Workplace reviews and discussion: Gogoro Taiwan Limited_睿能創意股份有限公司

Startups really do involve a lot of new things and require time and energy. I’m very glad I joined before the product went on sale. As soon as I got to the production line, I was working overtime until midnight. The company had already been reported to the Labor Bureau—but I wasn’t the one who did it.

Later, after working there for a year, I felt that things were getting worse and worse. They had sold so many cars, so why did the benefits decrease instead of improve? The environment in some departments was unbearably poor. Seeing HTC executives continually parachuted in also made me increasingly worried, though that was just one issue.

Overtime was somewhat forced because the production line couldn’t operate with even one person missing. Sometimes we also had to work overtime on Saturdays. On weekdays, overtime occasionally went too far, until midnight. By the time I got home, it was already very late, and I still had to work the next day. I was so indignant that I reported it, and it actually worked—the situation improved somewhat. I later resigned. This year, I heard things improved somewhat after the implementation of the one fixed day and one flexible rest day policy. Later, I saw how hard the store service staff were working, so I reported their excessive working hours as well—and it really was illegal.

I truly think the company’s philosophy is excellent, but it really needs to take better care of its employees. Do the people on the second floor understand how hard those on the first floor work? Some benefits are completely out of reach for them. There is a massage service every month-end, but when would the first-floor staff possibly have time to use it? The physical labor contributed by the first floor is no less—and may even be greater—than that of the second floor. Please take better care of the first-floor staff. Thank you.