Workplace reviews and discussion: VoiceTube_紅點子科技股份有限公司

As a former employee, I’d like to recommend my old company XD

First of all, the company atmosphere is VERY good!

There’s not much of a hierarchy, and managers, colleagues, and interns can all mingle together. It’s perfectly normal to hear laughter and joking around at random times while people are working... (If you prefer quiet, there’s no need to worry. Although the company isn’t large, different work areas have been planned out, so those who are sensitive to noise or simply don’t want to be disturbed can have their own little space.)

Why talk about the work atmosphere first?

Because although I only worked there for one or two years, my friends around me have also changed jobs quite a few times, and the reason they usually left was not because of the “work,” but because of the “people.” This is also something that’s difficult to know in advance when job hunting. Usually, you only find out what a company’s atmosphere and culture are like after the interview or once you’ve started working there.

There’s a happy hour every Friday, and the company’s employee welfare committee is probably one of the most awesome among startups!

(That’s right, a startup actually has an employee welfare committee XD)

The activities are very diverse: escape rooms, laser tag, sports days, physical therapists, making essential oils, writing Spring Festival couplets, making tangyuan, wordplay games... There’s every kind of activity you can imagine, and anything you can think of might become a reality. Every Friday, you look forward to finding out what new surprise they’ll come up with...

Now that I’ve covered the fun, let’s talk about the work...

First, let me explain why I joined VoiceTube in the first place.

Besides genuinely identifying with the product (I work in marketing, and if I didn’t like the product, I really couldn’t bring myself to market it XD, so when choosing a job, I care a lot about whether I believe in the company’s product), I also hoped that working at a startup would allow me to learn faster, learn more broadly, and have more room to make an impact.

Since the VoiceTube product has continued to grow (if you’re considering joining a startup, you definitely need to pay attention to this point—if the company can’t grow, the things you do may get stuck in the mud or you may end up doing miscellaneous tasks), employees basically need to be able to grow along with it too, whether by strengthening their own expertise or becoming familiar with new technologies and methods! Another very important point is that the colleagues are all excellent, so there are opportunities to learn from one another, both in our core work and in cross-departmental collaboration. When colleagues take classes or courses outside the company, they also share what they learned internally. There’s a pretty strong learning culture.

Speaking of which, the company also has a really great benefit: a training and education subsidy. After entering the workforce, I realized that taking classes requires not only the determination and energy to keep learning after work, but also money! Everything is so expensive once you’re no longer a student... Back when I was a university student, there were tons of free lectures, and the speakers were major figures too. Now, with the same speakers, courses cost at least anywhere from a thousand to tens of thousands of dollars. Another thing is that I think this benefit directly reflects whether a company treats employees as disposable or genuinely wants to develop them—after all, it has to be willing to spend money to send employees to classes.

My hand is getting a little tired from writing all this XD

Feel free to ask any questions directly~

P.S. Not everyone is suited to startups, and not every startup is right for you. Joining a startup involves both potential gains and risks; please read the prospectus carefully before joining one.