leg kicking, get two three files when he asks for one, think of years later when he asks for weeks, always yes and no no
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QUOTE(goldfries @ Mar 10 2010, 10:59 PM)
i've known of some "ang moh" bosses that ask their staff why are they still around if she sees them after 6pm. and asks them to go home. smile.gif and yes, in Malaysia.
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i also working in chinaman company...it is really cb boss..
- damn a lot multitask
- no bonus
- clock in style > must be punctually reach to office, if late will have RM20 punishment
- boss voice out to us for not happy we leave the office punctually
- Change working time easily
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QUOTE(Lone46 @ Jul 25 2011, 12:24 PM)
i also working in chinaman company...it is really cb boss..
- damn a lot multitask
- no bonus
- clock in style > must be punctually reach to office, if late will have RM20 punishment
- boss voice out to us for not happy we leave the office punctually
- Change working time easily
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Bad boss, but that is the way they make $$$. But unhappy employees. vmad.gif

If you able to find other jobs, i support you to jump.
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Bad boss, but that is the way they make $$$. But unhappy employees.  vmad.gif

If you able to find other jobs, i support you to jump.
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No paid us bonus due to our performance drop...

cb boss forever...
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QUOTE(Jurlique @ Jul 2 2011, 11:32 AM)
Characteristics of chinaman companies:-

1) Still using Pentium 3 PC with CRT monitor
2) Usually family based company
3) Low salary and benefits and bosses are calculative
4) Usually need to work on Saturdays
5) Company's carpet have not been changed for the past 10 years
6) Chinese or cantonese is the standard communication language around the company.
7) Your boss sucks in English grammer and vocabularly
8) Usually have a Chinese praying alter at the front of the company compound.
9) Your boss would rather keep a 2-3 dogs to safeguard the company instead of hiring a security guard or investing in security devices bcos it is cheaper.
10) Using punch card to take attendance instead of access cards or biometric devices.
11) Company's assets 80% mostly RM1 NBV
12) Salary release date normally is the 5th to 7th of the following month for last month's salary.

That's all I can think off rite now bcos I have previously worked in a Chinaman company before for 5 mths, then now joinned a MNC. The environment totally different.
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I've been to this Quantity Surveyor's office in PJ and boy the place surprises me.

The roof of the place is like 7 feet tall, there's only one old P3 with dialup at a corner. No wonder cannot email stuff to them. Heck they even passed a floppy disk, even at 2011.

I was there to send stuff, and I saw this auntie typing on an electric typewriter. I never seen one in years, till then.

I suppose the low pay problem is caused by the bigger Chinamen (Genting, KLK, Berjaya) squeezing the smaller Chinamen (contractors and consultants), thus resulting in smaller pay. Then the workers suffer for it.

As an example, in Urban Planning, the Planners Association mandate that fees for a project be about RM500K ish for large developments. But since big Chinamen squeeze consultants, its pretty lucky to get RM 30K.

Figures are for an example, but the monetary disparity is real.

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long working hrs,work like slave,and confirm u r not happy inside this kind of companies
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i so co-incidentally work in a chinaman company....

coz its quite hard to get a job other places in Perak in my field, any suggestion how to report if my bosses never give me a day of annual leave?

Can i report to the labour office??

Its been 3 years i trap here n never had a day off =( .... I WANT THEM TO PAY BACK!!!!!!!!!!
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china man means objective driven company, all you do is work. chill also cannot everything cannot. most important element is the company not YOU. And they are the most important element so they get higher pay and benefit, you get to work smile.gif
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1 more thing is OT is like compulsory with no claim..
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i thought chinaman as a company name....
but not all of china boss like that

some even consider about their employees
employees is human,have life too,not some machine

the worst you can get is scolding.then again dont make them mad although on certain occasion ,they are mad without reason

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QUOTE(axis_lua @ Aug 18 2011, 05:39 PM)
china man means objective driven company, all you do is work. chill also cannot everything cannot.  most important element is the company not YOU. And they are the most important element so they get higher pay and benefit, you get to work smile.gif
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chinaman company is totally no objective. wat u get is work, work work!!

when all ur work under ur job scope is done, they ask u to do another person job, when u rest a while for a tea break, they ask u if ur work is done, even when its done they add other peoples work into ur table which is not ur expertise.....if u do it with some minor mistake, they scold u tat u never follow their way,

if u met some bosses like this, pls quit after 24 hours, or else ur world will be a miserable one

and there will be no break, no rest, no lunch, no facebook, no raise n no annual leave forever!!

