Workplace reviews and discussion: Phison Electronics Corp_群聯電子股份有限公司

First-rate company salary levels. Mr. Pan is definitely a good boss who takes care of his employees—whenever the company makes money, he shares it with them, although as the workforce keeps growing, the bonuses are getting smaller and smaller. Overall, if you think compensation is more important than technical growth, this really is a pretty good place. Since it is in a rural area, the cost of living is considerably lower than in Hsinchu, which could also be considered another advantage XD.

Second-rate company technical standards. My current supervisor, for example, has very poor professional abilities. If you had to name his specialties, they would be relying on seniority, pretending to understand, and playing pass-the-buck. Whenever something goes wrong, he pushes the people below him forward to take the blame; protecting himself is what matters most. And upper management likes this kind of person. The code is mostly put together through makeshift methods, with no architecture whatsoever, resulting in bugs appearing constantly. So they frantically keep hiring people to patch the holes, but the more holes they patch, the more there are. Another drawback is that the location is somewhat remote.