Workplace reviews and discussion: 巨鷗科技股份有限公司

1. Most colleagues are easy to get along with.

2. There is often self-funded afternoon tea in the afternoon.

3. There is a cleaning period on Thursdays when you can get up and move around to prevent strokes.

1. Some project managers lack a programming background, and their project plans and prototypes are extremely careless, causing difficulties for the developers.

2. There is no overtime pay; there is only a NT$60 meal allowance. Basically, this already violates the Labor Standards Act, but the company still stubbornly refuses to change.

3. Although the company wants to adopt agile development, it cannot implement the spirit of agile development. Project managers only hurriedly create cards before Scrum meetings, leaving engineers no time to understand the requirements or determine whether the Story Points (SP) match the workload/difficulty of the cards. SPs are also estimated by only a small number of people.

4. Meetings, requirements analysis, and project discussions are all project costs, but they are not included in working hours.

5. There are many activities, usually held to answer to upper management (because the company wants to emulate Google and receive awards related to work–life balance), or to fulfill commitments to vendors (an exchange of benefits?). Basically, they are always held on holidays, and participation is semi-compulsory. If you do not participate, you even have to request leave from your supervisor and report the reason (black-person-confused-face???).

6. There are also quite a few courses. Again, about half are basically held on holidays, and participation is usually semi-compulsory. Afterwards, there is also a chance that you will have to write a course reflection by drawing lots. Even if the course content is empty, you still have to squeeze out an 800-word reflection to share.

7. They really like holding meetings at lunchtime. It sounds nice to say that you are having lunch together while discussing things. In reality, this is a factor that is difficult to digest and increases the risk of stomach cancer. Those with a conscience will end early so you can take a short nap; those thick-skinned enough will simply continue the meeting until 1:30 p.m., transitioning straight into afternoon work without a break.