Workplace reviews and discussion: 協鴻工業股份有限公司
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1. Three-year salary history (master’s graduate alternative service):
First year: 36K; second year: 40K; third year: 44K; fourth year: 48K.
Those familiar with salary levels in the machine tool industry should know that this is considered fairly good for the industry.
2. I have heard that when the company was making money, some colleagues received four months’ year-end bonus, but alternative-service employees always received one fixed month.
3. Overtime is paid, and it is easy to report overtime in the R&D department.
4. The company’s pace is relatively slow compared with the electronics industry, and there is more focus on appearances and formality.
5. If you can keep track of your work progress, no one dares say anything if you leave work at 5 p.m. sharp.
1. The company takes advantage of alternative-service employees because they cannot leave easily. In the first year, overtime pay was only 66 per hour; the year-end bonus was fixed at one month, so even when the workload was the same, alternative-service employees could never earn as much as regular employees.
2. The company has old-fashioned management and almost no benefits. For the three major holidays, they just give gift vouchers, and employees have to sing the company song at the monthly meeting.
3. Most of the company’s R&D projects are just for show: functions are designed and developed by outside vendors, then placed into the machines after completion. As a result, many long-time employees can coast, curry favor, and still receive high compensation.
4. Having the right manager is more important. If you end up with the wrong person, even if you work yourself to death, your year-end performance rating will still be near the bottom.
5. If you are applying for a regular R&D engineering position, I suggest you come and take a look, but negotiate the salary carefully because there are very few opportunities for raises. If you are applying for an alternative-service position, go serve in the military instead—don’t come here and waste your valuable youth.