LETS BAN CHINAMAN BOSSES!!!!!!!!!!!
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and there will be no break, no rest, no lunch, no facebook, no raise n no annual leave forever!!
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i have seen plenty surfing facebook during working time, which they havent even finish their daily task.
sometime they wont just cherish the freedom that given by the company, yet, abuse
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i have seen plenty surfing facebook during working time, which they havent even finish their daily task.
sometime they wont just cherish the freedom that given by the company, yet, abuse
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What you said is more less a typical chinaman's mind.

Simillar to my company, one chinaman boss complaint about staff opening facebook duirng working hours to HR. Now can't use facebook, even our personal email because of him. He himself not in his office, wandering outside office, when we need him there.
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What you said is more less a typical chinaman's mind.
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if facebook is not work or business related, it is the company's right to stop the employee using it. i don't think there is anything wrong on this.
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QUOTE(Treepex @ Aug 19 2011, 02:57 PM)
i have seen plenty surfing facebook during working time, which they havent even finish their daily task.
sometime they wont just cherish the freedom that given by the company, yet, abuse
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surfing in between is their time to relax / take a break. In current generation working environment, work + play comes together.  rolleyes.gif they say they can't be working and thinking for 8 hours a day, and yet they want to leave on the dot when half the time is spent on FB, YT, LYN, IM chat, etc. cool.gif 


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chinaman company is totally no objective. wat u get is work, work work!!

when all ur work under ur job scope is done, they ask u to do another person job, when u rest a while for a tea break, they ask u if ur work is done, even when its done they add other peoples work into ur table which is not ur expertise.....if u do it with some minor mistake, they scold u tat u never follow their way,

if u met some bosses like this, pls quit after 24 hours, or else ur world will be a miserable one

and there will be no break, no rest, no lunch, no facebook, no raise n no annual leave forever!!

LETS BAN CHINAMAN BOSSES!!!!!!!!!!!
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I got some colleagues working in Penang for 18 hours no OT only meal allowance cz outstation and basic only 2k.Besides once the manager crammed 18 ppl in one house to save cost so yeah that is chinaman company no bonus no medical treat u like slave and no respect for u as a human.
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I got some colleagues working in Penang for 18 hours no OT only meal allowance cz outstation and basic only 2k.Besides once the manager crammed 18 ppl in one house to save cost so yeah that is chinaman company no bonus no medical treat u like slave and no respect for u as a human.
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Like that sounds like Indian company lah, they all practice the same already, 1Malaysia company.
Chinaman ethics have influenced all other businesses even though international firm because they are managed by locals, I went to two big companies for interview and they offer me the lowest pay.

Jobs in the past have the chance to gather experience and emulate the business but local market become crowded in just two generation, the scenario for most jobs does not have career advancement and salary stagnant, so, consider yourself lucky if you got a good and stable job for now.
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i have seen plenty surfing facebook during working time, which they havent even finish their daily task.
sometime they wont just cherish the freedom that given by the company, yet, abuse
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OMG how did anyone work before the Internet existed smile.gif
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Characteristics of chinaman companies:-

1) Still using Pentium 3 PC with CRT monitor
2) Usually family based company
3) Low salary and benefits and bosses are calculative
4) Usually need to work on Saturdays
5) Company's carpet have not been changed for the past 10 years
6) Chinese or cantonese is the standard communication language around the company.
7) Your boss sucks in English grammer and vocabularly
8) Usually have a Chinese praying alter at the front of the company compound.
9) Your boss would rather keep a 2-3 dogs to safeguard the company instead of hiring a security guard or investing in security devices bcos it is cheaper.
10) Using punch card to take attendance instead of access cards or biometric devices.
11) Company's assets 80% mostly RM1 NBV
12) Salary release date normally is the 5th to 7th of the following month for last month's salary.

That's all I can think off rite now bcos I have previously worked in a Chinaman company before for 5 mths, then now joinned a MNC. The environment totally different.
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1) A cybercafe full of P4s with no display cards

2) Check

3) Check.. but one thing, they are very honest with you.

4) Only Saturdays? I worked 12 hours on Sunday. I slept in a room behind the office.

5) What carpet? bare cement floor

6) Very bad, heavily-accented English

7) Not really.. standard Malaysian English, just very heavily accented.

8) Check. I think there was a lime tree as well.

9) Ours had a cam.. so he would know if I was late waking up.. and so he could keep an eye on the place while he was traveling.

10) Punch cards are expensive... the cam had a timestamp.

