Workplace reviews and discussion: 叡揚資訊股份有限公司

Let’s start with the drawbacks:

1. No licenses for development tools are provided.

2. The company trip is awful, and there’s still an out-of-pocket fee. Registration fills up very quickly—this is true.

3. There are no additional bonuses at the year-end party, and the gifts are terrible—I agree, especially since I’ve never won anything.

4. You have to buy your own computer, but the company provides a subsidy.

5. You can’t report all of your overtime hours.

6. You need to maintain legacy programs.

3. Three years ago, there was a movie day, a spring banquet, and a beverage day. I think I know which department you’re from now. The company made money three years ago, so departments had more budget.

Think about it:

1. You can buy a computer you like and replace it once every three years. It depends on personal preference. The company gives every new employee a new notebook, but what happens to the notebook after they leave—does it go to the next person? Then someone will come out and say that the company assigned them a lousy computer.

2. Overtime pay: One person takes 10 hours to write the same program, while another takes 20 hours. If the latter reports 10 hours of overtime, is that fair? Could this end up with people slacking off during the day and only starting work after reporting overtime? This should depend on how the work hours required for the program are calculated. Is that fair? When you can’t figure out how to write it, do you receive appropriate support?

3. Raises: Just like lottery winners, people who don’t win feel that it’s fake. A few days ago, I heard someone say that they had received a NT$3,000 raise for two consecutive years. All I can say is that as long as you have the ability, the company is willing to give you a raise. There are performance evaluations and headcount limits, and of course, those ranked among the top few in the department get raises sooner.

4. Maintaining legacy programs: For the software services industry, maintenance projects are actually an important source of revenue. If a software company told you, “We won’t maintain our system after five years,” would you dare buy it? Just look at DigiWin’s TIPTOP: its 4GL programming language maintenance fee for 30 licenses is NT$700,000 per year, and maintenance projects may also involve other customization and optimization needs.