Workplace reviews and discussion: 工研院 _財團法人工業技術研究院

The work environment is excellent, with lots of trees and beautiful cherry blossoms. There are plenty of holidays; basically, after four years, you will have so much leave that you cannot use it all. If you are willing to learn, you can learn a great deal—not only in terms of technical expertise, but also through many opportunities to develop other skills. You will also have opportunities to interact with outside companies. It is suitable for people with good self-management and high standards for themselves. Everything is handled strictly as business matters; you do not have to worry about your job disappearing after taking parental leave, and overtime applications are reasonable. The work is stable, and if you are willing to change together with the organization, there will be no problems. If you want to start a business, you can also hone your skills here, with many opportunities and resources available. If you are willing to work hard, it is easy to become well known. This is a place where gaining recognition is easy, but gaining financial benefits is not.

It has the common problems of large companies: there are many people, many layers of management, and many opinions. You need to have your own principles and stand by what you believe is right. Salaries are at the industry’s minimum standard, with no stock bonuses, so you can only console yourself with the generous amount of leave. If you want to earn a high salary here, you have to work very hard and also happen to get the right opportunity. It cannot be denied that there are still colleagues who try desperately to avoid work. Even if their performance reviews are very poor, you can still get by steadily, but recently there should be measures to deal with such people.