11) How would you even know that.

12) That and he would be complaining about how much you're costing him per month.

But on top of all that, it was a great experience. It was a great place to work (despite the squat toilet.) It was very simple, he was the boss. Just follow him and you'll be fine. And even if he's all that, he will still support you if anything happens, because you're a team.

In an MNC, if someone high up in the hierarchy asks you to do something which turns out to not be a very good idea, s/he will just deny having told you to do it and leave you holding the bag.

In a chinaman company, this never happens because. I don't know why but it never does. And they do care, but only in a "how does this improve my bottom line" kind of way. If you can find a way to convince him that whatever you're proposing will improve his botttom line, he might look into it smile.gif

Another thing is the total freedom that you have. I slept on the tables. The next day I slept on the floor. You can do so many things that you can't do at an MNC.. like that.

The door in my room didn't have a lock. the toilet door didn't have a lock.

After I quit, life was suddenly heaven smile.gif

As someone once said, if you can work there and not die, any other place will seem like heaven to work in smile.gif

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QUOTE(Kasey Brown @ Sep 10 2011, 10:06 PM)
Read the first 2 pages...

From what it sounds like, I'm going to LOVE working at a China man company!

I wish I had known about China man companies sooner!!!
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hey guys....

I am managing my own company and despite my tertiary education and experience working in MNC, I think I would rate my company as chinaman company. Reason being is the core culture is influenced by cultural value.

there are not much hierachy. No bonus, why? because we need to compete with more competitive MNC, we are not that strict, because our judgement are somehow influence by our value & feelings. e.g. worker work with us because they are in need of money.

For my case, most of my worker are SPM leavers. it is better for me to hire a SPm leaver whom are dedicated and mould him rather than hire a lousy degree holder. (frankly, degree or no degree does not matter as it is as common as iPhone on the street now)

unlike MNC, chinaman wont fire you as they wish despite your years of service and contribution.

so, Chinaman or MNC, it does not matter..... (even mega conglomerate empire started as chinaman company)

P/S one of my previous company`s CEO is a form 2 graduates... from outside, you cant tell if he is a MBA or degree or form 2 !!!
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QUOTE(cfng76 @ Dec 1 2008, 11:57 PM)
China man company means...every thing labor law only, u never get extra....

For eg:

5 & 1/2 days per week

10 public holidays instead of follow calender one..

Bonus "depands" on "management's discretion"

No dental, no coorparate parking, medical limited to RM 30 per month & etc & etc.........

And the untimate weapon during interview...the boss said " I tell you what, the pay (the peanut) I offer you is very high already for your position....(with those peanuts u can handle ur living well enough already)........

Hahaha....sorry, I don't mean these for those really kind & gentlemen bosses out there, but I really experienced all these on my own... sweat.gif
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another thing about chinaman company...

"boss, can I take advance of my salary? emergency, my daughter has been hospitalised"

boss: OK.. since you worked so long d

MNC...

Boss: no way...
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QUOTE(cfng76 @ Dec 1 2008, 11:57 PM)
China man company means...every thing labor law only, u never get extra....

For eg:

5 & 1/2 days per week

10 public holidays instead of follow calender one..

Bonus "depands" on "management's discretion"

No dental, no coorparate parking, medical limited to RM 30 per month & etc & etc.........

And the untimate weapon during interview...the boss said " I tell you what, the pay (the peanut) I offer you is very high already for your position....(with those peanuts u can handle ur living well enough already)........

Hahaha....sorry, I don't mean these for those really kind & gentlemen bosses out there, but I really experienced all these on my own... sweat.gif
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This is true.. 5 & 1/2 days per week.. medical limited RM25/month..




QUOTE(Jurlique @ Jul 2 2011, 11:32 AM)
Characteristics of chinaman companies:-

1) Still using Pentium 3 PC with CRT monitor
2) Usually family based company
3) Low salary and benefits and bosses are calculative
4) Usually need to work on Saturdays
5) Company's carpet have not been changed for the past 10 years
6) Chinese or cantonese is the standard communication language around the company.
7) Your boss sucks in English grammer and vocabularly
8) Usually have a Chinese praying alter at the front of the company compound.
9) Your boss would rather keep a 2-3 dogs to safeguard the company instead of hiring a security guard or investing in security devices bcos it is cheaper.
10) Using punch card to take attendance instead of access cards or biometric devices.
11) Company's assets 80% mostly RM1 NBV
12) Salary release date normally is the 5th to 7th of the following month for last month's salary.

