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

Compensation is assessed based on multiple factors, there are many activities, plenty of learning opportunities, a warm and friendly atmosphere, and a free environment

A serious reply to the commenter above:

So many people have left negative reviews, yet you cannot offer any rebuttal. This is no longer about whether people are trying to pick a fight.

It is about everyone questioning the company’s policies and trying to speak up. Instead of offering suggestions or evidence that the company has not violated the Labor Standards Act, you ridiculously portray basic job responsibilities—such as a supervisor finding temporary staff to share the workload when you take extended leave, or being allowed to talk at work—as if they were special favors. Naturally, this makes it difficult for people to find your comments convincing.

Moreover, no company is perfect. No matter how good it is, every company has shortcomings to some extent. In a company of around 60 people, employees at all levels have tried to communicate and suggest ways to improve, but you have refused to face the issues raised by so many people here and even claimed that the company is flawless. Isn’t that just your own self-righteousness?

You said, “Salary and benefits should be evaluated based on factors such as the position.” That statement is not wrong in itself, but as someone in the administration department, you should understand better than anyone else that the company’s average salary and benefits are indeed worse than those of many other companies, while the overtime rate is unusually high, and the same group of people always receives an A in performance evaluations. That is why everyone feels they are not receiving equivalent compensation—after all, they do not even receive basic overtime pay. This is what you should be thinking about rationally, rather than claiming that we are being emotional.

It is certainly good that the company is willing to try different activities, and it has indeed planned many activities that people generally would not challenge themselves to do. However, we should not be expected to fund them ourselves or be explicitly or implicitly pressured to participate. Even when each department provides a subsidy, we still almost always have to pay out of pocket to cover ticket costs, meals, and so on. We even have to find our own way to cover transportation costs. I do not think that is very reasonable.

As for learning, we really often cannot take a break at noon because there are frequently so-called “knowledge-sharing sessions” or other discussion meetings. Although they initially made it sound as though these would not become a burden for everyone, in practice we are expected to use the little private time left after being pressured by the company to prepare presentations or handouts, yet this time cannot be counted as working hours. If we record it as working hours, we are questioned about it. Learning is indeed tiring, but who in the company is unwilling to learn? It is the many unreasonable aspects mixed into the process that have caused the constant complaints.

It is ideal for supervisors to be strict while still looking after their subordinates, but many supervisors at Giant Owl have poor attitudes toward their subordinates—for example, they treat you as if you were invisible when you greet them—and are also self-righteous. Perhaps that is why they make you feel that they are granting special favors when they are merely fulfilling their basic responsibilities.

The freedom of the work environment is a very good thing, and it may be the main reason the company gives people a lively impression. Many industries still cannot break away from outdated thinking and believe that restricting freedom is the way to achieve maximum efficiency. In reality, this is the freedom we should normally have, and people at every level of society ought to fight for it. After all, this is not a period of martial law anymore. So when you present something so self-evident—freedom that even newer companies generally offer—as an extra point in the company’s favor…I think that is stretching it a little too far.

So I also hope you will use the “wisdom and ability” you mentioned to judge things properly, rather than blindly convincing yourself that the problems do not exist.