Workplace reviews and discussion: 馗鼎奈米科技股份有限公司

Company Name*: Kuai Ding Nano Technology Co., Ltd.

Job Title*: Assembly Engineer (Manufacturing Department 1)

Industry*: Optoelectronics

Work Location*: Yongkang District, Tainan City

Monthly Salary*: 28K or more take-home pay (details only disclosed after being hired)

Relevant Work Experience*: 1–2 years

Highest Education*: University of Science and Technology

Department: Department of Mechanical Engineering

Interview Date:

February 2018

Other Information:

Annual salary: 336,000

Working hours: 8:00–17:30

Year-end bonus: Depends on profits

Bonus: Year-end bonus

Job duties:

1. Various wide-web and spot-type atmospheric-pressure plasma (atmospheric plasma) equipment

2. Low-pressure plasma cleaning equipment

3. Plasma chemical vapor deposition systems

4. Diamond-like carbon coating systems

5. Optoelectronic thin-film evaporation equipment

6. Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films, diamond films, titanium nitride (TiN), titanium oxide (TiO2), and chromium (Cr) films

7. Contact-angle measuring instruments

8. Trace oxygen analyzers

Electrical distribution and assembly of various types of equipment; requires bringing subcontracted technicians to worksites for installation.

Review: It took nearly two months to receive a response after submitting my résumé through 104. Working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with a one-hour lunch break. Overtime depends on the slow and busy seasons: during the slow season, you leave on time; during the busy season, overtime may continue past 9:00 p.m. A vest is provided after being hired, and a uniform is issued only after three months. Work after 6:00 p.m. counts as overtime; if working past 7:00 p.m., an NT$80 meal allowance is provided. The salary structure is base salary + NT$1,000 lunch allowance + variable bonus (performance) + overtime pay, totaling over NT$28K take-home pay (the salary is only disclosed after being hired). There is no perfect-attendance bonus. The technicians there have all been with the company for more than three years, and most are over 30 years old. The hiring decision was communicated within two days. Training involves working alongside a senior technician; you will not be sent directly to a site to work independently. Two days off per week, with labor insurance, National Health Insurance, and group insurance. A manual-transmission driver’s license is required. You must be able to bring subcontracted technicians to worksites. You need to know how to calculate electrical-panel equipment specifications and select components, as well as configure panel layouts and wiring, water-pipe routing, etc. Short-term business trips may be required. Experience with PLC panel wiring is preferred. This is a perpetually understaffed position that remains posted year-round.

Please allow time for interviewees to ask questions… It feels like they only want to decide whether to hire someone or not.