That's all I can think off rite now bcos I have previously worked in a Chinaman company before for 5 mths, then now joinned a MNC. The environment totally different.
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1) Old pc.. using openoffice to save budget
2) I'm not sure but I think it is true
3) Good salary but no benefits.. cannot claim OT cry.gif
4) Yes 1/2 Saturdays
5) NO carpet
6) I dunno bout this
7) Well he is good
8) Yes
9) No.. bangla is cheaper laa..
10) My company using biometric devices sweat.gif
11) Not sure
12) No.. twice pay per month



My boss are very nice and also a good teacher.. I don't really know what should I do.. Stay in the company or jump tu other.. Nowadays very hard to get a job.. But salary is too cheap without allowance and OT sad.gif







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Chinaman company means:

1. Giving false impressions during interviews.
2. Giving false hopes during appraisal.
3. Low salary increment and slow in promotion.
4. Don't give flexibility, not even lunch hour.
5. Don't give liberty to staff to purchase anything for office use, RM50 also must justify to the sen.
6. One person does many peoples' job.
7. Bosses use Ferrari, Porsche and Bentley.
8. Boss buys helicopter.
9. Bosses, friend, wive, children go holiday every year.
10. No company trip.
11. No training for staff when it is important. Every year bring in some lousy training for general staff but not technical focused.

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Chinaman company means:

1. Giving false impressions during interviews.
2. Giving false hopes during appraisal.
3. Low salary increment and slow in promotion.
4. Don't give flexibility, not even lunch hour.
5. Don't give liberty to staff to purchase anything for office use, RM50 also must justify to the sen.
6. One person does many peoples' job.
7. Bosses use Ferrari, Porsche and Bentley.
8. Boss buys helicopter.
9.  Bosses, friend, wive, children go holiday every year.
10. No company trip.
11. No training for staff when it is important. Every year bring in some lousy training for general staff but not technical focused.
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QUOTE(barista @ Sep 15 2011, 09:20 AM)
Chinaman company means:

1. Giving false impressions during interviews.
2. Giving false hopes during appraisal.
3. Low salary increment and slow in promotion.
4. Don't give flexibility, not even lunch hour.
5. Don't give liberty to staff to purchase anything for office use, RM50 also must justify to the sen.
6. One person does many peoples' job.
7. Bosses use Ferrari, Porsche and Bentley.
8. Boss buys helicopter.
9.  Bosses, friend, wive, children go holiday every year.
10. No company trip.
11. No training for staff when it is important. Every year bring in some lousy training for general staff but not technical focused.
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lol ...u worked in hell ? sweat.gif

not all Chinaman co is like dat doh.gif
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Dont care Chinaman or what
Pay good then join

But definitely no relax time working in Chinaman company
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Dont care Chinaman or what
Pay good then join

But definitely no relax time working in Chinaman company
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this is an interesting thread.

Attended an interview with Diamond Water Filter(nep holdings berhad) recently. was interviewed by the financial controller(fc), a guy in his mid 30s. the interview was conducted in mandarin. the fc says over here we don't care what is law, we only want the result to our advantage. i know everything. i have worked in big 6, spore, indon, china, mnc and local company before. i got a master degree...i got this and i got that...blah blah...blah...

he talked so big. mid 30s, have worked in so many places, is he a job hopper also? "i know everything"....then could he be a living god? maybe. since he knows everything and since US economy is in turmoil, why not he offered his service to President Obama to help to revive US financials and economy?

he says, the company is expanding tremendously.....talked so big...ala...diamond water filter sales and market share have been on the down trend....eat up by competitors, elken, cosway...etc. many of their sales ppl already jumped ship to elken and cosway....

after listening to all his trumpet blowing, i also malas to continue to the interview.

......i think this is just another chinaman company.
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sound like apek company only.
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nto all china men company are bad... some are good also. once most of the chinamen company will not able to offer good package compare to others MNC...
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Chinaman offered salary package is competitive at certain stage compare to MNC. A chinaman will never afford to pay a manager @ 10k above but MNC will able to pay which I refering to basic salary. In chinaman, they may give u commision, bonus, and company car and which ur salary have a limit to go up. If u have luck, the best is chinaman allow u to be their partner(director).
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QUOTE(Rukhster @ Sep 26 2011, 09:43 PM)
Work for chinese in chinaman:

1. Damn bloody calculative. 1 paper clip missing from office will cause a huge issue.
2. Everything will be counted e.g time spent in toilet, buy food etc.
3. Everything will be monitored e.g cannot even sufr internet for 5 minutes.
4. Work like a dog till u die.
Then stop being a dog and get a better job. Easy, problem solved.

