Workplace reviews and discussion: 凱笛資訊股份有限公司

1. The supervisors are strong in every way. This is actually a drawback, because it means that when you make a mistake, the company won’t make you deal with it yourself, which takes away many learning opportunities.

2. Compared with other project-based companies, the staffing is quite sufficient, and there is even enough capacity to take on outsourcing work from other companies. (More work—cry.)

3. The atmosphere is just as cheerful as it is on the company’s website.

4. The boss is open-minded and accepts all kinds of opinions. Basically, they’re not at all aloof. You can speak directly about anything. (Actually, that isn’t necessarily a good thing either.)

1. I thought I would be able to learn after joining, but I didn’t expect to be required to get up to speed so quickly. If you can’t learn fast enough, a senior colleague will immediately take over, finish the work extremely quickly that same day to show you, and then tell you where to find existing resources online. In reality, this is quite frustrating—not everyone is good at Googling information.

The kinder the senior colleagues are to you, the more frustrated you feel, because it makes you think that having to work overtime is due to your own lack of ability, rather than the company not giving you enough time. Everyone else works so quickly, while you feel like you’re the slowest. This is really speechless. Although you can freely submit overtime forms and the supervisors are understanding toward newcomers and sign them right away, people who aren’t interested in technology will really feel frustrated here. They may feel that learning technical skills is their own responsibility and become even less willing to apply for overtime. This is actually a problem. The company should give people with weaker technical skills a chance, rather than having supervisors or senior colleagues come to the rescue whenever a project is unstable.

2. The company’s biggest problem is that it has never had a project fail, so there is pressure not to breach any contracts. Usually, when a newcomer gets into trouble, all the supervisors come to the rescue instead of giving the newcomer a chance. So unless you’re very talented, you may not have had time to grow before watching people who joined at the same time pass probation after one or two months, get a pay raise after two or three months, and receive bonuses every quarter—while you get nothing... So, if you really want to challenge yourself, then go to this company. The feeling is difficult to explain... People whose projects are stable receive a lot, and it’s usually given privately, which is also strange. Why not praise them publicly? Is it because they’re afraid of discouraging people who can’t handle the pressure? This is another very strange practice.

3. The internal atmosphere is very good, but the company doesn’t really address rumors online. This is a major problem. Doesn’t it affect the ability to win projects? Although all the projects come through referrals, that doesn’t mean the company’s online reputation isn’t important.

4. The employee trip is to Japan, but newcomers only get half the subsidy. How is that supposed to build team spirit? At my previous company, it was fully subsidized. This is really rather stingy. Even if you receive bonuses every quarter, the point of an employee trip is to go have fun together.

5. What I understand least is the monthly technical research and development meeting. It basically forces people to grow. If I have to study technology when I get home, I might as well go back to school—why come to a company? This is the most criticized aspect of this company. So what if my technical ability improves? I may not necessarily be interested in this. Why should people be ostracized for not learning new things? This is very difficult to accept.

6. In short, if you’re looking for an easy job where you can coast until retirement, it’s probably better not to come here. You’ll experience every kind of suffering. Just like the previous comments said, the supervisors only treat engineers well. For jobs such as project assistant, the supervisors just paint you a rosy picture of becoming a future PM and tell you to learn more and so on. In reality, if you can’t teach yourself, it’s really difficult to stay... It’s hard to explain. Anyway, once you’ve worked here, you’ll understand.