Unless of course, a dog's the best you can be.

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The reason this chinaman so calculative is because every single cents is their own money, as compare to MNCnthe top management mostly do not own the company unless they are holding directorship.
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one thing I hate about chinaman company is "Family"!

they tend to bring in their family members into the organization regardless their expertise and ruined the whole thing
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one thing I hate about chinaman company is "Family"!

they tend to bring in their family members into the organization regardless their expertise and ruined the whole thing
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What's wrong with bringing in family members to work in their company? The purpose of bringing them in is to train them up so that they can take over the business in the near future. Of course whether they have the ability/ expertise to succeed is another story.
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Oh... I thought if boss not in office, no work gets done. Boss is management, hr, finance, handyman and such. Everything also do himself and don't know how to arrange staff resources for his share of work load. Something like that la... So pay and claim is late, whatever spoil didn't get fixed because the boss forgot about it etc etc...
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one thing I hate about chinaman company is "Family"!

they tend to bring in their family members into the organization regardless their expertise and ruined the whole thing
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Do your neighbours hate you because you only buy toys for your own kids but not theirs? Did your classmates hate you because your grandfather left his wealth to you but not them?
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They will have the following characteristic as well:

1] Usually they can override all the policy they've set before.

2] Usually they are very calculative, especially in term of pay, bonus and allowances.

3] They do not favour work-and-life balance kind of things.

4] Usually the company will set lots of rules that's unfavourable to employees.

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QUOTE(zeus2005 @ Dec 27 2012, 01:22 PM)
Nothing is wrong bringing family member to work in their own company but the family member must start from zero without any special privilege.

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This hardly happens in a chinaman family oriented company.
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the chinaman company is mostly family-oriented..

not all companies that are calculative and stingy run by chinese...

and not all chinese men run calculative and stingy companies

it's a classic fault
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Chinaman company sux. That's sums all.

I will neverever go back to it again. But definitely if you want to gain some massive experience from 1 leg kicking and dun mind being paid peanut, go for it during the early stage of your career for a year or 2, will benefit you.
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Do your neighbours hate you because you only buy toys for your own kids but not theirs? Did your classmates hate you because your grandfather left his wealth to you but not them?
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Agreed. It is common that chinaman company owner will bring in their family members so that they can get gear up. Nothing is wrong here if the company is a family business. Family comes first ma.

But on d other side, yeah some chinaman company really sucky and calculative (etc want cheap rate but expect to be done fast & increment, bonus and allowances). They don't really mind you quit the job as they can always find others that is willing to replace.
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worst impression of chinaman company, got worm inside water filter..too dirty nobody bother to clean up!
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Why no one mentioned cannot wear shoes in office? Got carpet or not also cannot wear shoes. Everyone barefoot. So unprofessional and ugly look.
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the management skills are very sucks. they dont bother on training, safety or whatsoever
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They more focus on gain profit and company performance as it is the basic reason you run a business right? Yes, I agree some of chinaman do not really particular on employee welfare (same goes to other race company), but most of company / business run in Malaysia are by them and a lot of people out there depend on their business to gain income. If family, I believe some other company out there also practise same things. Hence, it is normal.

For my past experience, it's really valuable and useful for me in when joining new industries. Learn many things. And we always will look for better prospect. It is all about "do you know how to work and survive". Try to run you own business and see how well you manage it. smile.gif

If you do not like working in there, just find other places. Me feel the same way during early period of working. But it does nothing unless you take your own step or do something. But difficult to say if yourself want to change the whole company system right? So, just find other place if you feel you cannot work any longer in there. If you cannot find other way, then just continue working as it is what we've paid for (unless you can survive without own income). my two cents:p

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They more focus on gain profit and company performance as it is the basic reason you run a business right? Yes, I agree some of chinaman do not really particular on employee welfare (same goes to other race company), but most of company / business run in Malaysia are by them and a lot of people out there depend on their business to gain income. If family, I believe some other company out there also practise same things. Hence, it is normal.

For my past experience, it's really valuable and useful for me in when joining new industries. Learn many things. And we always will look for better prospect. It is all about "do you know how to work and survive". Try to run you own business and see how well you manage it. smile.gif

If you do not like working in there, just find other places. Me feel the same way during early period of working. But it does nothing unless you take your own step or do something. But difficult to say if yourself want to change the whole company system right? So, just find other place if you feel you cannot work any longer in there. If you cannot find other way, then just continue working as it is what we've paid for (unless you can survive without own income). my two cents:p

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Some chinaman company is so frustrating to work with. Reasons:-

1. Boss/Owner order you do, just follow even though it's openly stated in your Job Descriptions that it's ain't your duty in the 1st place.

2. Amend and change the company rules to their whims.

3. If you really perform; ie, achieving your targets and getting high commissions. Will increase your target damn high or cut your claims etc etc etc

Come on, most ppl join these company as a stepping stone anyway. After 2-3yrs, MNC is the way to go
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post May 13 2013, 09:24 AM

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QUOTE(yeahoo80 @ Mar 11 2010, 11:10 AM)
my ex-firm is Japanese MNC... they do encourage us to go back on time... but sometime we still needed to rush for deadline things till midnight.. once the Japanese boss noted that and came out a rule stating that the latest time for going back is set on 7pm which means not later than 7pm u work... if u have/insisted to work over 7pm...prior to this, we are required to apply a stay back application form for top management to approve with explaining the reason y u need to stay back...

the Japanese boss's rationale for implementing this policy, is because he does encourage his employees to balance their life...dont spent too overweigh in working life..he always encourage us to enjoy leisure time after working hours...

looks like very understandable boss...  thumbup.gif

he always say "work smart and efficient" seems like he justify those who work very late is not efficient and smart enough.... the "who" is my damn ex-departmental head where chinamen mindset...  vmad.gif
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Woah really..care to share the company's name with me please?? Just pm me. Thanks smile.gif
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QUOTE(regulargif182 @ May 13 2013, 09:24 AM)
Woah really..care to share the company's name with me please?? Just pm me. Thanks smile.gif
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Chimaman Management not listed much on internet except forums. I dont realize the problem until now. My experience of work..

1. First job also consider chinaman but boss graduate engineer from UK and work for Boustead until top management then started his own company. No problem here.

2. 2nd job also chinaman, boss graduate engineer from Japan and work in Lion group until top management b4 starting own co. No problem.

3. 3rd job also chinaman but big group of companies. Good Structure and policies. No problem

4. 4th job truly mnc fortune 500. very structured and good policy. everything is like clock work. still remembered, 1st day got all stationeries, everything u need, emails, clean or fresh desktop pc. 2nd day got namecard, access card and parking acess card etc...No problem.

5. 5th job also chinaman, big factory, until i resign also no get employment letter but promise benefits are given. No issue, big boss always ask me on company management policies. Always says he only work for people 1time only.

6. 6th job also Chinaman. DISASTER... Boss and wife...whatever boss decide, the wife override or very concerned. non stop fault finding. u do wrong get it, u do right also find some fault on details or process saying still need improvement. my 3 months of hell.

7. 7th job and current. chinaman co. Also boss and wife. Dont know is 3 months or sooner or later.


So it all depends on your boss education and working experience b4 start own co and if it is a husband and wife team dont go in if you know b4 joining..
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post Aug 17 2018, 04:09 PM

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I used to work as a M and E consultant in one of those "Chinaman" companies.

We had NO holidays for Thaipusam and Deepavali because we only had 2 Malays and 10 Chinese staffs working there. All 10 engineers have to share just 1 old beat up printer in the office, and you have to sort all A1 and A0 drawings yourselves.

He bought us all milk once (which we all thought was too good to be true) and turns out they were all expired. One of my colleagues drank without checking and noticed that it already turned sour. Apparently he kena "conned" by the supermarket.

I will buy siew paos for all colleagues whenever I go back to my hometown in Seremban, and he will silently snag the whole box home. He once complaint that we used too much water because the bill was RM10 more expensive than the previous month.
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QUOTE(Harry_Bobinski @ Aug 17 2018, 04:09 PM)
I used to work as a M and E consultant in one of those "Chinaman" companies.

We had NO holidays for Thaipusam and Deepavali because we only had 2 Malays and 10 Chinese staffs working there. All 10 engineers have to share just 1 old beat up printer in the office, and you have to sort all A1 and A0 drawings yourselves.

He bought us all milk once (which we all thought was too good to be true) and turns out they were all expired. One of my colleagues drank without checking and noticed that it already turned sour. Apparently he kena "conned" by the supermarket.

I will buy siew paos for all colleagues whenever I go back to my hometown in Seremban, and he will silently snag the whole box home. He once complaint that we used too much water because the bill was RM10 more expensive than the previous month.
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Why suddenly bring up the old thread?

You still working with the Chinaman company?


 

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